Any good game/general geek sites that dont moan about sexism/racism/homophobia?

[KingDragonlord]

Even Wikipedia isn't going to be 100% free of that sort of thing. A wiki page for a work will usually have a "Reception/Criticism" section and if the sexism/racism/political whatever was notable enough then reactions to it will be represented in that section.

Unless you go to that objective game reviews site, you aren't going to find a site thats completely free of this. Even the sites that are less inclined to talk about it will generally at least offer their own take when enough other sites are giving these kinds of reactions.

And I want them to. I want to be able to factor that into my evaluation of their review. Its useful to know if the woman in charge of reviewing Dragon's Crown was bothered by the large breasts of the Sorceress. I can make the mental adjustment myself based on how I feel about large breasts. Maybe its even a selling point for me "Oh look! Lots of large breasts in this game. Thanks for the info irate feminist reviewer." The alternative is that they don't mention it and but it still colors their review and causes them to mark the game down. Isn't it great that she told you why she's marking the game down so that you know its not being dinged for something that would bother you?

And if you're about to drop 20 to 60 bucks on a game, you should be reading more than one review anyway.

Looks like ChristCenteredGamer has a good model to follow. Maybe more sites will adopt that in the future.

 

[Phasmal]

Um yeah you did, with a simple read you fucking did, you mentioned that women don't want to feel threatened and you know what I have had enough of your fucking tune on this forums. You come in spouting all this BS about how misogynistic game are and its fucking dumb. You are a sheep from what I see that has no independent though and you follow a herd of people who want you to think a certain way.

you talk as if where gaming back in the days of Jack just replacing the word of Violence with Misogyny, No female has felt uninvited in game because its a hobbies we all hold even if they play phone games, I am so sorry people don't want to go to sites like Gawker and Kotaku and get shit on for being a gamer.

I didn't even SAY threatened.
Are you reading someone else's posts?

This is honestly quite hilarious.

 

[Leoofmoon]

Um yeah you did, with a simple read you fucking did, you mentioned that women don't want to feel threatened and you know what I have had enough of your fucking tune on this forums. You come in spouting all this BS about how misogynistic game are and its fucking dumb. You are a sheep from what I see that has no independent though and you follow a herd of people who want you to think a certain way.

you talk as if where gaming back in the days of Jack just replacing the word of Violence with Misogyny, No female has felt uninvited in game because its a hobbies we all hold even if they play phone games, I am so sorry people don't want to go to sites like Gawker and Kotaku and get shit on for being a gamer.

I didn't even SAY threatened.
Are you reading someone else's posts?

This is honestly quite hilarious.

They might be important to people playing them if they are affected by that sort of thing.
Y'know, maybe some women don't want to play a game that treats women like shit, for example?
And some gamers are women.
So... they'd want to know?

How is this hard to follow?

Anyway, Wikipedia. That'll tell you all you need to know, I guess, if you're looking for complete objectivity

Yes you didn't here, I have seen your other post there also full of bullshit. point me to one point where women are treated like shit in the modern day and people celebrated it like you claim. I really want to see this, In fighting games women are even more powerful then men. In shooting games women are very equal to men. Where does at any point treat them like shit?

 

[Phasmal]

Yes you didn't here, I have seen your other post there also full of bullshit. point me to one point where women are treated like shit in the modern day and people celebrated it like you claim. I really want to see this, In fighting games women are even more powerful then men. In shooting games women are very equal to men. Where does at any point treat them like shit?

Obviously my opinions bother you. I would suggest putting me on ignore if I bother you that much.
Or you could continue to be randomly hostile. Either way.

 

[Leoofmoon]

Yes you didn't here, I have seen your other post there also full of bullshit. point me to one point where women are treated like shit in the modern day and people celebrated it like you claim. I really want to see this, In fighting games women are even more powerful then men. In shooting games women are very equal to men. Where does at any point treat them like shit?

Obviously my opinions bother you. I would suggest putting me on ignore if I bother you that much.
Or you could continue to be randomly hostile. Either way.

You jsut back out of showing me proof.

Show me the game you where talking about that females feel threaded from, SHOW ME.

 

[Phasmal]

You jsut back out of showing me proof.

Show me the game you where talking about that females feel threaded from, SHOW ME.

I gave a `for instance` of why some social instance could affect a gamer.
You come in swearing at me and calling me a sheep for opinions I apparently hold that enrage you and then you wonder why I don't want to debate with you.

No. Go away.

 

[Leoofmoon]

You jsut back out of showing me proof.

Show me the game you where talking about that females feel threaded from, SHOW ME.

I gave a `for instance` of why some social instance could affect a gamer.
You come in swearing at me and calling me a sheep for opinions I apparently hold that enrage you and then you wonder why I don't want to debate with you.

No. Go away.

That's amazing every thing one of you people any time I ask for proof you back out of it because you have nothing, I want to see the game where rape is treated as a good thing, I want to see where the killing of innocent women is celebrated and yet you back out every time because you have no proof that I can't counter with a fact.

All I have seen you do on this forums when it comes to this kind of topic is be very rude, one sided and never backing up your statements.

 

[Phasmal]

You've continued to make up things I didn't say.
What a shock.

I have no interest in debating with you, I've put you on ignore.

This site. Honestly.

 

[Leoofmoon]

You've continued to make up things I didn't say.
What a shock.

I have no interest in debating with you, I've put you on ignore.

This site. Honestly.

Still waiting on that game you mentioned that made women feel threatened.

 

[Phasmal]

Once again. I never said a game that made women feel threatened. Please learn to read. And also stop quoting me with things you made up.

I wont reply to you again.

 

[Leoofmoon]

They might be important to people playing them if they are affected by that sort of thing.
Y'know, maybe some women don't want to play a game that treats women like shit, for example?
And some gamers are women.

Didn't mention a game hu? you mention "A game that treats women like shit" If you aren't talking about a game then what? Getting down to it a Game that treats women like shit can make them feel threatened so I am not really splitting hairs here.

 

[Loonyyy]

OP, you have my sympathies for dealing with these people simply for asking a simple question.

So is it my turn to correct another person's blatant misrepresentation of what happened in this thread so they can stop pretending the OP just innocently asked for something and all the evil SJWs jumped on him? I guess it is.

The OP was only "asking a simple question" if you now consider dismissing things you don't care about as pointless bullshit and insulting anyone who might actually care about those things as "asking a simple question." No one would have cared if he just said, "Anyone know a good site that focuses on things like gameplay in their reviews?" but that obviously wasn't enough for the OP. He wanted to mix insults in with his curiosity, and people happened to not like that and respond accordingly.

OT: I have no idea. Not that I would care very much because I don't see video games as mindless toys whose reviewers should be reduced to saying "it plays nice and looks pretty!"

That poster has made a significant history of Just Asking similar questions, usually to people they disagree with, so I'm fairly sure they're comfortable with it. There's a few threads full of it in OT and RnP(The most fun[sick, sick fun] was here: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.864631-Naked-celebrities-a-new-social-statement?page=1). Might you recieve more of these "Just Questions" if you pursue the discussion? I couldn't say. But what would I know, after all, like the great Glenn Beck, I am Just Asking Questions.