I guess the only solution is to start importing vid games from all the world's many sexually progressive, wholly egalitarian countries.
― and i don't even care, similar to how a badass would respond (Abbbottt), Friday, 6 April 2012 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
utopiastan's video games are totally awesome
― wrapped sausage stylus (forksclovetofu), Friday, 6 April 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
tbh if I lived in that country I wouldn't need the numbing escape of vid games
― and i don't even care, similar to how a badass would respond (Abbbottt), Friday, 6 April 2012 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
lol abbs otm again
― goole, Friday, 6 April 2012 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
i really think japan's cultural influence on video games esp w/r/t nintendo is more infantilization (and therefore inherently less racist, less sexist)
are you fucking kidding me
do you not really remember, for example, Barrett in FFVII, or all of the grossly exaggerated Italianisms from the Mario games that I posted upthread, or this:
oh no! SPANKING VIDEO GAME! oh no!
― God, Music and Romeo and Juliet (DJP), Friday, 6 April 2012 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
xp the reason they're totally awesome is because you live them
― wrapped sausage stylus (forksclovetofu), Friday, 6 April 2012 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
mario only gets progressively racist the more gritty and "real" he gets. you'd need to have 'call of duty' level mario to really get offensive.
― Philip Nunez, Friday, 6 April 2012 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
Can I say the world's progressive/sexually explicit video games also sound boring and creepy?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Life_%28video_game%29
"Night Life was marketed as an aid for the sex life of couples. It included such features as a schedule to determine a woman's period, and a catalog of possible sexual positions, with artwork consisting of black-and-white outlines."
― and i don't even care, similar to how a badass would respond (Abbbottt), Friday, 6 April 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
Maybe just that one does.
Different aims of a product. when games are designed without the actual gameplay or game-ness forefront, you can get drops in quality. Its one of the reasons educational or advocacy games aren't as good; their primary focus is on teaching or advocacy, not necessary on badass gamery. Implicit messaging in a game because explicit, and subtext becomes text, tending to make you a helluva lot less likely to accept or consume it.
thus the boringness.
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Friday, 6 April 2012 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
it makes more sense to compare those Japanese sex games to Japanese pornography, which it's very much in line with
― Nhex, Friday, 6 April 2012 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
Abbottttt were you also offended by the chappelle wayne brady skit
― the acquisition and practice of music is unfavourable to the health of (abanana), Friday, 6 April 2012 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
I was offended by the horrible cgi
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Friday, 6 April 2012 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
i guess what i'm trying to say is, the game would have felt more real to me, and braver, if there was NOT ONLY a great gay character like arcade gannon, but also some asshole who's like "what are you doing rolling around with this faggot?" i can't fully understand why there wasn't tho
ha this was p much the source of my question about whether mass effect lets you roleplay a homophobe
― thomp, Saturday, 7 April 2012 06:08 (twelve years ago) link
ernest adams & the Straight Male Gamer http://www.nomorelost.org/2011/04/08/equality-in-the-gaming-industry-interview-with-ernest-adams/
― ogmor, Friday, 13 April 2012 18:01 (twelve years ago) link
innerestin'
― Nhex, Friday, 13 April 2012 23:31 (twelve years ago) link
Female games journalist vs E3:http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/06/513794/
― instant coffee happening between us (a passing spacecadet), Monday, 18 June 2012 22:30 (twelve years ago) link
dunno about that article but i will say that i'm kinda astonished E3 still does the booth babe thinglike how insulting and fratboy is that?
― Authorities don't know who shot the 50 Cent the goose. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 18 June 2012 23:30 (twelve years ago) link
basically the maximum possible amount
― "Holy crap," I mutter, as he gently taps my area (silby), Monday, 18 June 2012 23:32 (twelve years ago) link
couple of reactions to geek cultures:
http://squidygirl.blogspot.com/2012/06/lets-play-game-part-1-catwoman-and-lara.html
http://squidygirl.blogspot.com/2012/06/lets-play-game-part-2-women-vs-tropes.html
― Fiendish Doctor Wu! (kingfish), Monday, 18 June 2012 23:42 (twelve years ago) link
for a sec i thought that journo article was gonna be one of those freaky pro-ESDF things
― Nhex, Monday, 18 June 2012 23:56 (twelve years ago) link
then i finished it and was a little sadder
― Nhex, Monday, 18 June 2012 23:57 (twelve years ago) link
why is esdf better than wasd?
― un® (dayo), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
I'd assume b/c ESDF would have your hand in the homerow position but that's the first I've heard of this particular thing
― "Holy crap," I mutter, as he gently taps my area (silby), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 00:19 (twelve years ago) link
i take no position on it, as a lefty anywayhttp://use-esdf.org/
― Nhex, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 00:42 (twelve years ago) link
ugh the comments on that kotaku piece...
― Sisig Steve (stevie), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 06:45 (twelve years ago) link
The Kotaku piece made me fucking boiling mad, and I havent involved myself in the games feminism thing that much as I'm not a huge gamer. But faaark, the patronising attitude is coming out all over the place lately, every time a woman pipes up and says "guys you know what? This shit actually isn't cool" they end up with a barrage of "die you bitch whore" abuse.
My male gamer friends are astonished at the vitriol. And that makes me even sadder, that they would be suprised it exists.
― Pureed Moods (Trayce), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 07:00 (twelve years ago) link
Laura Hudson, the recently ex-editor of Comicsalliance, was excellent at publishing stories that explored questions of gender and sexism in comics, and her reward was a never ending tirade of sexist bullshit in the comments boxes. Comics and Video Games fandom just seem really regressive and repellent to me; not sure if they're actually any worse that other realms of fandom, but they make no effort - or lack the self-awareness to - mask it.
― Sisig Steve (stevie), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:59 (twelve years ago) link
Also, ex-ilxor, as she was the original mod on ILG with me
― Fiendish Doctor Wu! (kingfish), Friday, 22 June 2012 18:00 (twelve years ago) link
I think part of it is that geek and nerd subculture is full of geeks and nerds i.e. people who have a gradient of ASD/socialization problems.
And the Internet is a great way to express unfiltered idiocy. Like sports talk radio.
― Fiendish Doctor Wu! (kingfish), Friday, 22 June 2012 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
i wouldn't blame nerddom -- puzzle-game geeks and archie comic nerds aren't spewing ugliness.
― Philip Nunez, Friday, 22 June 2012 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
Probably because those are mainly women in those categories
― Fiendish Doctor Wu! (kingfish), Friday, 22 June 2012 18:31 (twelve years ago) link
they're still nerds!
― Philip Nunez, Friday, 22 June 2012 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I'll take a random enthusiast over a random Xbox player any day.
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 22 June 2012 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
Well, yeah, no question there, but I think that if you want an area where unsocialized obsessive dudes wind up, nerd culture has a far lower physical barrier to entry than say football
― Fiendish Doctor Wu! (kingfish), Friday, 22 June 2012 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
ASD/socialization problems no excuse for being a totally vile misogynist
― the magic butterfly made everyone feel relaxed (Abbbottt), Friday, 22 June 2012 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
even if that is the case
I don't know that it's fair to suggest the two overlap
― the magic butterfly made everyone feel relaxed (Abbbottt), Friday, 22 June 2012 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, there's enough problems without adding on mysogyny
― Nhex, Friday, 22 June 2012 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
Not excusing it, just saying I ain't surprised
― Fiendish Doctor Wu! (kingfish), Saturday, 23 June 2012 02:38 (twelve years ago) link
I dont think the kind of gamers who abuse people in comments boxes or over their Gears of War headset are nerds, is the thing to be honest. They're jock bullies, just like they would be on the footy field or at a bar. Its just that playing video games isnt uncool anymore - esp games like GoW, Halo, GTA etc.
― Pureed Moods (Trayce), Saturday, 23 June 2012 02:44 (twelve years ago) link
uh, yeah they are nerds.
― tell it to my arse (jim in glasgow), Saturday, 23 June 2012 03:49 (twelve years ago) link
unless "jocks" are really into leaving comments on kotaku articles on your planet.
― tell it to my arse (jim in glasgow), Saturday, 23 June 2012 03:52 (twelve years ago) link
Actually I know plenty of pretty unnerdy guys who play video games, is all im sayin. Unless 'uses a computer' is all that makes someone a nerd!?
― Pureed Moods (Trayce), Saturday, 23 June 2012 04:18 (twelve years ago) link
as do i, but they wouldn't even know what kotaku is.
― tell it to my arse (jim in glasgow), Saturday, 23 June 2012 04:23 (twelve years ago) link
The internet has made me hate "nerds".
― circa1916, Saturday, 23 June 2012 04:42 (twelve years ago) link
I love nerdy shit but I haaaaaatttte "nerd culture"
― fancy poodle (latebloomer), Thursday, 28 June 2012 00:42 (twelve years ago) link
― Pureed Moods (Trayce), Friday, June 22, 2012 10:44 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark
nah ime these would be bona fide nerds
― Faith in Humanity: Restored (dayo), Thursday, 28 June 2012 00:45 (twelve years ago) link
I don't know why we have to classify people into buckets like "nerds" and "jocks", lots of people have jockish tendencies if they don't have to back up things that they or risk getting their ass kicked.
― frogbs, Thursday, 28 June 2012 01:40 (twelve years ago) link
frogbs are you a nerd or a jock
― Faith in Humanity: Restored (dayo), Thursday, 28 June 2012 01:41 (twelve years ago) link