RE: We chat about videogames and videogame accessories.
11-19-2013, 01:40 AM
In an incredible coincidence I was just watching that video
Yeah so I really don't want to be mad at Sarkeesian, because a lot of gamers are against feminism on principle and also horrible and I don't want to be on that side, but her videos are resoundingly "ehhh".
As my high school English teacher would have said, listing examples does not constitute analysis. This had significantly less mass example overload than the others, but I really wish she would just say something.
The Mass Effect thing was interesting (or at least the conclusions I reached on my own thanks to the presented information were :V). I actually never knew that they only used male Shepard in the promotional campaigns. I get the feeling that a lot of the lack of representation for people other than white dudes in video games/movies/television comes more from a corporate assumption that only white dudes sell than from writer bias, but it's difficult to say.
Yeah so I really don't want to be mad at Sarkeesian, because a lot of gamers are against feminism on principle and also horrible and I don't want to be on that side, but her videos are resoundingly "ehhh".
As my high school English teacher would have said, listing examples does not constitute analysis. This had significantly less mass example overload than the others, but I really wish she would just say something.
The Mass Effect thing was interesting (or at least the conclusions I reached on my own thanks to the presented information were :V). I actually never knew that they only used male Shepard in the promotional campaigns. I get the feeling that a lot of the lack of representation for people other than white dudes in video games/movies/television comes more from a corporate assumption that only white dudes sell than from writer bias, but it's difficult to say.
"The parties are advised to chill." - Supreme Court of the United States, case opinion written by Justice Souter