Mamba219

@medacris: I've never seen a feminist complain about male discrimination. I've never seen a feminist stand up for men who are victims of domestic abuse. I've never seen a feminist rail against the radically anti-male laws in family courts. I've never seen a feminist call for equal employment in sectors such as waste management, coal mining, construction, etc. - only nice, safe office jobs. To say these people want equality is ludicrous - if they did, they'd act like it, instead of complaining about Princess Peach being a damsel in distress. They just want to ensure their feelings are never, ever hurt, and that they're never, ever made uncomfortable by anything.

Patrick, during your time here, I've grown to really respect your work. I respect your willingness to highlight niche games that a lot of people disregard. I respect your willingness to expose yourself to many different viewpoints on many different issues. These "Worth Reading" articles have been a highlight of the site since you got here, and I want them to continue.

That said, I find it frustrating that you always seem to land on the side of feminism and never seem to want to expose yourself to the blatant misandry that these people spout. The article you posted about the "wage gap" is clearly biased against men, and even though I attempted to post a comment on the blog itself to point this out, the moderator of the blog rejected my comment despite it being entirely reasonably worded.

I really would be remiss if I didn't ask you to at least try to see things in this light. You've shown willingness to try new things before, and I think this is something that you should try. Form your own opinion. I hope you read this and consider it. Thanks.

Why is there a section talking specifically about women in games? Where's the section about men?

Advance Wars is pretty terrific.

Fighting games are most certainly my number 1. Even Persona 4 Arena, sequel to my favorite game, I disliked.

Along those lines, I also generally dislike any genre that most people consider multiplayer genres - I just dislike playing games with other people. So I'm not a fan of MMOs, FPSs, RTSs, and other games of that nature. I'm just a solitary gamer, pure and simple.

Finally, not a fan of driving games either. I don't understand why you'd ever need more than one of these types of games, and I own Burnout 3, so I never need to buy another.

Does Cato the Elder count? I don't think he's much of a celebrity these days, but he'll always be one in my eyes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato_the_Elder

Right now I actually don't have any current generation consoles hooked up. I own all three, but I've been playing my PS2 pretty exclusively since around April, alternating between PS1 and PS2 games. I just have so many of them, and really good games are really easy to find used and cheap.

I'd say that I only "retire" consoles when the next consoles are indeed entirely backwards compatible. What that means is, when I got a Wii, I did give away my Gamecube, but if I ever get a WiiU I will have to keep my Wii because I really enjoy Gamecube games. I feel like now I won't be able to fully retire any of my old systems anymore, because there's all this digital stuff that gets downloaded directly to them that ensures I won't be able to sell them.

Great, they're now owned by financial pirates who will benefit more from the company's failure than its success. I wouldn't hang my hat on their recovery.

Well, the answer for me is Theodore Roosevelt, because he's always the greatest in everything. I think he has some cameo appearances in games, not really sure.

If we're talking about exclusively video game characters though, that's tough. I'm a big fan of Krelian from Xenogears - a wonderfully complex character. On the more simple side though, I love me some Dick Gumshoe from the Phoenix Wright games.

Also, can't say enough about the entire cast of Persona 4 - Yosuke, Teddie, Kanji, Chie, and Adachi in particular.

I never pirate or buy new games (~2 years old). But I'll pirate games that are like 10+ years old, if that even counts. If it's between 2-10 years old, I'll buy it though.