Recent content by Norithics

No. C'mon. I'm on your side in this issue- it shoulda been a trans actor, there was no reason for it not to be- but this reasoning? This constant false dichotomy between laying down for the whipping and treating every dissenting opinion like The Enemy? It's the least constructive thing you...

I have yet to see you make a single post that didn't talk down to someone. If I was a disaffected minority I would hate to have you in my corner.

You know what the weird thing about this game is, though? It kind of teaches you how social interaction works, to a degree. Yes, the time-rewinding aspect is unrealistic, but pay close, careful attention to what Max does in response to these mistakes: she engages people based on their interests...

Oh don't worry about that, it doesn't matter how much money Nomura's vanity projects make back; they just pilfer their current-running MMOs to fund all their other overbudget dead-end projects instead of investing back in the thing people like! =D

Hm. I dunno about that! I think you can learn a lot about a society by looking at its popular culture. Tons of stories of self-sacrifice? That culture puts a lot of stock in honor and the larger social structure. Idolize cowboys? Probably reflective of how those people value self-determination...

I have a friend who played this with his roommates. He's a huge fan of Ghostbusters in general, but his roomies weren't; despite this, everyone had a blast. I'm looking forward to playing it with him!

Well then! Sorry for wasting your very precious time.

Haha, as someone who draws primarily incredibly unrealistic art meant to titillate first (and networks with many other similar artists), there's zero chance we hate women. What we do hate is being told that we're harming people simply by expressing ourselves. If you don't like what we draw and...

I respect your knowledge of History, but you've completely missed one thing: the aspect of Marketing, which has always had some sway, but only recently become as powerful and influential as it has. Marketing people are responsible for so many insidiously subtle aspects of our lives, from our...

Gender is only important if you're told it is. Every aspect of our society enforces and reinforces who you 'are' and who you're 'supposed to be.' Without rigid categories, it's much harder for that enforcement to have any effect. Makeup used to be an exceptional thing. Then it became the...

Well. I don't mean to be inherently disagreeable, but... I kind of disagree. The AAA games industry has been a pretty stark and awful force against diversity of virtually any kind, but the corporate effort to make video games a For Boys thing has been going on since the end of the 1970s. Back...

Argh, no! The whole issue from the start was the quantity, not the quality. There wasn't supposed to be a litmus test that all characters have to pass- it was the criticism of the trend that was supposed to gain traction so creators would be armed with that knowledge and be more likely to make...

I don't think that's really why they didn't want to release it here; I think that's just trying to cover for bad sales projections. That said, the idea is worth discussing. I don't really feel like a Progressive ideology nor the public good is very well served when the outcome is identical to...

I love that it falls to the press to be blameless while the poor innocent corporations are raking in the dough being deceptive shitstains as a matter of course. They must love all these free internet defenders, it's got to be an utter delight!

Ah yes, the 'Feminists shamed men to their deaths, SEE THEY'RE MISANDRISTS ACTUALLY' argument. This hilariously ignores that every single political movement that wants to succeed has to do things they don't like in order to get what they want. This is called 'politics.' If you look at History...