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Hm, well, I think they still are - was not really sure what one counts as being successful so I ran with something quantitative. But then again, perhaps I can't see it from outside of the hobby.

Aren't we there already, considering the income generated by the 'AAA' games and series.

http://nichegamer.com/2015/03/ashes-of-the-singularity-is-a-giant-sized-rts-that-completely-reshapes-the-genre/ New RTS, supposedly large scale.

Well he is right, or are you going to peddle more of your bull**** ?

Ah, Schafer, still annoyed at his "LEAVE PETER ALONE!!" video, but that's expected. Weird to dignify GG with mockery at a professional event like GDC, but I am noticing developers are that way these days.

I wouldn't say that but both books\movies do resonate with millions of people Twilight is more a teenager attraction but 50 Shades really did well with women of all ages for a number of reasons So no need for literature elitism...just because you have disdain for something it doesn't mean its subpar I think you completely missed his point there though, is the old adage that popularity doesn't always equal quality. You can push a lot of junk if you have good marketing, after all. Actually he didn't miss the point, his point was that just because something is popular doesn't mean it is subpar. Corollarily speaking, just because something is unpopular doesn't make it quality either. (Can't speak to either book, never read either). That said, a lot of the bioware hate reminds me of the old alternative music crowd where once an obscure band signed a contract with a label to make an album they'd sold out and worthy of only derrision. Perhaps I'm wrong, but often times the people who seem to pick apart the current Bioware game often criticise it for doing the same things that BG or BG2 did. Well, then all he did was reiterate the point then. I rather like the Bioware hate though, fosters nice arguments as some people are very sensitive about their game companies . Most of the time the Bioware games are good fun, like summer blockbusers.

I wouldn't say that but both books\movies do resonate with millions of people Twilight is more a teenager attraction but 50 Shades really did well with women of all ages for a number of reasons So no need for literature elitism...just because you have disdain for something it doesn't mean its subpar I think you completely missed his point there though, is the old adage that popularity doesn't always equal quality. You can push a lot of junk if you have good marketing, after all.

EA killing off Maxis Emeryville - http://www.beyondsims.com/55229/ea-closes-maxis-emeryville/

Wasn't questioning it's relevancy, just its significance - and as you say it is inconsequential in the face of major problems. It's a really small component of gender equality, true, though thinking of something like women's access to education vs "women are strippers in GTA" does make me laugh. It does give people something to wring their hands over though.

Of course not. Poor representation of females and minorities is indeed an issue, a much greater one then "Ethics in Game's Journalism". My issue with anti-GG is their praxis and how they waste so much focus and potential collective action on trying to fix one issue that's symptomatic of much larger issues. Combat the big issues and the smaller issues will follow suit. Yes it is, worrying about insufficient amounts of Asian, Hispanic, Lesbian or whatever in games or those women not being treated in some ideal way is pretty insignificant next to actual problems in the world (consider that an issue that one must crusade for is the stereotypical 'first world problem') which is what Bruce was carrying on about. And considering our starting point of "We are living in a world of massive economic inequality, Islamic extremism, wars in Ukraine, global pandemic viruses, an unstable Middle East, the rise of a haughty and jingoistic Russia and many other serious challengers that the global community grapples with.....", how is 'represenation' in games any different ?

Pretty much why the talk of "representation" in games is very laughable, no ?

Or he's just too proud to get his eyesight checked and get glasses.

Not sure everything was OK in Mass Effect 3.

I forget how Wu got involved in this crap anyway, I think she decided to wade in with a flaming tweet of her own. Worked out well for her as some calling her the "face of anti-GG". In any case her meeting with Wardell is seen as treason by one side, capitulation by the other - no changing of their tunes.

I think the real problem with showing Berlusconi's is that the forum can't support photos of that many women. But anyway, he has better taste than Clinton (he really chose them for personalities I guess) - http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-11982228

Reading comments upset that she had coffee with Wardell was a pleasant start to the day. Apparently she is now trying to make herself look human to GG people so they won't write bad things about her, such was her reasoning I had thought she was going to ask about game design, she needs to.

EVE's great for out of game drama. Also teaches valuable life lessons about how to cope with loss and how everyone is indeed an enemy http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/eve-online-corporate-thief-steals-13000-worth-assets-daring-heist-1490283

Hardly the case now, so one's public Twitter feed gets swamped with crap, if one is a notable person this is expected and desired in some cases (publicity). You can still communicate with people via, y'know, email or the legion of IM utilities, newsgroups.

Do they usually wander around at sea with no escort ? Shortcomings aside, old battleships' durability was kind of impressive looking at the (contemporary) abuse they took before sinking.

Well, is it really something to worry about if some people are scared off an industry from the perception their ideology is unpopular in it ?

Better loot and XP in a group, that's why

Well nothing lost there, really, they don't have a career to lose. You'd think they'd be more worried about serious issues in the industry like overwork, bad management, etc. than people being nasty on Twitter. Not like every woman that makes games is going to get this abuse (it'd have to be guaranteed to justify said fear) and if one is good enough to reach the levels where people know of you (no one knows of Tools Programmers, for example) you will be earning enough to just laugh at them as they try to assail you. Also, one has to be pretty hard to make it in almost any field these days, as it should be. Probably relevant as well, even if she was from a company I want to see ruined still (R6 ) http://www.polygon.com/2015/2/26/8078083/jade-raymond-next-step

I don't know, in a weird way Jacob's utter lack of anything interesting (creepy "....the prize..." aside) does make him memorable.

Nah, that's inhumane. Just mount little pepper spray cannons to the dachshunds' backs and have those be remotely controlled, dachshunds are armoured up and charge the crowds and provide a platform for pepper spraying.