Why is casual racism/sexism more accepted in video games than other forms of media (these days)?

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ヾ(。ꏿ﹏ꏿ)ノ゙ ‏@VastScenario 54m54 minutes ago
@chrisvcsefalvay That's great. I'm looking forward to seeing your analysis.

gxff ‏@virgil0211_gxff 20s20 seconds ago
@chrisvcsefalvay @VastScenario Sir, you're part of what's motivating me to get into data science. I look forward to reading your work.

kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 17 March 2015 21:38 (nine years ago) link

up there with "that's how I break it down to an extent"

Keith Moom (Neil S), Tuesday, 17 March 2015 21:39 (nine years ago) link

Chris von Csefalvay @chrisvcsefalvay · Mar 16
What upsets me is people making a living out of branding us monsters for the games that gave many of us rare moments of respite amidst pain.

Keith Moom (Neil S), Tuesday, 17 March 2015 21:42 (nine years ago) link

Wait, whats he trying to say there, that gg complaints are simply about people *being gamers*? WTF.

I checked Snoops , and it is for real (Trayce), Tuesday, 17 March 2015 21:45 (nine years ago) link

hey come on, be nice, he's very *upset*

Keith Moom (Neil S), Tuesday, 17 March 2015 21:47 (nine years ago) link

Maybe if you are concerned about being branded a monster don't compare someone complaining about a comic book to a terrorist group who literally kills people.

©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 17 March 2015 21:48 (nine years ago) link

if u play games u r a monster imho 100%

lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 March 2015 21:48 (nine years ago) link

You must make a great living perpetuating that lie, good sir

©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 17 March 2015 21:50 (nine years ago) link

/s

©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 17 March 2015 21:50 (nine years ago) link

the sjw industrial complex remunerates me well sure but i wld do it for free such is my fiery hatred for all gamors

lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 March 2015 21:53 (nine years ago) link

literally every video game is a hate crime and should be prosecuted as such

Clay, Tuesday, 17 March 2015 22:00 (nine years ago) link

video games instead of having "cool computer graphics" should instead euthanize their players

lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 March 2015 22:02 (nine years ago) link

I played a video game once, as a child, and now choose to wear a mask in public

Clay, Tuesday, 17 March 2015 22:04 (nine years ago) link

not dark souls though

Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 17 March 2015 22:06 (nine years ago) link

"cool computer graphics"

source plz

polyphonic, Tuesday, 17 March 2015 22:06 (nine years ago) link

It's actually something I'm working on quantifying at this time.

lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 March 2015 22:08 (nine years ago) link

the current state of sjws vs. comics, btw

http://comicsalliance.com/the-vocal-minority-and-artistic-integrity-in-comics/

toucan orca ink (how's life), Tuesday, 17 March 2015 22:11 (nine years ago) link

Comics are just a glorified R&D/loss leader for movies now anyway

kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 17 March 2015 22:24 (nine years ago) link

xp that story makes a little more sense if you see the actual Killing Joke-inspired cover:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/dc-comics-cancels-batgirl-joker-variant-at-artists-request

Nhex, Wednesday, 18 March 2015 04:38 (nine years ago) link

oh ok the cover was linked halfway through the article (really should've been at the top) but i get why it was pulled

Nhex, Wednesday, 18 March 2015 04:42 (nine years ago) link

that cover is pretty fucked up, bad call. Is batgirl worth reading now?

Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 18 March 2015 05:16 (nine years ago) link

I dunno, its no worse than anything Moore would do, whats the big deal?

I checked Snoops , and it is for real (Trayce), Wednesday, 18 March 2015 05:20 (nine years ago) link

At least one part of it completely highlights the bullshit direction DC went with Nu52 which contrasts so severely with that of the revamped book, and the reaching out they're trying to do with some of the newer titles

Delbert Gravy (kingfish), Wednesday, 18 March 2015 06:45 (nine years ago) link

if any of you are interested in following this mess still, i recommend damion schubert's blog.

http://www.zenofdesign.com/mark-kern-really-wants-gamergators-to-be-able-to-yell-at-harassment-victims/

goole, Wednesday, 18 March 2015 19:15 (nine years ago) link

jesus christ these nutballs have gone down the rabbit hole

https://8ch.net/gg/res/636815.html

kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 20:16 (nine years ago) link

what is the jist? no way am I clicking on that url

mh, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 20:20 (nine years ago) link

Have you ever wondered how the mainstream gaming media became so hostile to gamers? You can point the finger at the London-based conglomerate United Business Media (UBM), the umbrella corporation to GamerGate’s Jill Valentine. For the past several years, UBM has been clandestinely operating or funding SJW gaming organizations such as Gamasutra, the IGDA and the Games Developer Conference, giving them enormous influence in the industry. Reaxxion is the first publication to expose UBM and the ways they’ve been manipulating the video game industry.

kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 20:23 (nine years ago) link

...and gets way more insane conspiracy theory from there

kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 20:23 (nine years ago) link

oh, of course

mh, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 20:29 (nine years ago) link

ums do you take that sweet UBM money? how did you find this link? we need answers

mh, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 20:30 (nine years ago) link

jesus, clicking around in there is unpleasant

Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 20:58 (nine years ago) link

Think about it in terms of strategic planning:

a) You know that the US/west EU games industry is going to undergo a full blown 1983 style collapse
b) You tried your best to remove Japan from the picture through Project Manhattan but failed after the Xbox 360 didn't beat the PS3 and the Xbone got raped by the Xbone
c) You had a backup plan: Reshape games to be hostile to the consumer and to be taken seriously by congress.
d) Have some sleeper "educational game companies" ready to be purchased by bigger game bodies ready
e) Force the collapse to happen, ask for a bail out to save educational games
f) Enjoy infinite profits for very little work, game crash averted.

....think about it guys

kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 21:19 (nine years ago) link

the Xbone got raped by the Xbone

i am detecting a logic issue here, the rest checks out

Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 21:23 (nine years ago) link

This seems like it might be insane

DJP, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 21:25 (nine years ago) link

d) Have some sleeper "educational game companies" ready to be purchased by bigger game bodies ready

i mean at a certain point any corporation is going to look at the possibility running a secret network sleeper cell of educational video game developers, but i don't get the sense that it happens as often as people think

kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 21:28 (nine years ago) link

It's funny how the stories these people tell themselves so much resemble video game stories.

jmm, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 21:30 (nine years ago) link

gamergate commentary goes down easier if you read it in your head in the voice of duke nukem and add "oh yeeaaaaaaaah" to the end of every sentence

Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 21:31 (nine years ago) link

e) Force the collapse to happen, ask for a bail out to save educational games

they think that video games are as much of a linchpin to the american economy as major banks and the auto industry, and would surely be bailed out by a sympathetic congress

mh, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 21:34 (nine years ago) link

Well I mean look at how much of the U.S. economy is tied up in educational games, just think it through

DJP, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 21:40 (nine years ago) link

brb watching twitch stream of Tut's Typer

kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 21:41 (nine years ago) link

meanwhile, in her volcano-based lair, Mavis Beacon is steepling her fingers and chuckling

the biggest aspie disser in the world (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 21:41 (nine years ago) link

Guys, we've been found out. Set off the Mavis Beacon, we're going underground

xp OH FUCK OFF :(

GGGOAT: greatest goat game of all time (Will M.), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 22:09 (nine years ago) link

lol sorry, guess her cover's blown

the biggest aspie disser in the world (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 22:10 (nine years ago) link

my fault for writing the goof, walking away, coming back and hitting submit post

GGGOAT: greatest goat game of all time (Will M.), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 22:40 (nine years ago) link

Is it too late for my Icarus Proudbottom joke

polyphonic, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 22:49 (nine years ago) link

nope do it!

Nhex, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 23:04 (nine years ago) link

Trying to form Carmen Miranda joek and failing.

I checked Snoops , and it is for real (Trayce), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 23:56 (nine years ago) link

what was that company that had side-scrolling adventures with the character in the giant floppy red hat and blue jacket? I keep thinking they had "puzzle" or "knowledge" in their name. edutainment.

mh, Thursday, 26 March 2015 01:12 (nine years ago) link


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