Recent content by Six Ways

Obviously Guybrush Threepwood.

Fair points. Except one - I strongly disagree that the criticism is that these games "don't push a certain social agenda". And I think it's an issue with how this criticism is being received. I would say criticising under-representation of women (to take a simplified example) is not pushing an...

As the OP states - it's hard to think of a case in which criticism (in the academic sense) has harmed a medium. It's easy to see where not being in an echo chamber has improved them however. But my view was more that it removes restrictions. For instance, it means you can create games which...

Well... I think it gives them first amendment rights in the US. I'm not concrete on the details there though. I'd also argue that seeing them as art gives them far more room to grow as a creative medium. To be clear - I wasn't saying your definition of games suggested they weren't art...

@cainjw: Right. Let's make this clear. My point is this (and has always been this), and if you're not engaging with it, rather than a strawman, then there's no point debating further. Kratos is designed for men, not women. Male characters absolutely CAN be designed to be primarily...

QFT. "Yet another feminist assigning malicious intent" is one of the major problems in these debates. The amount of feminism which actually ascribes malice to men in general, or anyone in general, is vanishingly small. Yet it's by far the most common misunderstanding of feminism I see anywhere...

Wow. What a ridiculous strawman. No-one said he was designed so straight men would be sexually attracted to him. So, you're using: A) a poll which puts muscular torso as number 10 in attractiveness, and slimness at 3, and explicitly states that muscular arms didn't even make the top 10...

If you think the main point of Kratos' design was to be sexually appealing to women, you're being naive. Sure, some women will find him such. But he was clearly designed with straight men in mind. As are women in boob-plate armour.

That's an oversimplification. She argues that given the societal context of these games, the use of these tropes is generally sexist. She does not say 'This trope is bad'. She does not say 'This trope should not be used'. That's not the job of a critic, in any medium. Of course, they can...

Pretty much every video. If you haven't heard her say it, then you haven't actually listened to her points. And if you haven't properly watched her videos, it's not my job to explain every detail to you of the videos you are arguing about. Example. If you say "I have seen every Monet...

That's not what that was. Silvanus was saying that if your claim is (dislike + criticism) = censorship (simplification for sake of argument), then by your own logic you are trying to censor Sarkeesian (since you dislike and are criticising her).

I don't think this is a valid comparison. Science is either right or wrong*. Sexism, racism etc are meaningless concepts when considering physical laws. Games aren't like this at all - there is no right or wrong in games, and likewise no right or wrong when it comes to sexism in them. They're...

Well, given it's subjective, that's entirely your affair. But hopefully you're aware that many (maybe even most) would consider that a very extreme view. I think very, very few people would claim that they haven't found anything in any game ever to be sexist. Just as a female playable...

You said 'plenty of them'. That, you cannot promise. Enough to be able to make a meaningful choice, you cannot promise. The existence of a few 'good' games in this sense (and don't get me wrong, they absolutely exist) does not negate the argument. That being, that decent representation of women...

While it's not mental gymnastics (one can enjoy shit pop music but still think it's crap, or find it difficult to watch a particularly harrowing film but appreciate its artistic importance), 'good' and 'bad' are not the central point. Criticism is a very broad concept, and doesn't...