Recent content by IronSkape

Hey Tippy! Real-life personal trainer here, so take that for all of the experience -and biases- it's worth. A good trainer is always worth it, especially considering your previous injuries. The biggest problem in our industry is the vast discrepancy between "good" and "bad" trainers; I have...

I think it's because she IS such an awesome character that her hypersexualization is an issue. She's a great sniper, has an interesting backstory, and is genuinely useful in the game....all of which is undermined by her blatant objectification, and the flimsy excuse behind it. Cover in tactical...

I hope you were pleasantly surprised by the complete lack of bile and hate in this conversation. I haven't spent much time here on the Escapist forums, but I've found it to be, mostly, a very accepting place for people from all walks of life, gay people like myself included. So, thank you...

I see your point, and I'd also like for the inclusion of gay characters to just be a normal thing that doesn't raise eyebrows. But, for now, it's not the norm, and there are still publishers who think such inclusion would be "too political" and turn away potential sales. Any company willing to...

I mean... I know I don't speak for all gay people, but I don't think it's frivolous. We're not well represented in media in general, and I think games are better when they include us. "A forbidden romance between two souls the world has deemed blasphemous, can our two heroes overcome an...

..you know, looking back this morning, I did come off kind of dickish, and for that I apologize. Just write off the tone of that post as prohomormone-induced fanboy rage. It wasn't so much against you, personally, you just said the word "tokenism" and my vision turned red, smoke started...

In a remarkable display of diversity of opinions within the gay community, I will say I vehemently disagree with this point. Hooray for heterogeneity among the homosexuals! I'm also gay, if there was any question. I love the inclusion of LGBT people in the BioWare games. I'm playing through...

"A Single Man" with Colin Firth. I wanted to like this movie. You don't see a lot of gay-centric scripts that manage to get a budget large enough for a big name actor, and the movie got quite a few Oscar and Golden Globe nods. It was the most boring, pretentious, boring, drawn-out, boring...

Great job! Huge props for figuring out that the key to weight loss is eating better and exercising! If that sounded condescending, it totally wasn't. Seriously, you knew what to do, and instead of feigning ignorance and looking for a shortcut you were all like, "I'ma do this shit" and indeed...

I would definitely disagree with this. Strength training is an extremely valuable, life-enhancing activity that has far-reaching benefits outside of appearance. I've been a personal trainer for two years, and my clientele consists mostly of ...well, broken people. People in the gym for health...