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    I can't watch" black comedies "anymore. (Edit: Ethnicity, not humor)

    I always felt that these types of "black people" Comedies were dark comedies designed to point out either the ridiculousness of certain stereotypes from outside of or behaviors of in the African American community by taking them to or past their logical extremes. And a lot of times they would...
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    Best Climax in a Video Game

    That last hour of Mass effect 2. As soon as the Normandy is boarded and during that lead up to the collector base there is that awesome build up to the awesome that is storming and destroying the collector base. Best ending to any game I have ever played.
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    Is Street Fighter Sexist/Racist?

    Stereotyping becomes racist when you apply the stereotype to everyone of a particular background. It dehumanizes that group of people, they go from being human beings, individuals, and turns them into something else, whatever it is being not human. It is the dehumanization that is at the heart...
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    Is Street Fighter Sexist/Racist?

    At the very least it isn't aggressively or maliciously being sexist, racist or ignorant. I think that in an effort to make distinct and instantly recognizable characters the creator pulled from what they thought were the most interesting or striking parts of many different cultures and paired...
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    Scantily clad characters in gaming-General discussion READ OP BEFORE POSTING

    I guess I agree with the original poster, to a point. I don't mind a little skin or the occasional bit of fan service, but I feel that when it is over done, regardless of the gender of the character being sexualized, well I typically tune out there. Part of it is that I feel that if your game...
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    Villains you hate

    I honestly feel that it was always a matter of implementation with Lang. I get that they were trying to give us an anti-Shepard, and part of that was giving him an arsenal that was melee focused and more old world ( and I understand that a sword that ignores shields and dices conventional...
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    How OCD are you about your character's appearance?

    I will spend time generating a character but after my character has been made it's stats first then looks. the only exception is for when I can look really bad ass, or really dopey. The clown costume could give me infinity plus five in everything but I would still have to pass on it.
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    Poll: Mass Effect without Reapers

    The Reapers are the threat that ties the series together. They move the plot forward. That said I wouldn't mind changing how they were implemented in the story. Not going to harp on the ending but I probably would change that entire last big sequence. Also I would have made the Reapers more...
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    Your Video Game Strike Team

    Team Leader - Commander Shepard (Mass Effect) Weapons Expert - Lone Wanderer (Fallout 3) Muscle - Revan (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic) Lone Wolf - Cole McGrafth (InFamous) Stealth Expert - Corvo Attano (Dishonored) Jack of All Trades - Yu Narukami (Persona 4)
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    Poll: Is Not Dating a Certain Race Racist?

    Ideally race doesn't factor at all when looking at a potential partner. At the very least it shouldn't be a thing you are basing your relationship on. I mean if you find someone who is literally perfect for you, but happens to be black, that honestly shouldn't be a deal breaker.
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    Political Correctness and Halloween Costumes

    I think the name should probably be more than "mental patient", at the very least it is lazy. The costume itself, I don't know. I can see how those who are closer to the issue would feel hurt/embarrassed/upset, but the costume is so extreme and overdone that I can't see it furthering peoples...
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    Which game backdrop/setting are you tired of

    Its less about setting and more about implementation isn't it? I mean on paper the "Last of Us" gives us a a pretty standard setting; Zombies/Infected apocalypse scenario. And it delivers on all the mainstays that the setting brings to mind, empty buildings, crumbling cityscape and the...
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    Death of difficulty in games.

    I don't think it's that games aren't difficult anymore, it probably has more to do with the fact that we have all gotten better at gaming. Think about it, how long have you been playing games, then think about how many different rpgs, shooters, horror titles,fighting games, and sports games you...
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    Jimquisition: I'm Going To Murder Your Children

    If these are the stories people hear about then yes, these are the stories that will come to mind when people think about gamers. The crazies in our group of gamers may be few, but they are loud. And it doesn't help that we gamers as a group are willing to look the other way when it happens...