What if: there was a lady-type in core GB?

I feel you missed a pretty big detail.

Didn't say anywhere in the post that OP is a girl; I assumed it had to be a guy just by the way the thread title was worded. In that case, her wording seems even more strange, if a little bit less icky.

Yes, he did miss a certain detail there, in spite of his efforts to champion all womankind from inappropriate labeling.

I already explained why I used a stupid term like that earlier in the thread (because I didn't want to have to field a bunch of groaning from people assuming that it was based in aggressive feminist activism just from the title). And I'm afraid I can't promise to never use the term "lady-type" again either. I feel it has... possibilities.

I thought I had heavily implied it with this:

@bunnellius said:

But I guess readers often just lightly skim posts and may miss out on cues like that. I don't know... it does irk me to be referred to as a 'he', but I also don't want to have to start every post with: "Hey y'all, I'm a laaaaaaaaaady!" either. That would just feel like a kind of "girl-gamer" (puke!) attention-seeking that I'd rather avoid.

I blame this on all the guys who use women as their internet avatars. J'accuse! You've ruined it for all us lady-types!

@bunnellius: I actually went back and read over your post twice and I still missed that. I guess my reading comprehension is just lacking. Sorry!

To be fair though,my first pick would always go to Carrie Gouskos,but I don´t think she´s ever coming back into games journalism.

I blame it on guys with avatars of women or girls on it. No way I can tell whether the poster is a woman anymore.

She was my first pick as well, but as you said she's pretty much out of the biz. :( Although, we know for a fact Cara submitted an application. When I found that out she became a front runner personally.

I really just hope we're introduced to these new hires sometime soon. I'm guessing all that will start to roll out shortly after Vinny's send off. Maybe in the next few weeks?

@the_nubster:

Np, sorry if I got tetchy at all in my responses.

Nice! I can't wait to see your thoughts in like 4 years when that game's over. ;)

Really though, I haven't yet played P4 myself, but there are so many different ways that the story can go, with being able to do different things on your time off, advance different social links, etc., that I think it'll be cool to see how your playthrough starts to veer away from Vinny and Jeff's.

I hate to tell you, but I'm not actuallyCoffy.

@bunnellius: Not a problem. Not like I sounded much better by attacking your phrasing. No hard feelings.

Of course! The staff have been looking for a woman, but for obvious reasons you can't hire someone just based on gender. It's hard enough to find someone with drive, talent, and that mingles well with the group. Let alone find someone belonging to a specific group of people. But any opportunity for diversity is always good. However, the professional qualities should come first. This is applicable to most jobs.

Hell yeah. Please, please don't just do it for eye-candy though. The women some of the other sites get are obviously vetted on looks, not content. I'm not a 14yo that clicks through because a hot lady is going to give me the latest gaming news. IGN is a tragedy.

I'd love to see Carrie in with the boys. Warhammer is no longer around, so maybe she's free????