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#1 Posted by Beb (172 posts) - 8 days, 7 hours ago

Man, I feel super disconnected from gaming culture.

The Nintendo direct had the most games that I will actually buy, by far. Sony was exciting for the MS takedown, but other than that yesterdays conferences were pretty boring.

#2 Edited by Beb (172 posts) - 12 days, 21 hours ago

The reason it's bad is because two of them are 100%+ of your fat and sodium, but won't be enough food to satisfy you for a whole day.

So yeah, it's real bad.

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#4 Posted by Beb (172 posts) - 20 days, 4 hours ago

Everything about this is great. Couldn't back it fast enough.

#5 Posted by Beb (172 posts) - 20 days, 23 hours ago

@milkman said:

Equal wages, men's rights, radical feminists, blah blah blah. Interesting stuff, guys.

Anyway, I really hate to be the one to bump this but really wanted to post this response article from the always fantastic Jenn Frank. I think it's necessary reading for anyone out there who feel like Anita is attacking the medium of games. It's okay to like something even if parts of it can be considered sexist. No one's accusing you of anything. It doesn't make you a bad person for liking these games or make the people who made it bad people either. That's what I feel a lot of people fail to understand. So many people seem to get so defensive over these videos when there is really no reason to. Anita's videos aren't saying anything that shouldn't already be obvious to us. Simply identifying and examining these tropes or themes or whatever just a little more closely is perfectly healthy.

What I find frustrating about her videos is that she isn't really examining anything. So far there has been zero insight or any kind of original content. She just lists games that have similar story elements, and then asserts that the common element is bad, regardless of context.

I agree that damsel in distress is overused by lazy game stories, second only to "save the world," and I even agree that many of the games she lists are intentionally or unintentionally sexist, but she doesn't really make any kind of argument or offer any kind of solution. It's just noise.

#6 Posted by Beb (172 posts) - 22 days, 6 hours ago

Persona 5 (:P)

#7 Posted by Beb (172 posts) - 1 month, 2 days ago

I think Sessler is out of touch on this one. I agree with what Jeff said on the Bombcast when they mentioned no E3 press conference.

Why waste money on doing a live press conference, just so your message can be filtered through dozens of media outlets with their own spin, when you can do a tightly produced video fed directly to anyone who wants it? The gaming media will still cover the Nintendo direct, so there is literally nothing to lose. Gaming coverage has been trending this way for years, with the media slowly being cut out bit by bit. Nintendo is ahead of the game here, not behind.

It seems weird to say that Nintendo needs to make big, forward thinking changes, but then talk shit about them when they make one. Anyone who WOULD have watched a live Nintendo press conference but refuses to watch the Nintendo Direct is crazy.

#8 Posted by Beb (172 posts) - 1 month, 24 days ago

Cookie master race

#9 Posted by Beb (172 posts) - 2 months, 2 days ago

Holy shit.

A direct sequel to the greatest game of all time.

#10 Edited by Beb (172 posts) - 2 months, 13 days ago

EA isn't the worst company in America.

That said, Moore's post is just empty PR bullshit.