I....just....don't even.......what?

[Hawgh]

That lady be trollin'.

Trolling haaard!

Or there's something grievously wrong with her and whatever university that made her a professor.

 

[Pearwood]

I agree, except rather than have a magic wand turn things into butterflies and sparkles why not just have Plants vs Zombies, a game every single person alive in the entire universe enjoys.

 

[Hitokiri_Gensai]

yes, all us girls want to see sparkle and princess' with wands. >.> sorry but, i like to shoot the hell outta things.

 

[Thaius]

Well she's not entirely wrong, just woefully ignorant about how these games work. I mean you could certainly make an incredible game out of that concept, but how would you contextualize it? What's the story? Why are you turning things into sparkly butterflies? How does that factor into the bigger picture of the gameplay? It's certainly a viable gameplay concept, but to simply say "replace guns and blood with magic wands and sparkles" is extremely ridiculous and simply demonstrates an intense lack of understanding of this medium and how it works. But at least that misunderstanding isn't extending to the same lengths to which most people take it.

The year is 2088, only you can stand in the face of the nano-machine armies, use your wand of death to create hunterkiller butterflies, then set your army of butterlies up with sparkle cannons and let them loose, you are dalec drason, and you are humanities last hope against the machines....

I'd buy it.

Well I think the point of her comment was to make a non-violent game that the stereotypical girl would find appealing, so I'm pretty sure my statement still stands.

?but yeah, that would be awesome and I would totally buy it too.

 

[TheDarkKing]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!!! Ok, ok. Serious time...... Oh screw it I can't be serious about that. Ahahahha

 

[Bara_no_Hime]

"As you know, most of us females just hate those action video games," she said. "You don't have to use shooting. You can use, for example, a princess which has a magic wand and whenever she touches something, it turns into a butterfly and sparkles."

Furthermore, the article in question was about research she'd conducted which said action-heavy games actually IMPROVED vision and brain functions.

**laughs** Okay, now I want this game!

Imagine it - a modern FPS with beautiful graphics. Instead of being gritty, however, it's shiny and pink and sparkly.

It functions just like a modern FPS, but instead of a gun, you see a dainty arm with a magic wand. And the beam attacks from the wand disintegrate enemies into gib made of butterflies and sparkles. Also possibly rainbows.

I would totally play that game. ^^ It would be fucking hilarious!

Edit: Just to be clear, I ALSO like my sniper rifle and shotgun. But this game concept sounds worth it for the LOLs alone. ^^

 

[Mischa87]

Funny no one made a reference to this:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/112508-Silicon-Sisters-Say-Game-Industry-Still-Doesnt-Understand-Women

Seems like they were cut from the same cloth eh?

 

[AnarchistFish]

She did say "most" females and I guess she's got a point even if it's very generalised and poorly delivered

 

[The Funslinger]

Um, hate to break this to you Daphne, but just because you have ovaries does not mean your sentiments are shared by every other female on the planet.

Ironically, if it wasn't for violent video games having used up all my aggression, I'd probably be plotting her murder right about now...

Exactly. It sounds like she's cheaply satirizing someone who actually made a sound argument against videogame violence. Apparently she's serious, so...

Bring me my +5 ring of backhanding[footnote]the big jagged gemstone leaves a nice mark.[/footnote]. Frosty just-ice shall be meted out on this day.

 

[The Funslinger]

Funny no one made a reference to this:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/112508-Silicon-Sisters-Say-Game-Industry-Still-Doesnt-Understand-Women

Seems like they were cut from the same cloth eh?

Just read that. She basically called men unintelligent, and claimed women were all pacifists.

Refer to my above post to see the correct solution to deal with someone such as this...

 

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

"As you know, most of us females just hate those action video games," she said. "You don't have to use shooting. You can use, for example, a princess which has a magic wand and whenever she touches something, it turns into a butterfly and sparkles."

Furthermore, the article in question was about research she'd conducted which said action-heavy games actually IMPROVED vision and brain functions.

**laughs** Okay, now I want this game!

Imagine it - a modern FPS with beautiful graphics. Instead of being gritty, however, it's shiny and pink and sparkly.

It functions just like a modern FPS, but instead of a gun, you see a dainty arm with a magic wand. And the beam attacks from the wand disintegrate enemies into gib made of butterflies and sparkles. Also possibly rainbows.

I would totally play that game. ^^ It would be fucking hilarious!

Edit: Just to be clear, I ALSO like my sniper rifle and shotgun. But this game concept sounds worth it for the LOLs alone. ^^

http://lollipopchainsaw.com/
Suda51 is already taking a genre known for gore and violence and juxtaposing it with rainbows and other pretty visuals.

 

[Bara_no_Hime]

http://lollipopchainsaw.com/
Suda51 is already taking a genre known for gore and violence and juxtaposing it with rainbows and other pretty visuals.

**watches the trailer**

By all the gods, that is... just insane. ^^

Damn you Suda51. I don't even like Zombie games, but I may have to check that one out anyway.

 

[Knight Captain Kerr]

Isn't turning people into butterflys also evil. It is even more so by suppressing free will and taking away what it means to be human.

 

[LarenzoAOG]

That wouldn't work at all, where is the conflict that keeps us enthralled?

After you turn the target into sparkling butterflies, they turn on you. Presumably.

Alright you have the conflict but it is entirely at the behest of the player, that game would be deeply flawed for sure.

Nonsense, the butterflies only exist because you created them out of an existing hostile element, likely a zombie of some sort.

So really, it's a tactical choice, zombie or butterfly swarm? (may or may not be zombie butterflies)

So you're turning one enemy into another? That's a silly game mechanic, and since I assume that the butterflies would pose less of a threat to the player than any difficulty or strategy would be thrown right out the windo.

You've clearly never been attacked by a swarm of butterflies, nevermind zombie butterflies. Less of a threat? Pfft.

Boy, this sure has gotten silly.

 

[ZehMadScientist]

I thought these kind of people didn't exist in real life. I thought they were just a stereotype troll used in fantasy and sci-fi settings. Oh, if it just were all a fantasy... But sadly, no.

That woman is by definition a retard.

 

[ms_sunlight]

Last game I played was Deus Ex: Invisible War. Anyone tried to tell my Alex D to make things "sparkly" she would have shot them between the eyes with her Red Greasel Hunter!

 

[Hop-along Nussbaum]

Kinda makes you wonder how we survived for this long as a species, doesn't it?

 

[The Heavy Metal Nerd]

Well she's not entirely wrong, just woefully ignorant about how these games work. I mean you could certainly make an incredible game out of that concept, but how would you contextualize it? What's the story? Why are you turning things into sparkly butterflies? How does that factor into the bigger picture of the gameplay? It's certainly a viable gameplay concept, but to simply say "replace guns and blood with magic wands and sparkles" is extremely ridiculous and simply demonstrates an intense lack of understanding of this medium and how it works. But at least that misunderstanding isn't extending to the same lengths to which most people take it.

The year is 2088, only you can stand in the face of the nano-machine armies, use your wand of death to create hunterkiller butterflies, then set your army of butterlies up with sparkle cannons and let them loose, you are dalec drason, and you are humanities last hope against the machines....

I'd buy it.

Well I think the point of her comment was to make a non-violent game that the stereotypical girl would find appealing, so I'm pretty sure my statement still stands.

?but yeah, that would be awesome and I would totally buy it too.

ME. TOO.

 

[Kapri]

I actually did a research paper on this topic as well. Look for "The Influence of Media Violence on Youth" by Craig Anderson, Leonard Berkowitz and other people.

Plus that ditzy assistant professor doesn't know jack. Ughh...