Meh.
As a female gamer I can't sympathize with Anita S. Is there objectification in games? Yeah, but far far less than in movies or tv. Her examples (as TF points out) are fallacious and just bad. Are there more male protagonists than female? Yeah, but many of the games I like (assassins creed, for example) this simply makes sense. So as to video games and women, while there are some issues there (why is my armor so skimpy while the same stuff on a male avatar looks heavy and bulky?!?) I don't think it's something that needs to be vilified. Not to mention the medium has enough trouble being recognized as a valid method of storytelling without more shit being thrown at it.
TF and feminism, I tend to agree with his points, to an extent. He made a video on a few ads on YouTube and I found he missed the point. But he does point out, very well, why I don't call myself a feminist. The word has been hijacked by radicals to the point where it has this really nasty feel to it. And women like that need to be taken down. They ARE poison.
As a female gamer I can't sympathize with Anita S. Is there objectification in games? Yeah, but far far less than in movies or tv. Her examples (as TF points out) are fallacious and just bad. Are there more male protagonists than female? Yeah, but many of the games I like (assassins creed, for example) this simply makes sense. So as to video games and women, while there are some issues there (why is my armor so skimpy while the same stuff on a male avatar looks heavy and bulky?!?) I don't think it's something that needs to be vilified. Not to mention the medium has enough trouble being recognized as a valid method of storytelling without more shit being thrown at it.
TF and feminism, I tend to agree with his points, to an extent. He made a video on a few ads on YouTube and I found he missed the point. But he does point out, very well, why I don't call myself a feminist. The word has been hijacked by radicals to the point where it has this really nasty feel to it. And women like that need to be taken down. They ARE poison.
