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We are peaceful people " we are peaceful people " I would hate to see what Russian belligerence looks like if these are the actions of a peaceful nation

Ok, that's what I call a goddamn liar, anyone who played FNV knows this is bull****, and any obsidian fan should be pissed about this. I'm sorry but she's a bad person, a liar and manipulator, I have no sympathy for her at all and I don't care about the alleged threats, I don't belive a word from her without hard evidence, period. Wait, what? Fallout New Vegas got called out as treating women as decoration? The game with 3 very fleshed out female companions, many well written female NPCs, and that lets you play as a female character? Wow, that is ****. Not only is it lazy, but it is a lie. When someone spreads false information like this, they need to be called out on their Bull****. Calling someone a liar when they have lied is the just course of action. KP I want to ask you something, what exactly is your issue with people who espouse SJ values? I'm genuinely interested because you often seem to mention how you dislike SJW?I dislike them because of they are ineffective keyboard warriors who ignore real issues in favor of sensationalist tripe, and insult and try to silence or discredit anyone who doesn't share their opinions. But you obviously realize the SJ movement and campaigns consist of millions of people throughout the world. You've only experienced the views of a few small percentage of the total number of people who support SJ causes. How can you make such a generalized statement about such a diverse group, surly you can see what is wrong with that type of blanket statement?

I have just watched an interview on BBC from Carl Bildt, the Swedish foreign minister, about the Russian troops in Ukraine. He is a very articulate, intelligent and reasonable man and he was critical and scathing about the Russian troops now in eastern Ukraine. Russia needs to realize that these actions are making it very unpopular from the countries in the world that matter, they should pull out completely from Ukraine to avoid further economic punitive measures

Okay isn't this a good thing? Its the type of realistic reaction you expect when you buy your girlfriend or wife a present?

What the **** is wrong with sex cards? They were a fun little gag meant to stir people's desire to collect things and to give some nice visual feedback for the romps in the hay the game offered. And **** had nothing to do with 'romance'. (Unless you consider casual sex romance, of course.) Remember those cards in W1 after the threesome with the group of Vampiresses, those ladies were smoking hot

Ok, that's what I call a goddamn liar, anyone who played FNV knows this is bull****, and any obsidian fan should be pissed about this. I'm sorry but she's a bad person, a liar and manipulator, I have no sympathy for her at all and I don't care about the alleged threats, I don't belive a word from her without hard evidence, period. Wait, what? Fallout New Vegas got called out as treating women as decoration? The game with 3 very fleshed out female companions, many well written female NPCs, and that lets you play as a female character? Wow, that is ****. Not only is it lazy, but it is a lie. When someone spreads false information like this, they need to be called out on their Bull****. Calling someone a liar when they have lied is the just course of action. KP I want to ask you something, what exactly is your issue with people who espouse SJ values? I'm genuinely interested because you often seem to mention how you dislike SJW?

No that hasn't been confirmed, in fact Russia is denying it. But it does appear that Russia is becoming more visible in its interference in eastern Ukraine

I was a little disappointed, not as good as the previous two. But I did the enjoy seeing what happened to Jessica Lange. She deserved that fate, she was a nasty piece of work

Nice One of my favourite series, yaaaaaaaaay

The West knows what's best for Russia, it makes sense you just accept this irrefutable fact Oby

Why are you responding to people like myself - who provide perfectly valid criticisms and reasons to dislike her - by throwing us in the same category as people who are obviously scum? Listen in my last post I left this out cause it's irrelevant to the feminism cause, but the woman is dishonest and opportunistic. She's lied about her past and has - on multiple occassions - used misleading representations of games to promote her agenda. Obsidian's very own Fallout New Vegas got targeted by her as an example of "using women as decoration and not as characters." It doesn't get a long explanation mind you, but you'll find female hookers from the game appearing in a montage of "guilty parties," along with a claim that using violence against women or such sexually objectified characters isn't discouraged and in some cases rewarded. Nevermind that you can walk in the Gomorrah and quickly discover male prostitutes aswell, nevermind that the very example clip she showed CONVENIENTLY cuts off before Freeside blows her head off for killing a hooker, and doesn't even address the bad karma alert. She's a child. If she's serious about making a point, don't be a lying snake. Mind you I'm not referring her claiming to have grown up on games; I think while that's certainly relevant it gets more focus than it warrants. The misleading citations though? GTFO. Girl is clearly proud of her college life, she should know not to have sloppy citations. I legitimately question what her motive is. I personally think she knows damned well she's misleading people, but she's just sloppily tossing together the videos to complete her kickstarter end of the bargain so she can enjoy the money. So yeah, she's a joke. She's not someone that ANYONE should be taking seriously, and as such anytime I hear her say something like that I can't help but wonder if some commentator on the internet said "fk u bish go make a sammich before I slap you" and then OMG TIME TO CHANGE THE LOCKS ON THE DOORS!! Welcome to the internet Anita. I can log into any multiplayer game with voicechat right now and randomly get called a **** just for talking. Pro-tip: don't take that stuff serious and ignore those people. If you really care about feminism? You'd be wise not to defend her. She's a liability to the cause. I do care about feminism and its objectives, but I don't always agree with what Anita says. Or rather I question how effective her strategy is as it alienates certain moderates. But none of this is justification for her detractors threatening her with physical violence or saying things like " she needs to be raped, that will sort her out " The level of misogyny and vitriol directed towards her by some is appalling and unacceptable

I still think you get your hand amputated and replaced with a hook, now that would be really cool

Excellent post, QFT I just want to reiterate a point you made. I know many people who make comments like " wow promancers are weird, they want to Romance people in a game. Get a RL girlfriend , you people need to get a life" and similar comments The objective or interest in Romance is no more weird than people who want meaningful and sincere interaction with party members, people that demand realistic armour or weapons, people that want a realistic game economy or dozens of other examples I can give that constitute and define your RPG experience A person should never demonstrate the hubris to tell others that asking for feature X or feature Y is weird or unreasonable in a RPG. We all have different expectations and things we enjoy when we play a RPG

Romeo and Juliet Titanic West Side Story (although this is only modernized version of Romeo and Juliet) Before Sunrise Pride and Prejudice Anna Karenina Gone With the Wind The Notebook The Time Traveler's Wife Jane Eyre Message in a Bottle As for example of critically acclaimed novels and movies that have romance as one of their main focal points. Wow Longknife, you talk about your point being utterly and completely negated. Back to the drawing board for you my friend Its a completely ridiculous suggestion to make that the idea of Romance is not a central theme in many movies or books

Interesting How far do you get in games? And what is the reason you quit before the end?

http://www.polygon.com/2014/8/27/6075679/sarkeesian-driven-out-of-home-by-online-abuse-and-death-threats I really think that this dislike of Anita Sarkeesian is going to far, seriously guys I get some you don't like her but when a person doesn't feel safe in there home due to Internet harassment we should be asking WTF is going on. People don't like the message, so whats the solution? I know...we kill the messenger. Its sad that some men feel so threatened by her that they want to do her actual harm

Really? I find that hard to believe, any links to back that up? I always try to finish every game I play, sometimes to the point of frustration where I am not having that much fun but I don't want to feel I wasted money. In fact there are only 2 games I know I haven't finished, The Guild and Far Cry 2

That's a rough one, but I'm glad your dad is okay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLm8D4f8njo Most of you are probably aware that the classic arcade game Gauntlet is being remade, here is a video around gameplay. It looks fun

Sexy vampires or bust. Santanico Pandemonium is hella sexy. She is the hottest vampiress I have ever seen in any TV series or movie

By legislation you mean forcing people to hire X amount of women? This cannot be a long term solution. No doubt this has resulted in a different kind of unfair hiring practices. I imagine that they have those in place but there are so few women/minorities interested in gaming and willing to relocate that they can't fill those posts. I agree with this, in South Africa we have open positions in various businesses that don't always get filled because they are affirmative action positions and companies battle to find suitable candidates

By legislation you mean forcing people to hire X amount of women? This cannot be a long term solution. No doubt this has resulted in a different kind of unfair hiring practices. You may see it as forcing people to hire women, or other minorities, I see it as correcting an imbalance around employment practices in the work place and corporations. I see it as a progressive and necessary social step in order to have all people of any particular country fairly represented in the business sector. You should see this as something positive

. Just that "I don't like women" or is there some perception that a woman with kids will work less and is more high maintenance? Yes its as simple as that, there are certain cultures and people that have a view that a women in a particular job cannot be as efficient or effective as a man doing the same job. Therefore they prefer not hiring women. It sounds ridiculous but its a real form of bigotry and discrimination that exists in most societies which is why we have certain legislation in many countries that aims to prevent this practice of sexism

What if a feminist wrote a book about the trials and tribulations they have been through as a women in the corporate world but have now achieved respect and financial success. So this book is can be used a source of motivation for younger women grappling with similar issues. Would you still be opposed to this type of revenue generation from a feminist?

You should ask me that question directly young grasshopper Of course I don't consider that a factor when I look at historical artworks, but back then gender equality wasn't the issue it is nowadays. I am more concerned with reasonable and fair gender representation in games going forward than I am concerned with why 200 year old artwork may or may not contain the same representation