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Bloomberg Op-Ed: "Video Game Industry Struggles to Shake Sexist Attitudes" (Ties in "sexism" with harassment at companies like Activision)
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p_xavier
Authorized Fister
These woke simps are the English and Philosophy majors at school who will never get a real job and have all the time in the world to be offended and destroy functional society by their inepties. They are a cancer on society.
To be fair the first time I saw Genshin characters I was like why do they look like they're all 12. A little creepy.
rickybooby87
Member
Not clicking thru. But, coming from Bloomberg? Not surprised. Not coming from Jason Schreier got me like:
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SSfox
Member
Which is why lines like:
Make no fucking sense and sound like they were written by someone who doesn't play or like games and spent a whole 5 minutes doing "research" which consisted of googling "sexist videogames".
Even the women in God of fucking War now look like this:
And this dude is acting as if Aloy was some "one a million" non sexualized game character.
Freya looks great and this look totally make sens if you played the last GOW game.
Don't compare SSM to the other lowtier Woke devs, Santa Monica make games with their passion and heart, unlike Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann that is leaded by the crazy Anita.
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IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
It's really not that common anymore.. let it go friendos.
Some T&A here or there isn't a big deal.. when the entire industry trade shows were nothing but T&A, yeah that was kinda embarrassing.. now it's all pretty mild and/or rare.
Some T&A here or there isn't a big deal.. when the entire industry trade shows were nothing but T&A, yeah that was kinda embarrassing.. now it's all pretty mild and/or rare.
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I know, I wish I could watch Cardi B music videos with my family without the cringe or embarrassment.
Also you will find a lot of these journalists who are passionate about video games have little to no knowledge of games themselves expect for the current big titles, like they just did a quick Web search when writing their articles.
009EspadaSageJay
Member
The fact the dude brought up genshin impact is laughable or better yet any anime game I dont want to hear anything about games and skimmpy women when just turn on any award show and you can see women 75% almost naked on prime time tv. And Tomb raider? Lauer hasnt had a decent outfit since underworld on the 360 in early 2008/09 we are in 2021.
CGiRanger
Banned
I had no idea this thread also existed or stemmed from Era since I don't visit that domicile of degeneration
So the author is a Reee member? well it at least all adds up then. That's the place where they can endlessly complain about female characters no matter what, because most of them hate women.
Fbh
Member
I'm not really complaining about her design though, I like the look of Gow 2018.
But it's a good example of why the entire premise of the article is complete bullshit.
When you have the women in the new God of War, a franchise once infamous for featuring nudity and sex minigames, dress like Freya, pretending like Aloy is some outlier in a medium largely dominated by half naked women is stupid and just plain false.
Excess
Member
It's probably the most ironic twist of sexual
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OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Coolwhhip
Neophyte
Its still a very small minority. But they are angry and loud on Twitter all day, so corporations with no morals get scared and listen to them. Which makes these useless humans even louder and angrier since they think they matter.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
"My Twitter mentions are blowing up with crass insults, expletives, harassment and crude photoshops. I can't imagine the mental toll for women in the industry who experience and endure this toxic behavior all the time." The author at the hellhole.
Coolwhhip
Neophyte
Dont forget the DMs hes getting from hot chicks, thanking him for fighting this important battle for them.
At least, thats what male feminists dream about.
Wildebeest
Member
Depends on what you think is embarrassing. I find myself embarrassed for grown adults who love Marvel movies and talk about that love in public even though those films are totally sexless. Culture seems more divided than it used to be. You have stuff that is totally gynaecological and explicit like porn and certain pop songs, or you have stuff that is totally puritanical. Movies seem to have drifted away from eroticism in a trend that has noticeably restricted the artform and there seems to be a clamour for the same thing to happen to games.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
I'd post that famous picture of the 'male feminist' at the rally but I'd probably get banned for that. They're all the same.
Coolwhhip
Neophyte
Do it, this aint Reeeee.
CGiRanger
Banned
One now expects that this is part of the motivation for these articles and how intentionally terrible they're written so they can generate this response, even though you can bet the overwhelming majority is simply stating "you're wrong" (with examples) and use it to make more articles later. The Art of the "News" Grifter.
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OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
I'd fear that would be seen as too political. Not looking for a perm lol.
Coolwhhip
Neophyte
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
They've devolved into dunking on Lauren Chen now. A woman of color.
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
Social media is tuned to amplify conflict so most of the strong push that is amplified against these nut jobs is from other nutjobs (this is something platforms like Facebook and Twitter are not accidentally amplifying). Moderates unfortunately do also comply and protest moderately and this is the big danger, that the moderates might have to choose one of the two big factions at some point… :/…
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Excess
Member
I always found this fascinating, too. On the one hand, you have a lot of sexual repression in movies/games. On the other, porn and music in pop culture have only become more extreme. Is it because people are seeking out these extremities, given the current environment?
Coolwhhip
Neophyte
Internet and social media is perfect for hypocrites. You can screech on Twitter that you champion women, all races or whatever bs you say for likes, then do the opposite in real life.
People who fall for it are the true suckers.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Don’t worry, Asian, sometimes white adjacent, sometimes not. Depends on when they can virtue signal their pets.
Wildebeest
Member
I don't know for sure, but eroticism is somehow a different thing to just extreme explicit content. Internet content as a whole tends to favour the sort of content that shouts their intention the loudest. You see this in various ways like music being in a literal "loudness war", youtube being in a competition for videos that make you angry at nothing the fastest, Disney becoming an all devouring "family friendly" behemoth.
Edgelord79
Gold Member
They are. Most people that play video games have zero clue this is even a thing much to these writers' chagrin.
CGiRanger
Banned
Here's the funny thing. This author specifically called out Genshin Impact, a Chinese-developed game (thus subject to the CCCP's "regulations" on censorship and morality) and their character designs. When you look at the characters, are these what you would call "skimpy outfits"? (in which case, just what defines "skimpy" these days anyway???):
So basically, these designs were good enough for Communist China, but NOT good enough for Western Puritan Journalists and Twitter SJW "Equity" soothsayers. That says it all right there...
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Revolutionary
Member
It's actually amazing but most Twitter replies are actually disagreeing with him.
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KingGhidorah
Banned
Western developers are beyond safe, we're gonna get butt fuck ugly Returnal type of chick from now on....
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Do your duty and join our CULTure.Here's the funny thing. This author specifically called out Genshin Impact, a Chinese-developed game (thus subject to the CCCP's "regulations" on censorship and morality) and their character designs. When you look at the characters, are these what you would call "skimpy outfits"? (in which case, just what defines "skimpy" these days anyway???):
So basically, these designs were good enough for Communist China, but NOT good enough for Western Puritan Journalists and Twitter SJW "Equity" soothsayers. That says it all right there...
Coolwhhip
Neophyte
His world is crumbling, a good looking Asian woman is mocking him. Months… years… spent on trying to get laid with this pathetic limp dick male feminist scheme, down the drain.
yurinka
Member
This is the Merry Christmas tweet from the Japanese Twitter account:
Meanwhile in the western Street Fighter Twitter account they didn't have any Merry Christmas message, instead they have a CM who -unprofesionally and narcisistically- posts there retweets of his personal account, which btw are uninteresting random posts featuring images from a western SF comic:
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Pejo
Member
Articles like this make me sick. There is nothing wrong with titillation, sexualization, or attractive characters. EVERY game doesn't need them, but nor should we be striving for a gaming landscape without them, or making characters ugly just to "rail against the chuds".
Game journalists continue to be the lowest of the low. I wouldn't piss on one of them to put them out if they were on fire.
Game journalists continue to be the lowest of the low. I wouldn't piss on one of them to put them out if they were on fire.
CGiRanger
Banned
I'd love to actually see someone try to explain away the Genshin Girls's outfits as "Skimpy" though for real. In just what way are they skimpy? Are they all skimpy or just some of them? Because then the "argument" is dead because you can easily play the non-skimpy girls (or the men) in the game since you're not forced to play with any character for the most part.
That said, I think anyone who calls those outfits "skimpy" is completely fucked in the head in all honesty.
Fuz
Banned
Now look at how the male are dressed.Here's the funny thing. This author specifically called out Genshin Impact, a Chinese-developed game (thus subject to the CCCP's "regulations" on censorship and morality) and their character designs. When you look at the characters, are these what you would call "skimpy outfits"? (in which case, just what defines "skimpy" these days anyway???):
So basically, these designs were good enough for Communist China, but NOT good enough for Western Puritan Journalists and Twitter SJW "Equity" soothsayers. That says it all right there...
KingGhidorah
Banned
Rhazer Fusion
Member
Aloy in a few of her outfits is showing more skin than the modern Lara Croft, so what is this guy even talking about? That’s why I will never understand why this industry bends over backwards to make people like this happy who whine on social media. They always want more and look for the most diminutive things to nitpick and complain about.
Modern Western female designs are typically boring and safe and that’s still not enough for them? Stop listening to these crazy people developers. They are suppressing creativity and freedom in female character designs.
Modern Western female designs are typically boring and safe and that’s still not enough for them? Stop listening to these crazy people developers. They are suppressing creativity and freedom in female character designs.
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