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New Policies for 2014: A Public Service Announcement
author=Liberty
@Jude: Patriarchy and it being bad to be a female. That's why it's such a bad word. Even if it is fun to say.
Well, it's staying in my vocabulary.
What Videogames Are You Playing Right Now?
Started FF14:ARR like two weeks ago. It's decent. I don't see myself playing beyond the initial month though. Still, it's served its purpose of whetting my MMO appetite enough to steer me away from falling into WoW addiction again.
New Policies for 2014: A Public Service Announcement
I like "cunt." It's got a lot of punch to its phonaesthetics--maybe even better than "fuck" which shares similar strengths. "Dick" is pretty underwhelming because of the soft consonant and how high in the throat the vowel is uttered.
Anyway, I don't know why the word is still considered so taboo. Maybe it's just some lingering Victorian-era thing where ladybits were considered so sacred. But you definitely can't call most white woman in the USA anything worse than "cunt".
Anyway, I don't know why the word is still considered so taboo. Maybe it's just some lingering Victorian-era thing where ladybits were considered so sacred. But you definitely can't call most white woman in the USA anything worse than "cunt".
Video Games: Interesting Premise; Terrible Execution
I don't agree at all that Skyward Sword's combat is broken, nor your assessment of Mario 64.
I submit Spore. It still has its high points, like the creature creation and space exploration phase, but it nowhere lived up to its potential as some sort of evolution simulator.
I submit Spore. It still has its high points, like the creature creation and space exploration phase, but it nowhere lived up to its potential as some sort of evolution simulator.
Americana Dawn
author=Sailerius
If the game failed to get finished after being more than fully funded once, is it really likely it's going to be finished after being fully funded a second time?
You mean the third time. YDS also did a crowdfund campaign via the now defunct 8bitfunding about a year prior to her Kickstarter.
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author=kentona
Ha! Remember when I said I'd make a standalone game of this? Good times.
Is this your way of tasking me with a new weekend project? I "finished" my Shining Force-like engine and need something new to occupy my brain. Something like this might be suitable, and also very small.
rpgmaker.net needs your help (again)!
Oh My God, We're Back Again
Sooo... GamerGate
author=EdgeOfChaos
I'm fairly sure the accused reviewer never posted a review anyways. That's hardly the *only* thing they're mad about, but that issue seems bogus. It is interesting how easily this whole thing was set off though. I'm assuming they view this as the straw that broke the camel's back.
The feminists who receive attention are in the spotlight because they have put themselves there by giving speeches, speaking out, etc.. then people started sending them threats, which put them in the spotlight even more.
No, the review didn't happen which is why I said it resulted in basically nothing. A journalist should still know better than to get cozy with his subject matter, because it can easily result lead to a conflict of interest without him/her even noticing, or at the very least a percieved conflict which is still very damaging... But who am I kidding? Gaming media has almost no actual journalists, journalism education, and a disturbing number of them got their jobs just for writing pithy amateur reviews on messageboards and personal blogs, backed by the weight of a lofty high school diploma at best. They just want to be involved in the industry and "journalism" has a marginal barrier of entry so they take that route.
Also, the Twitter harassment campaign began before Sarkeesian stepped into the picture, she just rightfully identified that Quinn was being pestered for a deceptive, bullshit reason.
Sooo... GamerGate
This thread is already larger than I care to read so I might be covering old territory.
Gaming journalism is a silly and untrustworthy industry, but I find it interesting that it took a relatively minor ethics violation to springboard the entire campaign. I say relatively minor because while it was a poor choice, it didn't result in any significant or meaningful conflict. It's the sort of mistake a journalist can easily get sucked into when you end up so close to the subject matter you're supposed to be covering. It's a problem that springs up every in every industry, but it's on an individual-to-individual basis, rather than being some pervasive problem where every single journalist is boning developers and producers left and right and putting up 10/10 reviews all over the place.
When I say it's interesting, what I'm insinuating is that a sizable, extremely vocal portion of the campaign is probably just using it as an excuse to be angry at and harass feminists. Because feminism... totally related to unethical journalism, right? Bayonetta reviews and Anita Sarkeesian have basically jack shit to do with it but seem to be the focal point of all the recent action.
It just seems very, very silly to complain about a handful of interpersonal conflicts of interest when an entire field of journalism is basically bought and paid for by the companies they're supposed to be providing unbiased coverage of. Gigantic Assassin's Creed advert stretching across the entire screen with a glowing review right below it. Paid-for review copies of games, invites to fancypants hotels to play and review a game under supervision, inflated review scores across-the-board to avoid upsetting the advertisers that keep their magazines/websites afloat, non-disclosure agreements to keep journalists in their favor, etc, etc. The only pervasive, systemic ethics problem facing gaming journalism is where the money comes from, and it almost never gets talked about except to make jokes about Geoff "Doritos Pope" Keighley... certainly never a massive, uproarious Twitter campaign that attracts attention from major media.
Gaming journalism is a silly and untrustworthy industry, but I find it interesting that it took a relatively minor ethics violation to springboard the entire campaign. I say relatively minor because while it was a poor choice, it didn't result in any significant or meaningful conflict. It's the sort of mistake a journalist can easily get sucked into when you end up so close to the subject matter you're supposed to be covering. It's a problem that springs up every in every industry, but it's on an individual-to-individual basis, rather than being some pervasive problem where every single journalist is boning developers and producers left and right and putting up 10/10 reviews all over the place.
When I say it's interesting, what I'm insinuating is that a sizable, extremely vocal portion of the campaign is probably just using it as an excuse to be angry at and harass feminists. Because feminism... totally related to unethical journalism, right? Bayonetta reviews and Anita Sarkeesian have basically jack shit to do with it but seem to be the focal point of all the recent action.
It just seems very, very silly to complain about a handful of interpersonal conflicts of interest when an entire field of journalism is basically bought and paid for by the companies they're supposed to be providing unbiased coverage of. Gigantic Assassin's Creed advert stretching across the entire screen with a glowing review right below it. Paid-for review copies of games, invites to fancypants hotels to play and review a game under supervision, inflated review scores across-the-board to avoid upsetting the advertisers that keep their magazines/websites afloat, non-disclosure agreements to keep journalists in their favor, etc, etc. The only pervasive, systemic ethics problem facing gaming journalism is where the money comes from, and it almost never gets talked about except to make jokes about Geoff "Doritos Pope" Keighley... certainly never a massive, uproarious Twitter campaign that attracts attention from major media.
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