Anita Sarkeesian presents: Eight things developers can do to make games less shitty for women.

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  1. gul

    gul Revolting Beer Drinker Administrator Formerly Important

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    You could easily do more, by talking about her in every Wordforge post, blogging about her 24/7. I find your efforts lacking, therefore you support rape.
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  2. Archangel

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    5 pages....

    Halfway there.
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  3. Diacanu

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  4. gul

    gul Revolting Beer Drinker Administrator Formerly Important

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    I know, totally. Using your logic does indeed produce completely insane statements. By the way, how does calling a Wordforge poster crazy help Mercedes?
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  5. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    I never said you support rape.
    I said you're a self-involved narcissist who doesn't really care about people.
    :)
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    A simple tweet would have been nice. Something saying, this home invasion and rape was horrific, sex workers are still people and don't deserve to be treated like that, please donate to (name a charity)... Would have sufficed.

    Surely someone who has supposedly dedicated her life to women could have spent one minute doing that? It seems like Sarkeesian is only interested in certain types of women though.

    Why deal with an actual rape of a woman she doesn't approve of when she can crusade on behalf of imaginary characters in video games?
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  7. Dinner

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    Don't you think that is over the top, dude?
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    Dude, this is Wordforge. If it's not over the top, it's a failure!

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  9. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    Eh...maybe.
    I'll come back at it when I've cooled down a bit.
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    Dinner 2012 & 2014 Master Prognosticator

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    I find that helps me when I get too involved in a topic. No one wants to go full Castle. ;)
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    gul Revolting Beer Drinker Administrator Formerly Important

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    Dinner thinks you need to Tweet about it Cytheria. As for your claims right here, who isn't? People should like themselves. That doesn't mean that we don't care for others. I mean, yeah, in your world of absolutes it does, but I really hope you find a way to help Mercedes without hating yourself.
  12. garamet

    garamet "The whole world is watching."

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    Sarkeesian (probably) isn't Jesus. She's (presumably) not even Superman. She's a regular person, under no obligation to respond to every request for help that comes her way. Dicky attempting to hold her to some standard that applies to no one else is some petty, nonsensical, bullshit.

    Remember when Dicky was butthurt that she appeared to make money from her kickstarter, as though making money from a project was some sort of crime? Did he complain about Roger Ebert making a living off criticizing films? :chris:
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  14. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    That right there proves you've never ventured into my blog.
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    garamet "The whole world is watching."

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    Out there in the world beyond your screen, this is what we call a self-involved narcissist:

    May we assume that after you get justice for American porn stars, you'll don your cape and fly over to India to get justice for five-year-old girls?

    Or do you wear the cape 24/7?
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  16. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    You're right, I don't have powers to save everybody.
    Therefore, I should focus on first-world crap like if a non-sentient pixel-puppet's imaginary nipples show.
    What was I thinking?
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  17. garamet

    garamet "The whole world is watching."

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    So does that mean you'll stop now?
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    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    Stop what?
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    *throws gas on the fire*


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  20. Diacanu

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    I see blue and gold.
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  21. garamet

    garamet "The whole world is watching."

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    I'd have said "hyper-focus," but we'll use your word. You've decided that the suggestion that some video games rethink the choices for female characters is "the camel's nose" of some latterday Tipper Gore agenda to deny you the sight of all tits for all time.

    It's unhealthy.
  22. Diacanu

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    Oh, okay, I'll stop the imaginary thing I never did.
    That was easy.
  23. garamet

    garamet "The whole world is watching."

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    Good. Now go get your cape out of the dryer and save the little girls in India.
  24. Diacanu

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    14D it is her topic of choice so you'd think it was right up her ally but I guess actual women don't matter especially if they are sex workers who she finds icky.

    I guess real violent home invasion rapes don't matter as much as bitching about 30 year old video games which have characters she doesn't like. :(
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    Or she could have entirely different reasons. Who knows unless she talks about that particular case?
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  27. garamet

    garamet "The whole world is watching."

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    Oh, right. Guess you got the memo.

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    Diacanu is once again ripping off an old trick used by Muad and his ilk to deflect attention.

    Remember how anyone talking about Trayvon Martin or Michael Brown or Tamir Rice or any sort of violence against unarmed black teenagers was allegedly a dirty hypocrite because they didn't also talk about gun violence in Chicago constantly? Because apparently it's impossible to care about something unless you care about everything?

    That's what Diacanu is trying here. Badly, I might add.

    Muad would be proud. :muad:
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  29. Diacanu

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    Everything?
    No.
    Sarkeesian caring about what she says she cares about would be enough.
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