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Showing posts with label gamasutra. Show all posts

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Why are Dead Men okay but Dead Women upsetting?

Is it the rules of warfare at play? Or a kind of weird sexism? I'm glad guys in general don't actively want to kill me. But does that mean women 'don't count' in warfare? I assure you honey, if it's a matter of war, you will fear me.

Also it pisses me off that violence in video games is ok for men, but not women and children. Again, the ancient rules of warfare. Human life counts no matter who is getting a facefull of lead. Artists and designers and concept makers: if you don't have the balls to depict dead women and dead children, it doesn't make sense to be okay with depicting dead men. It's all dead people.


Gamazon: Dead Girls Have More Fun

I don’t think the idea of making a “dead girl” prop would ever have occurred to them.

Is that because they don’t like women? Or have some agenda to deny the existence of women? No. It’s actually because they have not even the tiniest shred of a subconscious urge to hurt a woman. Nor does it give them even the slightest pleasure to imagine a woman suffering or dying, or to envision what a dead and partially devoured woman might look like. This is not about talent, about dev time, or about sexism: it’s about a man’s own emotional limits as an artist. There are some things that just don’t necessarily make a person happy with himself after a day’s work. Fiddling with the mutilated corpses of women is high on the list.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Google Talking to Game Devs about Creating Facebook Competitor

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/29638/Google_Talking_To_Game_Devs_About_Creating_Facebook_Competitor.php

If Google launches the reported games-friendly social network, it would find itself in direct competition with Facebook, which is home to the leading social network games. A successful Google social network could also give game developers another viable platform to reach the millions of "social" gamers who spend real-world cash on virtual items.


Mwahahaha! Compete, my pretties! Compete, and innovate!