DylanGW

I have no clue whatsoever what this is supposed to mean.

The so-called justice warriors are more interested in changing what everyone else plays than having more options in terms what they themselves play. They think everyone else's entertainment needs to change for their own good; because the 'implicit messages' are damaging to our culture. That is why they don't share your position.

@jadegl: I can understand being annoyed that people at conferences assume you've been dragged along. I think that would get under my skin as well. On the other hand, the assumption is not random; it comes from repeated experience. It is more common for the male in a relationship to be the bigger enthusiast when at a games conference, hardware store, or car show. Humans are good intuitive statisticians, so we easily recognize when a certain gender is more interested in a particular thing. If I met you at a conference, I might make the same (perhaps wrong) assumption; but would be delighted once it became clear you were an enthusiast just like me.

I think everyone has a right and should participate in these conversations. The problem with so-called 'social justice warriors' (male or female) is that they aren't really participating in any conversation; they're so sure that their positions are right that any disagreement is evidence of the problem they're trying to fix. Steven Pinker wrote in the Blank Slate that gender feminists have invented a lexicon of epithets for what in any other area would be called disagreement: "backlash", "not getting it," "intellectual harassment," "silencing women." The irony, is that these words were used by gender feminists to discredit and silence the voices of dissenting feminists. This should seem familiar to how 'social justice warriors' treat disagreement in the world of video games.

This brings me to the next problem; so-called 'social justice warriors' don't speak for anyone but themselves and their own preferences. They certainly don't speak for all women; as I said earlier, there is no 'women's perspective'; there are as many perspective's as there are women. I like that you refer to your feelings as 'personal'; because it means you view your opinions as your own. I suspect you are not asking the industry to change for you; just as I don't think Call of Duty should change because I think their treatment of war is gross.

In contrast, so-called 'social justice warriors' don't speak for themselves. Instead, they talk on behalf of groups: women, homosexuals, transgender people, african americans - as if there were consensus between each and every member within those groups. When members within those groups disagree; the so-called 'social justice warriors' have words for them. They become "gender traitors", "self-hating [insert group]", "mansplainers", "uncle tom", or they "just don't get it" - because if someone disagrees could only be because they're the one who misunderstands something.

@shaunage: I just bought Xenoblade Chronicles and I'll probably do the same thing.

@random45: look at how hard the culture police have made it to write a female character; it would make want to avoid it altogether. http://www.edge-online.com/features/the-trouble-with-writing-female-videogame-characters/

I bought Daikatana last year from a rare video game store just for the box art and because it reminds me of reading masters of doom.

I miss I love Mondays but I don't know which version I prefer. I used to always look forward to Mondays because of ILM; now I just feel neutral about Mondays.

I just like everyone at giantbomb :)

@weegieanawrench: I actually thought it was censored by giantbombs video editors...

@scarycrayons: my thoughts on Lara Croft: sexy isn't sexist.