Recent content by Anarien

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    One Size Does Not Fit All

    The Disney Store used to be slightly better on this with women's Marvel shirts on their website, but I just checked and there are only two. It's one reason I love shirt sites like TeeFury or Shirt Woot, because everything comes in women's sizes too, since it's all printed upon order...
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    LA Noire Launch Trailer Makes You and Breaks You

    I wish they would've given PC gamers some love with this one.
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    Teen Arrested for Home-Made "Hot or Not" List on Facebook

    That's a hell of a lot of victim-blaming and slut-shaming. That's like saying if a woman didn't want to be raped, she shouldn't have worn a short skirt. Which is patriarchical nonsense. Every person has a right to do with his or her own body what they wish and also a right to privacy and to...
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    Teen Arrested for Home-Made "Hot or Not" List on Facebook

    No laws broken? Read up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harassment http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=13495
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    Teen Arrested for Home-Made "Hot or Not" List on Facebook

    isn't this all a bit much for a stupid high school stunt? A "stupid high school stunt"? Are you serious? Falling on your ass because you tried to ride a bike down some stairs qualifies as a "stupid high school stunt". This was a calculated attack on adolescent females in a disgusting...
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    Brink : No Girls Allowed

    More privilege and the use of a misogynist term to boot ("bitching"). You are not personally affected by any of this. That doesn't mean others are not. If the game were made better by a delay, then delay it. Of course, many people (mostly men) will say this doesn't make it better, this will...
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    Brink : No Girls Allowed

    Privilege strikes again. As a male, you don't have to ever worry about game companies not catering to you. If you're also white, that's even more social privilege in your favor. The thing about privilege is it's usually invisible and taken for granted by those who have it. So please think for...
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    Brink : No Girls Allowed

    The thing is, it isn't "unnecessary junk". I suggest reading up on the concept of privilege. I see a lot of it all over the responses in this thread and others like it. Try to look at things from a different perspective. It's way too long to copy here, but check out the list here...
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    Brink : No Girls Allowed

    No, the "verdict" isn't "out" as you're ignoring what I'm saying. I am saying that if female players and those who wish to play female models are made to feel invited and welcomed by both studios and marketers, then their numbers can and just may grow. It's like PAX, for instance, how it seeks...
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    Brink : No Girls Allowed

    Considering this is fictional and not bound to realism, I'd say they could've just, I don't know, created a female type to fit the Heavy role. :)
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    Brink : No Girls Allowed

    You do realize that perhaps if these features were in there, and many developers/marketers didn't treat shooters like they were for males only, then female players might feel more welcome to actually play these games. It works both ways. If I feel like you're making a quality game, I'll give you...
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    Smithsonian Votes are in!

    Halo 2 over Psychonauts and Heavy Rain over Dragon Age: Origins were puzzling to me, but fewer people played Halo 2, so that may just be the effect of the masses.
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    Lack of romance in games ignores the female audience

    Try some other trailers. There are ones that have women in them. Sometimes as corpses though. But there seems to be a strong story there, with interpersonal relationships playing a role.
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    Lack of romance in games ignores the female audience

    "Most" if you mean roughly 60%. It's not like gamers are that heavily male these days, but marketing does have an impact on the perception of the market. So there is a lot of generalization in your post. Might also want to be a little less defensive in your responses. That said, if a game has...
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    Jimquisition: Solving the Sexism Situation

    I'm still puzzled over why The Escapist (which I respect and have written for) would hire this guy, especially after his recent interactions that involved hurling sexist epithets at women and making misogynist comments in other contexts. If anyone is unfamiliar with the situation, there's a...