This is also weird because isnt one of the sexist-git arguments about how many women gamers there are, is "no they just play mobile games, and those dont count!".
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 11 December 2017 05:23 (six years ago) link
One quibble with that finding: I'm not sure that this statement is well-phrased:
"I would spend more time playing mobile games if I knew I was playing with or against players of my own gender"
It's ambiguous between "only players of my own gender" and "at least some players of my own gender". It's not clear that the 25%/47% are all saying that they would prefer to play exclusively with men.
― jmm, Monday, 11 December 2017 05:47 (six years ago) link
thanks tomboto - i was sorta trying to get at that, you said it better
― Nhex, Monday, 11 December 2017 06:41 (six years ago) link
yeah, sorry if i was unnecessarily snarky there; i know you well enough to read that as somewhat ill put and not from a place of evil
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 11 December 2017 06:50 (six years ago) link
i didn't mean that they're intimidatingly competitive i meant that they hate women
― difficult listening hour, Monday, 11 December 2017 08:09 (six years ago) link
"I realized Milo could connect with these kids right away," Bannon told Green. "You can activate that army. They come in through Gamergate or whatever and then get turned onto politics and Trump." ~ Steve Bannon on Milo/Breitbart's use of #GamerGate to boost Trump.— Erik Kain (@erikkain) December 13, 2017
― "Taste's very strange!" (stevie), Thursday, 14 December 2017 21:39 (six years ago) link
i don't think this story quite fits the thread and yet i don't know where to put it
― "Taste's very strange!" (stevie), Sunday, 31 December 2017 09:25 (six years ago) link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/12/30/why-a-twitter-user-claims-to-have-made-the-swatting-call-that-led-police-to-kill-a-man/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_swatting1231-440pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.0b5a633168e2
Ongoing U.S Police Brutality and Corruption Discussion Thread
― Nhex, Sunday, 31 December 2017 09:55 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/prWmq64.png
https://i.imgur.com/skPq3Zw.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/AmUIEEQ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Ou19iH6.jpg
― Karl Malone, Friday, 5 January 2018 17:45 (six years ago) link
lmao
― mag gerwig! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 5 January 2018 17:47 (six years ago) link
actually more of a chuckle
the obsession with thigh gap has inadvertently revolutionized the concept of the butt
― Karl Malone, Friday, 5 January 2018 17:55 (six years ago) link
asses: how do they work
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 5 January 2018 17:56 (six years ago) link
Filed to: FINE ART
― not raving but droning (Noodle Vague), Friday, 5 January 2018 17:57 (six years ago) link
the texture detail looks like a mattress - on purpose?
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 5 January 2018 18:38 (six years ago) link
ban kotaku
― pee-wee and the power men (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 5 January 2018 19:01 (six years ago) link
Meanwhile his male characters are desperately in need of adequate thigh clearance.
― jmm, Friday, 5 January 2018 19:10 (six years ago) link
what a crepe
― "Taste's very strange!" (stevie), Saturday, 6 January 2018 08:16 (six years ago) link
Filed To: FINE ARSE
― how's life, Saturday, 6 January 2018 22:18 (six years ago) link
bingo
― not raving but droning (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 6 January 2018 22:24 (six years ago) link
even without the problematic thigh gap issue all of those character designs are terrible and embarrassing
― Joan Digimon (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 6 January 2018 22:25 (six years ago) link
actually
https://i.imgur.com/S1LwHCv.jpg
― and in my opinionation, the sun is gonna surely shine♪♫ (Karl Malone), Sunday, 4 March 2018 06:33 (six years ago) link
omg
kinda perfect that the position of the cloud in the third panel makes it look like king koopa is vaping
― bathed and ready for a snack (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 4 March 2018 11:21 (six years ago) link
maybe just start killing people
― Under the influence of the Ranters (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 4 March 2018 11:26 (six years ago) link
where’s that ‘they targeted gamers! gamers!’ copypasta when i need it
― bathed and ready for a snack (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 4 March 2018 11:30 (six years ago) link
In the wake of the game’s release, people have also done things like releasing a mod that gives dark skin to key character Cpt. Bernard as a joke. The mod is titled “Inclusive Cpt. Bernard,” and it got over a thousand upvotes on Kingdom Come’s subreddit in reaction to Eurogamer’s review of the game, which criticized its politics.
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 4 March 2018 14:32 (six years ago) link
Increasingly, I feel that those who impugn social justice (and, by extension, the basic bonds of the society whose benefits they enjoy) should be forcefully thrown from a very high cliff.
To their deaths, in case my intent wasn't clear.
― Did you ever see a doffin, did you (Old Lunch), Sunday, 4 March 2018 16:44 (six years ago) link
Having read about the various mechanics in that game I have concluded it is basically the coal rolling of pc rpgs.
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 4 March 2018 17:04 (six years ago) link
I'm sad because I've pined for a real history RPG for years but not with mitteleuropa Nazis as the goodies
― Under the influence of the Ranters (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 4 March 2018 17:13 (six years ago) link
i like the idea of all the worst and most incompetent people all getting together in one place. if this gets popular enough maybe online games will become somehow playable.
― ziggy the ginhead (rushomancy), Sunday, 4 March 2018 17:53 (six years ago) link
no need to click, it's all in the headline
Overwatch Pro Called An Opponent A 'Fucking Faggot'; ESPN Reporter Who Broke Story Immediately Caught With Racist And Sexist Tweets
― and in my opinionation, the sun is gonna surely shine♪♫ (Karl Malone), Monday, 5 March 2018 03:25 (six years ago) link
Hello. We've heard all the discussion today regarding the lack of diversity at Eurogamer and thank you for it. No excuses, we are not proud of it and will work harder to improve the range of voices on the site.— Oli Welsh (@oliwelsh) March 23, 2018
― ||||||||, Sunday, 25 March 2018 21:34 (six years ago) link
You can actually get quite far down the responses before someone asks for more political diversity.
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 26 March 2018 00:10 (six years ago) link
turns out runescape is still a thing! unfortunately it's full of nazis
Apparently there was a virtual riot/nazi rally on runescape earlier because jagex (the developer) released an LGBT awareness update pic.twitter.com/NcfzEnPjIy— Tiffany (@immortaltiff) April 5, 2018
― star wars ep viii: the bay of porgs (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:12 (six years ago) link
kind of lol
― alvin noto (mh), Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:29 (six years ago) link
also kind of lol: Jagex has the worst gender pay gap in UK gaming
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:30 (six years ago) link
Runescape's british? Huh. Surprised I'm surprised by that.
― JimD, Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:56 (six years ago) link
show me the lie tho
https://i.redd.it/rfhecmajbiy01.jpg
― i am fast and full of teeth. i willl die in a barn fire (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 18 May 2018 10:09 (six years ago) link
This is interesting:http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2018/06/06/the-struggle-over-gamers-who-use-mods-to-create-racist-alternate-histories
Seems like devs and moderators are taking a considered approach (or perhaps not doing nearly enough about the problems?) given the weaponising of petty grievances into GG-related conspiracies, though the guy who just purged the Steam message board did a good job
― Neil S, Thursday, 7 June 2018 11:11 (six years ago) link
yeah definitely not doing enough! Ted52 is a bit of a hero...
― Neil S, Thursday, 7 June 2018 11:20 (six years ago) link
https://www.polygon.com/2018/6/13/17458286/battlefield-women-star-wars-rick-morty
Typical story these days, but I feel like Ben Kuchera deserves some credit for wading into the filth, clickbaiting the toxic manbabies to this story and engaging with/insulting them in the comments section. I don't know if it's actually worthwhile, but he's got more courage than I do.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 20:02 (six years ago) link
pretty amazing that Harmon has been left completely off the hook for raging like a petulant child via Twitter at a low wage employee during that whole fiasco last year
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 14 June 2018 00:30 (six years ago) link
― Nhex
on the one hand maybe but on the other hand i don't want rian johnson to get his trilogy cancelled for shit he said on twitter, you know?
― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Thursday, 14 June 2018 00:43 (six years ago) link
i dont see how it is courageous to defend Star Wars, Rick and Morty, and "videogames", all massively popular media properties that your employer covers daily. it's kind of getting old. how many stories do we need on the tiny minority of MRA people. do we really need to hear their input on every topic? what is gained from scapegoating them in lieu of actually looking at the content of these properties and why these types of people may be drawn to it in the first place?
these are giant global brands consumed by millions of people, no doubt there are always going to be some lunatics among them. it is annoying to constantly be hearing about the most extreme horrible fans, as if it nullifies anything else wrong with these movies or tv shows.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 14 June 2018 17:06 (six years ago) link
this is just giving them a platform. if someone is trolling a celebrity for lolz then having a website write them up is only going to make them want to do it more.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 14 June 2018 17:11 (six years ago) link
even if no one wrote them up in the media, they'd still be (and have been for years and years) harassing any woman with an opinion in fandom, tech, whatever. better to shine a light on these turds and have someone actually stand up for what's right, especially as more women and minorities are included as both fans and creators. I don't see the downside to keep saying "don't act like an asshole, dipshit."
― Nhex, Thursday, 14 June 2018 19:05 (six years ago) link
yeah also imo it is good for newly arriving fans to hear often and repeatedly that this behavior is shitty and uncool. like i've said before, arriving on the internet at 11 or 13 or whatever, seeing all these usenet faqs explaining what a flame is and how it isn't cool.. useful training in understanding what the norms of a community are and so on. i like the idea of newly-minted gamernerds knowing from the get-go that you should avoid people grinding axes about the evils women and minorities and social justice, that this is gross behavior and to be shunned. idk.
― noel gallaghah's high flying burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 14 June 2018 19:48 (six years ago) link
it's true, we need some universal rules posted
like a little bot that messages you the rules when you enter the door
― mh, Thursday, 14 June 2018 20:30 (six years ago) link
"It looks like you're trying to post some hate speech. Would you like help?"
― noel gallaghah's high flying burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 14 June 2018 20:32 (six years ago) link