BruceVC

I am avoiding this thread because I won't contribute towards anything that says women aren't allowed to participate in but an interesting point has been raised. What exactly is the issue with all the new members we are seeing? I don't get it, I am enjoying all the different perspectives. Its makes a refreshing change from our normal views

Its a very festive event in Johannesburg today called Joburg Day where we basically celebrate living in the greatest city in Africa. Its an all day event with beer gardens and live music. And its family event so its always very popular. Following that there is a rugby game later so more alcohol and raucous behaviour will follow. Its going to be a fun day http://highveld.co.za/joburgday/

There are good specials on Steam at the moment, I picked up Kingdoms of Amalur for $6

I looked this game up and it does look good I love the announcer. He sounds awesome; that's why I was so pleased when a random RISK game for the PS2 had the same announcer. Every game with an announcer should have a Majesty announcer option like the RISK game. It would be hilarious. BTW, did you play Jade Empire? If so, did you enjoy it? I did play Jade Empire and coincidently I finished it last night I enjoyed it thoroughly, I have to be honest I like the Bioware type game design. So where you get a party of interesting characters and you have to make certain moral choices through the RPG journey. I enjoyed the martial art style of combat and thought the difficulty level in combat was just right. And the narrative was full of surprises, especially who turns out to be the antagonist I ended up Romancing Dawn Star. The way Bioware implemented Romance in the game reinforced what I have been saying in the Romance thread. Romance in there games really is optional and doesn't intrude on your game. If I didn't want to Romance her it would have been easy to avoid any Romance chatter But it was a very good game, 70/100

I looked this game up and it does look good

Heroes of Might & Magic 6 is turn based strategy game, with turn based tactical combat Oh, but .....well the game still cheats !!!!

I have never really gotten into RTS games, I played Heroes of Might & Magic 6 but the game kept cheating to defeat me so I got annoyed after losing 5-6 times in one of the battles so I removed it from my PC. Stupid cheating RTS game

I have just finished Jade Empire and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It gets a well deserved 70/100 on the much respected "BruceVC gaming barometer " What can I say about the game, very good narrative of course. I didn't expect some of the twists and who ended up being the " bad guy" . I also enjoyed the way the game approached combat and the different martial arts style I like Bioware games and how the gameplay works so Jade Empire provided a very entertaining experience for me

All AC games eventually get to that point, the sub quests start to get a little tiresome. The moment you start feeling like that just focus on the main quest

http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/52308/grand-theft-auto-v-release-dates-and-exclusive-content I'm really excited about GTAV on PC and I'll also use a controller for the game

Why do men need a specific place on these forums to congregate? There are basically only men who are active on these forums so I'm missing the purpose of this thread unless its a joke of some kind?

I agree with this sentiment, she has become the core focus for many people on all things relevant around gender equality. And she is doing more harm than good because of all the controversies associated with her I would much rather hear about how TFYC received there funding than something Zoe did or didn't do. But I suppose Zoe is still a talking point because of the history around how this whole furore began It is cool that TFYC got the funding they needed. They are an example for those who want women or others to be better represented in game design. Absolutely, I concur sir

I agree with this sentiment, she has become the core focus for many people on all things relevant around gender equality. And she is doing more harm than good because of all the controversies associated with her I would much rather hear about how TFYC received there funding than something Zoe did or didn't do. But I suppose Zoe is still a talking point because of the history around how this whole furore began

Well we don't know if its true yet? Surly we need to see more evidence that support this claim? I'm not sure what you expect this proves? The allegation is that Zoe Quinn has donated nothing to a charity that her game was suppose to. Where is the evidence that she hasn't? What if she donated money through a different named company, so in other words the donations did happen but not through the name "Depression Quest" I know it sounds like I'm defending her but until we have all the facts you shouldn't be bringing out the tar and feathers quite yet

If this turns out to be true... well.You can't take the moral high-ground and be a scam artist at the same time. Edit: That said I'd wait for more info on this before getting too riled up. This looks to me like more anti-feminist propaganda, are there other links that support this? Some journalist called her for a statement regarding it, she hung up on him, which isn't damning, she's been through a lot. But right after she removed references to iFred from the depression quest page. Why remove references? Why wouldn't she just donate some money? Well we don't know if its true yet? Surly we need to see more evidence that support this claim?

Nonek what term do you prefer, subhuman or knuckle dragging cavemen ?

I think Zoe needs to make a full statement around this, the reality is I hope this link is wrong because this will effect her credibility even more. But more important it will negatively effect the various causes she espouses as some people will dismiss the cause or the movement when they should be judging the person.

If this turns out to be true... well. You can't take the moral high-ground and be a scam artist at the same time. Edit: That said I'd wait for more info on this before getting too riled up. This looks to me like more anti-feminist propaganda, are there other links that support this?

That looks amazing and terrifying...but I'm not sure I would play that game stoned

I hear you, I just don't believe in denialist or revisionist history People need to acknowledge there part that countries played in events , I see it as part of the healing process. You don't see me denying how terrible and dehumanizing Apartheid was?

Good news, I can see it appears that Russian troops have started to withdraw from Ukraine http://news.yahoo.com/russian-withdrawal-ukraine-tiny-first-step-us-214931730.html;_ylt=AwrBT8k5YRFUWPoArWdXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTExcTdidDdsBHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDMQRjb2xvA2JmMQR2dGlkA1VJQzFfMQ Not sure how that's possible considering the fact there were no Russian troops in Ukraine to begin with

Too bad you didn't stop the Croatian genocidal tendencies, but hey I guess you need to pick a side in every conflict. Sure, we know that the Croats and Bosniaks committed atrocities as well. No one is denying that, but the Serbs committed many more as is evident by the number of Serbs compared to the other groups facing war crimes charges in the Hague

Yes I said this before, this link is ridiculous and represents the insanity of the radical feminist perspective. I reject it utterly for a number of reasons. But basically how can consensual sex ever be considered rape ?

But aren't "Protect women, be a gentleman, be sensitive, treat women with great respect" and true equality not incompatible, I mean there are perfectly polite things you'd (in the general sense, I don't know you and thus can't judge you) do for women that you wouldn't do for men, which is perfectly normal, but isn't gender equality. I'm not trying to imply you're some crazy MRA or believe all men should be put in concentration camps, I'm merely asking you to reflect on whether true equality is what you're looking for, to me that doesn't appear to be the case (not that there's anything wrong with that, this isn't intended as an attack on you, or your values, please don't take it that way). I hear this argument fairly often, basically people can't say you believe in gender equality if you seem to favour one gender over the other. Just to be clear, I don't favour one gender over the other. I believe the genders must be equal in the eyes of society and in the eyes of the law and this must be reasonable. I don't believe for example that you should have men and womens full contact sports teams playing against each other in areas like rugby or football But the reality is that even though there have been huge advancements in society the genders are not equal. There are still countries and cultures that don't allow women to work or drive and where there are very few women politicians that represent governments. There is still a salary disparity in certain companies where a women is doing the same job as a man but doesn't receive the same remuneration

Depends who the person is, some people take themselves, their race, their nationality, their ideology, their sexual orientation, and their gender more seriously than others, and as I said, while the comic does mock a certain style of feminist, I don't believe it seriously makes fun of actual rape, and for the record, I'm all for rape jokes when entertaining enough and not uttered with malicous intent, so I'm not saying I don't believe it makes fun of actual rape to make me feel good about laughing. Resonate positively isn't exactly clear terminology, but I certainly do believe a decent percentage of women would find it funny, same way I believe a decent percentage would be overly offended. Do you consider yourself a feminist? Your values always seem more in line with the "Protect women, be a gentleman, be sensitive, treat women with great respect" SJW and whiteknight style of ideology, instead of the more feminist schools of thought., not that there's anything wrong with not being a feminist but still being SJW, merely think you should reconsider whether the feminist movement really is something that coincides with your viewpoints. For the last part, a woman who has been a victim of rape probably won't enjoy the humor, but women aren't the only ones with horrible things leaving lasting scars, I fully disapprove of intentionally shoving things that could make someone mentally scarred feel bad into their face, whether they're women or anyone else, but if you never said something that someone somewhere in time or space would have a very good reason to feel offended by, you'd never speak. Odds are most of us here have at at least one point read a joke that, due to a some tragedy, made us feel very bad, odds are for some brief moments we were offended and felt the need to tear it down, but hopefully, we realized the person making such a statement meant no harm, it was a wellmeant joke meant to give someone a laugh, or just something offhand never really meant to hurt anyone, and then we carried on with whatever we were doing beforehand. No I don't consider myself a feminist because I accept that the word has a negative connotation nowadays and its unhelpful if you try to convince people about what feminism stands for. People only seem to focus on the radical feminist perspective which not what the majority of feminists believe So I believe in gender equality and your description "Protect women, be a gentleman, be sensitive, treat women with great respect" SJW and whiteknight style of ideology " is more what I try to practice and what I believe