It is rather unsettling that the number one reaction to any complaint of sexism games--legitimate or not--is real sexism. No matter who is really "right" in that situation, it's sort of hard to side with the group that spams their opponent with calls for rape and violence.Vrex360 said:
As you said, the people who respond like that have no interest in proving who is "right." They are simply reacting to the prospect of a change in the male/female dynamic in games and the gaming community, which frightens them. Even if it's a perfectly reasonable change like appealing to a wider demographic by portraying women in a less overtly sexual manner, or women wanting to play in multiplayer and not be told by every single male they encounter to go to the kitchen, they won't have it because to them games are not just a hobby. They are a comfort--a shelter of tradition and complacency where they feel in total control of their environment. They revel in the nostalgia of what games have meant to them for so many years, to the point that anybody who either disagrees with their image of games or threatens to be a force which changes that image (whether intentionally or unintentionally) is absolutely not welcome.
