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Ok I'm trying to remember a PC game I played circa 1994. It was a role-playing/adventure type game. It had a top-down view (maybe isometric) I THINK you could control your characters by clicking the mouse and then your character would walk to that point. If I remember correctly, the beginning of the game (or at least at some point int he game )your party starts as prisoners having to battle a monster in a coliseum type situation. There were all kinds of random items you could pick up and some of them had no use at all. One such item was a set of divining stones/bones that you could get from a fortune teller. There seemed to be a lot of desert and mountain areas, and I remember one part had like a big boulder/rock that had a hole in the top of it, and your character noted that there was some type of noise coming out of it. There were multiple people in your party, but I don't remember if they were all on screen at once or not, but you could only control one at a time. Battle took place in real time if I remember correctly. One of your party members was really big, like an ogre or something.

Gonna have to disagree here, the articles weren't attacking harassers, they were attacking the idea of a gamer identity. The idea that there is still a core gamer audience was what was being attacked.

It is really disappointing that there are basically zero JRPGs on the horizon for the new consoles.

Yeah, and he admitted as much in his twitter response. But there is already an online petition and new facebook page with over 2000 likes at this point https://www.facebook.com/OperationKosMos so hopefully it can build some momentum!

So Harada posted a message to fans on twitter addressing requests for a Xenosaga HD collection. https://twitter.com/Harada_TEKKEN/status/510056523549003776

This is really exciting to me as a huge fan of the series. Previously he was able to get Project X Zone localized for the US based on fan requests for it. Is anyone here interested in such a re-release of the series? I'd be really interested to see how they handle the differing art styles of each game in an HD remaster.

Anyone who would want something like this should tweet to him and express interest.

@defaultprophet: Thats not what is happening. The right wingers are picking up on the issue because no one in the left will even admit there is an issue to talk about.

@fear_the_booboo: Yeah I just saw that part of the video and deleted my post. I am done too, thanks for talking about it with me though.

Very well, I retract my original statement concerning her sources. Thank you for directing me to that source.

My second point I stand by: http://youtu.be/4ZPSrwedvsg?t=22m11s

"The player cannot help but treat these female bodies as things"

"Players are meant to derive a perverse pleasure from desecrating the bodies of unsuspecting virtual female characters"

"controlling and punishing representations of female sexuality"

At this point http://youtu.be/4ZPSrwedvsg?t=21m3s she uses audio that is not even the main character's voice to misrepresent what's going on. If you've played Deus Ex Human Revolution, you will be able to tell that when you hear "you can't run", it isn't the main character talking. I'm not even sure if that audio is from that game at all.

You can say I'm nitpicking if you want, but she isn't just one game, this is the narrative and it is a misrepresentation of what the games actually are. Yes she shows scenes that can easily be considered sexist, but she then exaggerates other games to try to make a stronger case.