perpetualburn said:
I've followed D-toid for a while and while I don't respect Jim's opinion or method of conveyance, I can assure you that this is most definitely part of the "act." Most people in this thread have already come to the correct conclusion that he's a professional troll. And no, he isn't a misogynist. The way the internet just throws around the word is even more sickening than the actual misogynistic mindset because it weakens the power of the word. When everyone's a misogynist, no one's a goddamn misogynist.
In fact, if you read the damn Twitter post, Anna would be totally justified in her claims that Sterling is a misogynist IF SHE DIDN'T FARKIN' WRITE: "It's pretty sad you don't know what a fucking vagina looks like can't you like pay for sex now." I don't know how the argument started (convenient?), but I can definitely imagine her starting the conflict. And if I were Jim, I'd sure as hell want to push her buttons for saying that. And gamersareembarrassing shouldn't be let off the hook either for calling Destructoid a place of "rape culture" after reading ONE FCKING SENTENCE from a 2500 word article. Is the humor infantile and jock-ish? Yes. Is it a cheap hook to the article? Yes. However, are the accusations blown out of proportions and totally out of line? Most definitely, yes. Slander? Maybe. Are both publications also trying to get views by making a controversy out of nothing? Hell yes. The difference is that Destructoid doesn't claim to be journalistic or neutral whatsoever, and if anyone took an actual peek instead of CTRL+F'ing a few select words, it would be plain to see.
Sorry if it feels like I'm yelling at you, but I'm tired of all the easy accusations and cherry picking when it comes to sexism (gomakemeasandwich.blogspot.com). You guys are doing a disservice to a legitimate movement for equality and respect. It's so easy to point fingers and vilify Sterling or the "gaming culture," but apparently, it's a lot harder to look in the mirror. It's just as douche-y to invoke misogyny as it is to play the race card or call Obama a Nazi-Socialist pig.
Wow, in fact, none of this post was directed at you. Sorry again. And now I feel dirty for defending the douchebag.
P.S. Read the comments in the D-toid article that gamersareembarrassing featured on the front page. One comment about the areola thing. No one seems to have noticed it or cared. One comment makes the whole community part of a "rape culture." Christ. That site should feature itself as an example of gamers being embarrassing.
great post, I agree to a certain degree with you and I'm following Jims articls/reviews/videos for quite some time now (read all my posts from page 21 till 27 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/6.278156-Jimquisition-Videogames-Are-Not-Movies-Get-Over-It?page=21])
to be honest, I just added the two links for flavour, to back me up and show that he's unlikeable and often says completely unnecessary stuff (even if he might be right, but him being right is rarely the case)
I'm not a fan of forced debates either, I mean sexism is pretty much in every media. Being overly sensitive (and sometimes even sensible) only makes your life harder, doesn't matter what the subject is.
(a bit offtopic)
But let's face it, Sexism and the gaming culture go hand in hand, it's nothing new. To be honest, I'm not the biggest fan of these (overused) "Sandwich" and "Kitchen" jokes myself but they don't really bother me because they're what they're ... jokes. (well, most of the time) but then again, hiding behind "it's just a joke" is a cop-out many times
Sometimes the gaming community goes way too far, like the mentioned websites show, it goes to hateful misogyny with rape jokes, hate speech like calling women subhuman.... seriously wtf
I mean there are semi grown ups who debate all day long on a forum which electronic device is better and why you should have the same opinion as they do... gamers behaving childish is nothing new.
There is no deny that this is one of the biggest reasons why gaming is looked down upon and the reason for this anti social gamer stereotype. Sure other media does the same to some extent, most of the time in mainstream hollywood movies, but if you only watch trite hollywood movies than it's your own fault (same could be said about music and music videos), there are plenty of alternatives, and this is what games lack (read lack, not entirely missing) when female characters are presented.
Ok here a really stupid anecdote, there are car shows for the younger/semi grown up people with "bimbos", stupid music and whatnot, there are prestige car shows with style, there oldtimer shows for the older audience and much more. While pretty much every gaming convention looks and feels the same to me. It really lacks sub cultures and varieties.
Again, I think they address sexism most of the time because it's one of the main reasons why games are considered childish and I think these bloggers are aware that there are plenty of normal down to earth guys playing videogames, but you know how it is, the biggest morons are always the loudest [http://fatuglyorslutty.com/]
(btw. one of the other reasons is unnecessary violence according to a survey) (/offtopic)
With that being said, my main critic points still stand.
He tries way too hard to sound cool and preachy, even if it's just his "act", nobody wants to be talked down by a stupid internet show, he might get the attention the first few episodes but it will get old really quick, just like it was the case with his youtube show.
I'd rather listen to him telling his side of the story like a conversation than listening to a guy who acts like he's smarter than the viewer and makes loud claims... even if he's smarter and more into the industry than us, he doesn't need to act so pretentious about it, smart people usually don't act like smartasses.
If the presentation is awful and uninteresting it gets a lot harder to take the actual content serious.
And I have nothing against swearing ... we all do it, but swearing for the sake of swearing (overusing it to sound tough and badass) is just childish and unintelligent and even more so if tries to achieve the opposite with his show.
// and sorry for the weird- grammar, spelling and sentence structure ... english isn't my mother tongue (like many of you guys probably already "guessed") and complaining on a high level is really really difficult for me
I always cringe when I read my posts a few days later :S
