Why is casual racism/sexism more accepted in video games than other forms of media (these days)?

Sarkeesian is such an easy target for internet trolls. I honestly wish she were a little more challenging and interesting but she's still among the better video game essayists if only due to the low bar.
― I offer about as much diversity as a saltine cracker. (forksclovetofu), Monday, April 1, 2013

i am somewhat amazed someone made a ten minute video refuting zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
― Nhex, Monday, April 1, 2013 11:49 PM

she still doesn't mean 'tropes'

tramps in video games, pt 1

hey hey lemme defend my internet honor for a sec - i was referring to the creepy troll response video there, not her video

I think the context is there if you were around for the original conversation

She released a second video, right?

I've been playing Arkham City and the gameplay is pretty awesome and stunning but my desire to show off to friends my 80-hit combo skillz w Catwoman is often mitigated by the cringe-worthy taunts the bad guys shout at her.

so arkham city is an interesting case because about nine-tenths of what i knew about it before actually playing it was that it hated women

then a friend showed me it and i was like, huh, there are many other things that are embarrassing and bad about this game

http://www.explosion.com/27625/bioshock-infinite-5-points-that-prove-its-another-sexist-game/?utm_source=zergnet.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zergnet_52949

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/14/arts/video-games/in-the-video-game-the-last-of-us-survival-favors-the-man.html

That's Explosion.com article is bullshit.

i somehow avoided this nonsense until now. wtf is this nonsense about exactly? is anyone a fan who can tell me and spare me the googling
http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/yluvyt/hey-ash--whatcha-playin---tomb-raider

This nonsense = don't ever watch 'shows' on Gametrailers.com

got it

*adds gametrailers.com to my list of do-not-watch-shows-from list*

Once you have 'youtube' it's just mopping up from there.

though tbf, this was interesting
http://www.gametrailers.com/full-episodes/bbcd7o/pop-fiction-episode-35--the-lost-levels

http://mexicanflyer.tumblr.com/post/59890221403/looking-up-at-a-girls-skirt-and-a-womans-breasts

in which the writer basically apologizes for being offended
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/09/20/opinion-blue-estates-humiliated-mermaid-wont-leave-me-alone/

it's like, i know i shouldn't look at the comments of these kinds of articles but i can't look away

http://penny-arcade.com/report/article/king-of-fighters-xiii-pc-improves-online-play-doesnt-improve-casual-racism

ughhhhhh why do i ever start reading comments sections on things

Why is casual racism/sexism more accepted in Grand Theft Auto than other games (these days)?

no takers huh

cuz 1 billion dollars

The defence everyone seems to come up with is "sure, the game hates women and minorities, but it hates everyone else too so that's ok". I'm far from convinced that does make it ok, but it muddies the water enough for them to get away with it.

most people seem to claim "it's satire", and when you explain that it's pretty difficult to do satirical racism and misogyny when there's no sense that the game or any of its developers disapprove of it they get real defensive

Somebody could probably get a good feature out of exploring the way-different vibes that GTA vs Saints Row take with their characters and the difference between the sexy/sexist breakdown happens.

Oooh, this is a good key word: "hateful". Nothing in SR seems hateful at all. The entire game is a pisstake.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-09-30-women-in-games-rebalancing-the-scales

'"I haven't played GTA V, and I'll be sorry if my enjoyment is spoiled because one writer, or a collection or writers, was allowed to introduce content that I find alienating or hateful"

I've never seen that site before but I love that all the comments list the title and studio of each commenter; it means I can look up what work people with cool opinions have done or are doing :~)

http://tevisthompson.com/on-videogame-reviews/

http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/simgad/16030248625351249843

have we learned nothing from Evony?

must be so hard to keep female gamers out of games like that

finally we have the pirate sideboob game the public has been crying out for

hoo boy I am having a discussion with a friend of mine of Facebook over that Bioshock/reviewers suck blog article

fortunately dude is mostly reasonable so it's more "I disagree with that post you linked" rather than "obviously the guy who wrote that is the real racist"

is the whole series this dumb? I've never played any of em

Apparently yes? I've never played them, either.

is the new one not good? i've been waiting for it to go on discount on steam, and the first one i remember was pretty great (at least up until the twist - i got bored shortly thereafter). it looks pretty

lol:

The game's concept was developed by Irrational's creative lead, Ken Levine, and was based on the ideas of Objectivism as highlighted by Ayn Rand, while incorporating influences from other authors such as George Orwell.

the first one was more of a "critique" of objectivism than "based on"

infinite is very good. those challops are pretty stale.

first one was great. it did drag on a bit too long and the gameplay was so-so FPS junk, but those are minor complaints in what was an excellent package. I still have to get to the second one

http://www.polygon.com/features/2013/12/2/5143856/no-girls-allowed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU9mZJ8vmdA

i didn't know there was more than one of those girlfriend xbone ads. they're on a roll!

infinite is very good. those challops are pretty stale.

― brand nubian wafers (bnw), Monday, October 21, 2013 12:35 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark

its one of the worst games ive ever played. i pirated it and i still feel ripped off

fucking idiots
http://storify.com/SeeBeeWhitman/depression-quest-harassment-campaign

this shit makes me so sad and angry and it just perpetuates over and over and i don't know how it's ever going to stop