Steampunk Feminists Vs. Zombies

[Therumancer]

Well that pretty much covers everything I like.

I assume the power ups are made of chocolate yes?

(I still don't think Sarkeesian swindled anyone. It's strange how no other kickstarters get rape threats huh...)

How long will it take before someone picks up the Girl Genius IP for vidyagaems?

I'd like to see that, but I'm not sure how well it would translate as anything but an adventure game.

That said this strip is making me want to fire up Arcanum again.

 

[Screamarie]

I would totally play that game.

Who wouldn't? I mean come on a woman in a dress that has no pratical use in combat and yet she's STILL rocking a gun and making it look good?

Now there's a mix of femininity and bad-assery!

 

[MarsProbe]

I don't care that this has been said already (I've not even read any of the responses, I just know) but I'd play this game. I could take or leave the zombies, but the steampunk part I can get on board with.

Surely it would make a better use of Kickstarter than shelling out to have somebody follow you on Twitter for a year if nothing else, right.

Seriously cool art in the first column too, indeed.

 

[FEichinger]

Good lord ... I believed it was a genuine article on the mega-header and hence avoided clicking it until I saw the teaser below ... This is hilarious!

 

[rbstewart7263]

Well that pretty much covers everything I like.

I assume the power ups are made of chocolate yes?

(I still don't think Sarkeesian swindled anyone. It's strange how no other kickstarters get rape threats huh...)

How long will it take before someone picks up the Girl Genius IP for vidyagaems?

I'd like to see that, but I'm not sure how well it would translate as anything but an adventure game.

That said this strip is making me want to fire up Arcanum again.

Aghast now I want to play arcanum! Damnit! Lol

 

[Firia]

This is why I'm very cautious of what I would invest in. I want to use kickstarter one day myself to cover publishing costs of a comicbook I'm writing/illustrating this coming year. The twist is, I will have a product that needs only to be printed several hundred thousand times, as opposed to "with this money I will generate this product which does not currently exists."

Well now, that brings up a good point: how do I know I'm not getting scammed on Kickstarter?

[EDIT] I forgot to include the quote.

When you give money to someone, you are engaging in a risk. The trick is to mitigate that risk as much as you can with research, and knowledge. Check and see whether or not Kickstarter has prevention methods that help prevent scams. If they're legit, and you invest in a product that has no delivery, you are within your rights to sue. There's a lot you can do, but it's all risk.

Hand me a 20 believing I'll make X product, and I may well run it through the ticket tear stubs at the local bowling ally. Or I could do what I said I would. Risks.

But I imagine Kickstarter has a few middleman things that help stop scamming. Still there are risks out there.

 

[shrekfan246]

Sorry, but I personally know a few raging fems and they enjoy their corsets. One of them told me she wears one as a top to clubs just to lure in unsuspecting guys so she can rip em apart with intelligent conversation and debate. She has a 4.0 and BS in Psychiatry.

Pfft, corsets were the Victorian patriarchy's primary tool of oppressing the feminazguls of their time.

Actually, I believe their primary tool was the law. The core of feminism is simply allowing women to do what they want. That can range from being the CEO of a company to being a submissive house wife if they want. A type of clothing is only oppressive if it's forced.

OT: Neat design. I laughed at "I shuffled a deck of cards once!"

I could get on board with more steampunk games.

 

[rbstewart7263]

I thought the idea was that its a risk and if I for example try and fail well that was the risk tough titty? Right?

 

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Sorry, but I personally know a few raging fems and they enjoy their corsets. One of them told me she wears one as a top to clubs just to lure in unsuspecting guys so she can rip em apart with intelligent conversation and debate. She has a 4.0 and BS in Psychiatry.

Pfft, corsets were the Victorian patriarchy's primary tool of oppressing the feminazguls of their time.

Actually, I believe their primary tool was the law. The core of feminism is simply allowing women to do what they want. That can range from being the CEO of a company to being a submissive house wife if they want. A type of clothing is only oppressive if it's forced.

Is this more satire, or is this a genuine debate you're having here. If you let me know, I'll be able to work out which kind of irony I can enjoy. Thanks.

 

[Bloodstain]

brb making billions of dollars.

Conversely, I would donate.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

She didn't really "take advantage" of anything, she started the kickstarter and got youtube comment bombed by assholes who ended up having the opposite effect they hoped to have.

How much money do you think she will spend on the project?

I'm not much of a cynic so I'm gonna say... as much as is practical, probably using the rest to either expand the project itself, speed up its time table or fund a future project along similar lines. To me Anita Sarkeesian seems pretty dedicated to her Feminist Frequency Work and in my opinion is unlikely to belittle it by taking an undue cut for herself. But hey, that's just the opinion of an enthusiastic donor who wants to see the questions she raised addressed more and more often, so perhaps I'm more than a little bit biased.

 

[Rainboq]

This needs to become a real thing. I would buy it SO fast and probably play it until my hard drive wore out.

 

[Ukomba]

Sorry, but I personally know a few raging fems and they enjoy their corsets. One of them told me she wears one as a top to clubs just to lure in unsuspecting guys so she can rip em apart with intelligent conversation and debate. She has a 4.0 and BS in Psychiatry.

Pfft, corsets were the Victorian patriarchy's primary tool of oppressing the feminazguls of their time.

Actually, I believe their primary tool was the law. The core of feminism is simply allowing women to do what they want. That can range from being the CEO of a company to being a submissive house wife if they want. A type of clothing is only oppressive if it's forced.

Is this more satire, or is this a genuine debate you're having here. If you let me know, I'll be able to work out which kind of irony I can enjoy. Thanks.

Which ever makes you happy, I'm sure.

 

[Palindromemordnilap_v1legacy]

I would totally play that game.

Yeah i'm in too.

Also this exists - The Bone Shaker by Cherie Priest is a steampunk novel with feminist undertones (it's about a widow confronting the spectre of her abusive husband and rescuing her headstrong son. By shooting Zombies. Kindof. Admittedly she gets rescued a couple of times but she's the protagonist and does her own asskicking. Also, there's a pissed off native american woman with knives whose effectively the biggest badass in the book)

That's exactly what I was thinking. Boneshaker is a great read

 

[That_Sneaky_Camper]

Just wait, someone is going to create a game based on this concept.

 

[Shinsei-J]

I'm in, here's my retirement funds.

 

[Mouse One]

Go Steampunk Feminists! With Steam Chainsaws!

And yes, I get what the cartoon was trying to say. Doesn't make the idea less cool.

 

[BanZeus]

n00bs don't get the reference to that feminist ***** swindling people.

It's not a swindle if she delivers what she said she would deliver ... she is just taking advantage of trumped up controversy to get people to donate far more money than she needs to deliver.

Idiots and their money and all ...

She didn't really "take advantage" of anything, she started the kickstarter and got youtube comment bombed by assholes who ended up having the opposite effect they hoped to have.

Ya, funny that. A cynical person may suspect those who bombed her, or at least started the bombing, as being plants.

A feminist who uses plants to manipulate people...

Spoiler: Holy green thumb, Batman!