Recent content by RafaelNegrus

1)a) You have a point, but I think we reach that level of acceptability by just making those kind of games and being criticized. Otherwise, what are we going to do? Wait until a generation raised on Call of Duty comes to power, while their entire impression of the medium will be the extremely...

Your sentiment is one that is relatively commonly seen, but I have a bit of a problem with it. The problem is that it takes away people's ability to discuss these issues. Yes, in an ideal world society would rationally discuss everything and fix things up before any tragedies arise, but that's...

Transistor better happen, I've been looking forward to it ever since I heard about it. OT: Do I really have to write something on topic? I mean, come on guys look at this mess of a thread. Almost 500 responses in a day, and very little of it seems to be more than flaming. I think it...

That COULD be interesting, but it could also be really bad. If I were you I would ask what role the player has in the story. If there is just the one singular story, and all the player does is click things to move through, then I would say this might be the wrong medium. BUT it could be...

I actually think a JJ Abrams Scooby Doo movie would be really fun, and the best part is that having an unsatisfying ending to the mystery is half the joke! :D

Okay, fine, you might have a point, but I think you're undermining quite a bit in order to make your point. Let's be honest, tropes are an incredibly bad way of analyzing a story because they reduce everything into a "what" question. (What did Booker do? He rescued Elizabeth, therefore she...

I agree with you that in many games it would be perfectly fine to have multiple character creation options, but at the same time that has limits. The biggest one is that if the character is totally flexible then the story can't talk about the character at all. This makes character creations...

Yeah, you're right. I think a problem is that there are too few really good voices out there in the midst of this conversation. The most prominent person seems to be Anita, and the divisiveness surrounding her is not helpful at all. Jim Sterling sometimes does a good video, but he really...

I've been reading your posts, and for the most part I generally agree with you. (Although in defense of the BI trailer, it did give a decent depiction of the gameplay while not being actual gameplay footage, which is rare. It just took out like nearly every story element, but I think the story...

I feel you're distorting the numbers a little bit here, because it then says a couple of sentences down "In all three genres, a little under 300 games gave the option of a female lead." So that includes games like Mass Effect that have the ability to customize your character. And while...

This looks so bad, I was bored during the trailer and that's not a good sign. Is anyone else tired of the dirty leather look? Makes it so hard to tell characters apart

That's why I think it'd be important to know the numbers of players. Because assuming men want a male lead and women want a female lead then what determines the lead would be the numbers of each gender in the intended audience. And then even if the numbers break down to something like 85-15...

You know, I would love to see some current numbers on that, broken down by genre or by platform. Because as it stands now, no one knows anything about it, at least publicly. I think it's overly simplifying to call it ONLY racist or sexist. It can lead to that, but it's a more universal...

Seeing as the first pic has Scooby-Doo, Flintstones, and Looney Toons in that picture I definitely disagree with you on that. (Not to mention Dexter's Lab, Powerpuff girls, and Johnny Bravo. But come on, Looney Toons man...)