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Season 2 Episode 20.

From the transcript of her "women as background decoration part I video: "In other words, viewing media that frames women as objects or sexual playthings, profoundly impacts how real life women are perceived and treated in the world around us. And that is all without even taking into account...

Id argue that theres a difference between criticizing something and between claiming it is harmful (as in, causing something negative in people). Most western societies do in fact restrain access to substances that cause people to endure negative changes to their personality, ie drugs. If...

Both make the same fundamental statement, "playing games causes X (X being something negative)", Thompson only had the gall to go through with the logical conclusion of that line of thought which is to ban games in general or at least strongly restrict access to them. Sarkeesian on the other...

I wouldnt necessarily say its a false equivalence. Jack Thompsons primary line of arguing was (from what I can tell, Im not from the US so I did not follow that particular debate too closely, though we had essentially the same debate but worse over here in Germany) "Videogames make you X (X in...

Except that, again, the only performance evaluation in the game clearly states there is. Players can however choose to ignore said evaluation, however, that doesnt mean that it isnt there or that somehow doing the exact opposite is encouraged. And the game was dessigned in a fashion that is...

Except that the only performance evaluation the game gives you tells you that doing exactly that is the wrong way to play the game. Just because a person can choose to fuck around in a game does not mean that they are *meant* to fuck around. Not giving you a "game over" screen for screwing...

I agree with the general statement, but I would point out that theres also a certain element of stylistic decision there: A lot of games, most really, feature character designs that are in one way or another completely ridiculous in the sense that they are unpractical for whatever it is the...

Has the majority of society decided that though? Because quite frankly, if I look at sales of games or movies or simply look at Television or even billboards then I can quite confidently say: No, society doesnt seem to have a problem with it. Instead, it seems to be a small group yelling really...

No. However, in a lot of cases sexist or racist content harms the story which is ultimately a problem in the sense of general enjoyment. If a game has no interesting female characters (and, please, "interesting" does not automatically mean "strong independent wymyn that dont need no man", sexist...

I dont really see much of a political message behind them. The only real one in the pictures is that male and female characters are portrayed in a different fashion, which also involves sexuality/sexual potency and symbols thereof and that it looks absolutely hilarious when the genders are...

So, without actually having seen the Anime, what exactly is all the fuss about? If you dont like it, dont watch it. If you do like it feel free to watch it. Like with any other form of entertainment media, really. If the artists want to depict or hint at something that you do not want to see in...

Im probably a bit late to the party, but whatever, I guess Ill weigh in =). Anyway, Im Tom. Ive been a gamer since I got a Gameboy and Pokemon Red for my seventh birthday. By now I primarily play on my PC and mainly play turnbased strategy games, RPGs and multiplayer games with friends. I'm...

I wonder if 4chan would be the good or the bad guy in such a novel..

Theres not much to reclaim there, since the term was afaik coined in order to describe what is essentially a group of people that is very hateful, features a lot of sexists, racists and other rather unpleasant people (like people hating thin people, for example, not even sure if theres a proper...