Blarghagh

People on the internet exhibit more open stupidity.

I'm actually much more easygoing in real life. The internet is really the only place I get angry about anything. I very rarely get angry at anything.

This is actually the fourth.

Huh, Greg Weisman was kindof the main selling point on that project to me. : / Then again, Dave Filoni is pretty darn awesome too.

When's Advanced Fighting In Tunnels coming out anyway?

Plus, Oculus support is a plus in my eyes. I was skeptic as hell until I got to try it out. Total immersion is an understatement. The only problem is the motion sickness...

You see thousands of those in all Metroid games.

If they need villains just use the English, we positively enjoy twirling our mustaches and chewing the scenery, and we're far too polite to complain. In our cold, logical and unfeeling hearts the hatred of the rest of the world is the only warmth we'll ever know. I think we should use Native Americans as villains because they are underrepresented. But they can't twirl their mustaches.

Geriatric people are sorely underrepresented in games!

"BK: How have your interactions been with other women, other developers, etc? JD: Some women are angry as they feel like I am “Siding with harassment” but I think that’s built on pre-conceived notions about the movement. It also ignores that I receive some pretty nasty harassment from people claiming to be against harassment." I'm happy more people are coming out of the woodwork to go on the record as industry insiders. I was getting very tired of having no legitimate sources when I see these things unfolding myself. In other news, trans game dev Devi Ever has come back to support #GamerGate despite having left the internet temporarily after being doxxed and publicly outed. I salute and respect her.

I find myself shaking my head very often that Maddox, of all people, is the most sane person in this entire goddamn discussion and he's been so for over a year. (Language)

Hot water, good dentistry and soft lavatory paper.

Not the only nor the first place to portray mandrakes in that manner! I'll take your word for iittt.

Is it screaming? Do I need earmuffs? My girlfriend keeps calling me adorkable. Not sure if I should be offended.

That's a great point. Thanks for correcting my perspective. I've got something to think about. Did I mention I've got a huge flu and I'm hopped up on meds?

I can't even find a source because the orthodoxists really ripped into Kingdom Come: Deliverance afterwards, also lambasting it because the medieval setting was too white. Surprise surprise, the first google searches that come up if I google Kingdom Come: Deliverance with the word "sexist" or "racist" added on? Kotaku and Gamasutra. Either way, it conforms to my experiences as a game developer. Anyway, it's always been my opinion that men cannot be expected to flawlessly represent the female perspective. With more women going into game development every year (though I'm sure it will be less now with the irresponsible false narrative created by these game journalists that will surely scare some of them off) this problem will solve itself.

That to me just sounds like some kind of excuse and justification for developers not having to be concerned with things like gender representation in games Not seeing the logic in this. If it was an excuse, why would they bring it up as something that needs to go away? You don't actively protest against your conveniences. EDIT: Regardless, even if it was logical, that is simply not the case, or at least not in all cases. One of the developers bringing it up was Daniel Vavra, who was actually lambasted for adding a seperate female character campaign as a Kickstarter stretch goal for his game Kingdom Come: Deliverance. The setting game is meant to be a fairly realistic showing of historic medieval life, and he put in extra effort to get resources make sure there was a seperate campaign for empowered female characters because the storyline and theme of the basic campaign did not allow for an empowered female character (regarding how women were treated in history and arranged marriages and the such) in a way logical to he setting. What happened when this developer tried, in a logical way, to make female representation in his game happen? He got lambasted as being sexist by games media and feminists because having an empowered female character should be available anyway and they should be able to do anything a male character does, regardless of resources, even in a setting or storyline where this makes no sense. Hence his claim that at this point is is easier to not have them then to put in the effort - because factually, it is. You get a handful of complaints if you have no female characters, but you try to do the right thing even with limited resources? You better hold on to something because there will be a storm coming.

Interesting point, Longknife. It reminds me of how some developers have come forward to say that rampant accusations of bigotry make them scared to add female (or otherwise diverse) characters. It's easier to get away with having no significant female characters than having a significant female character they don't like ("Lara Croft has a male mentor figure and therefore the game is sexist!"). I'm assuming Roundabout came to that plot by itself however since it spawned from Something Awful and not any "professional" indie development clique.

Since they dropped Mike Eisner, anyway.

Got a pretty terrible flu. Sleeping most of the past week.

LUFTWAFFLE

I'd take it one further and disagree with the claim that gaming journalists are being paid to have opinions. Gaming journalists are there to be make assessments, not give opinions. It's what seperates journalists from enthousiasts. While assessments can be informed by opinions it should be based on fact first and foremost and when the assessment is informed by opinion it should be specified as such and it should not be passed off as fact. If they are not able to make this distinction, they are not doing their job as journalists and why should they be paid for a job they are not doing?

You mean the antisemetic Nazi nonsense isn't prevalent on the Codex anymore? That's good to know.

PC - D3 Reaper of Souls Console (handheld in this case) - Pokemon Y

I get the feeling that isn't true. Either way, the real old guard can probably tell me.