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Elder Scrolls Online is garbage. I couldn't play it for more than an hour. The combat is terrible, there's no weight or feedback to it, and the entire game world is just bland. Yuck.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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Finished up a couple marathon days of Phoenix Wright: Dual Destinies. Very, very good. Exactly what I wanted from a PW game. Might even be the best one I've played, there were a lot less times evidence needed to be presented that didn't really make sense. I'd had multiple times in prior games where I couldn't figure out what evidence to present at all, and I didn't have that in this one. Very well done.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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The Game Grumps might just do it justice.In post 233, mikeburnfire wrote:I got my friend Sonic 06 for his birthday (as a joke). He played it for two hours, and let me tell you:
It's the kind of game you have to play to believe. Youtube video's don't do it justice. It's looks so much worse in 60 FPS HD. And the controls-- dear god--- they are so difficult.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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Zelda: Link Between Worlds(incredibly well done Zelda game)In post 341, Vi wrote:
LIGHTNING ROUND: which ones do you recommendIn post 340, xRECKONERx wrote:
uhhh because 3DS has a fuckload of good gamesIn post 338, Vi wrote:Recurring question/challenge time.
Can someone find a good reason for me to purchase a game for my 3DS?
Bonus points if you push me over the edge to get a Wii U; there are some games that I'd like to try but I'm very shy about that price tag.
do i win
Phoenix Wright: Dual Destinies
Fire Emblem: Awakening
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Luigi's Mansion 2
Pokemon X and/or Y
Mario & Luigi Dream Team
Really, just anything in this video will probably be a good choice.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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Pushmo is in the video actuallyIn post 347, xRECKONERx wrote:
yep there's the listIn post 346, hasdgfas wrote:
Zelda: Link Between Worlds(incredibly well done Zelda game)In post 341, Vi wrote:
LIGHTNING ROUND: which ones do you recommendIn post 340, xRECKONERx wrote:
uhhh because 3DS has a fuckload of good gamesIn post 338, Vi wrote:Recurring question/challenge time.
Can someone find a good reason for me to purchase a game for my 3DS?
Bonus points if you push me over the edge to get a Wii U; there are some games that I'd like to try but I'm very shy about that price tag.
do i win
Phoenix Wright: Dual Destinies
Fire Emblem: Awakening
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Luigi's Mansion 2
Pokemon X and/or Y
Mario & Luigi Dream Team
Really, just anything in this video will probably be a good choice.
Also I'd check out some of the indie eshop games, like Pushmo. That game is hours of brainbending funjdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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I like doingIn post 496, GreyICE wrote:I refuse to do betas. I'll pay for finished games, and that's that.freebetas to help out the devs and give them my thoughts on how to improve the game and/or find bugs.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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Really? Wow, that's the opposite of what I've heard from most people. I hadn't played fallout before 3, but I thought New Vegas was just a far more polished game.In post 514, Nero Cain wrote:YES!!!! I loved fallout 3 but I was really disappointed with New Vegas. I hope Fallout 4 goes back to the survival/horror.
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The Fallout 3 ending was incredibly frustrating for me becauseIn post 524, bv310 wrote:I didn't mind it, but it felt so out of place in the context of the narrative. I liked the Broken Steel ending slightly more.I couldn't send Fawkes when he's IMMUNE TO RADIATION.
Plus, it just felt like a very predictable, fairly boring story, while New Vegas was far more interesting to me.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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Well, sort of.In post 527, Iecerint wrote:
I think they patched that with Broken Steel.In post 525, hasdgfas wrote:
The Fallout 3 ending was incredibly frustrating for me becauseIn post 524, bv310 wrote:I didn't mind it, but it felt so out of place in the context of the narrative. I liked the Broken Steel ending slightly more.I couldn't send Fawkes when he's IMMUNE TO RADIATION.
Plus, it just felt like a very predictable, fairly boring story, while New Vegas was far more interesting to me.You could send him in, but apparently it's "selfish" to do so, and "the bad ending", which doesn't make any sense. It's smart. Nobody's getting hurt at all, but apparently, because the point of that whole stupid thing is "selflessness" you're supposed to "sacrifice yourself" unnecessarily.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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I played it. I really, really enjoyed the story and the world, but the combat frustrated me quite a bit and I just threw it on easy so I could get through it.In post 565, Nero Cain wrote:Has anyone here played The Witcher 2?
I much preferred Witcher 1, which had a much more understandable combat system.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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It's only really good with friends, I think, because it gets ridiculously chaotic.In post 580, Nero Cain wrote:Meh, I have so much more to do. Like play Civ V more. I wanna do playthoughs of Mass Effect, Fallout 3, 2 Worlds 2. I wanna finally sit down and play Borderlands and Rising Dead. I',m a bit Old Republic'd out but yea...if KC gives me his key I'll try it out but I don't think I'll play it that much so if someone else REALLY REALLY REALLY wants it then it should go to them.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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I really enjoyed thestoryof Infinite, as well as the world. The problem with Infinite was the combat. It wasterrible. I still had fun with it, but I would've had WAY more fun if the combat was actually good.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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Wind Waker is also my favorite Zelda game, having played most of them(not Skyward Sword).In post 814, Vi wrote:Both are interesting games but Wind Waker wins massively in terms of game length.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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I hear the Wii version is significantly better.In post 904, Parama wrote:okami is amazing and excellent and everyone's type of game, but I played it on PS2 so I can't speak for the wii version
and NSMB is kind of lame.
NSMB is great with 3 friends and alcohol. Otherwise it's just a slightly more chaotic mario game.
Galaxy games are great, definitely pick those up.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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I may have to try playing Psychonauts again. I got stuck in some fish level where I was a giant.In post 918, Chevre wrote:
That kid <3 He's just so gross.In post 916, Zachrulez wrote:So I've played a little bit of the wind waker HD having gotten it as a free download for buying mario kart, and what's one of the first things you run into when you start the game?
This.
I have no idea why Nintendo felt the need to include that detail with the kid. It's all I can think about when I think about that first island now.
Also I'm considering finally finishing Psychonauts, from post-Black Velvetopia onward...on father's day? :/jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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Because I'm terrible at games. Except platformers. Those I'm good at. Lungfishopolis was not a platformer and was NOT easy, at least not that I remember. I kept dying to things that were shooting at me.In post 924, Chevre wrote:
This. Lungfishopolis is probably the easiest level in the game?In post 922, Flameaxe wrote:The real question is how you managed to stop playing in LUNGFISHOPOLIS.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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In post 1268, Brandi wrote:In post 1259, Scigatt wrote:
Two of those games(Civ 5 and Banished) don't have a story at all per se, and Watch Dogs's story wasn't compelling enough finish the game or to stop me from playing the minigames.In post 1257, Maruchan wrote:In post 1256, bv310 wrote:Hey guys, I want to start playing a new game. Has to be on Steam, new-ish, and have a really good story. Suggestions?
Saint's Row IV, Sid Meier's Civilization V, Banished, Portal 2, Watch Dogs
I'd suggest Sleeping Dogs, Thomas Was Alone, and Papers, Please.
Don't waste your time on Thomas Was Alone. It was mindnumbingly pretentious and boring. The puzzles are also stupid easy and don't really develop any difficulty over time.
I loved Thomas Was Alone. It may have been a bit pretentious, but I found it fascinating, with a really interesting story and fun gameplay.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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In post 1290, Kcdaspot wrote:heard its pretty good
I've heard there's a lot of Orc-killing, but it's very good at orc-killing.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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Stomping around as a giant was fine, but until this playthrough, I just kept getting killed more quickly than I wanted. This time, I guess I just hunkered down and finished it. I hear that the game gets significantly better moving forward, so looking forward to it.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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I am also a huge FE fan, and have liked all of them except Shadow Dragon, which feels super clunky to me after playing the newer games.
Don't play FE8(Sacred Stones) if you dislike being able to grind. Sacred Stones had that as well with the two towers or whatever they were called.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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I'm looking forward to DA:I, but I feel like I need to play through the first two again, because it's been way too long.
I will also say that, even though it's blatantly unfinished, KOTOR2 is still one of my top 5 games of all time. It's absolutely worth playing, simply because it does things with the Star Wars universe that I don't think I've ever seen in any other game.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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Shadow Dragon is, to me, easily the worst FE that has come out in North America because it's a remake of the first game ever made in the series, and it shows.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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I'm trying to play through the entire series again before I start Inquisition. Currently a bit over halfway done with origins. Forgot how much fun I had with this.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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In post 1533, Sudo_Nym wrote:I loved Origins, but I couldn't bring myself to play it a 12th time. One of my existing characters just had to do.
This is only the second or third time I've played through it, and it's been a few years since the last time.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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I finished Dragon Age: Origins for my full series playthrough. Also worked my way through the Darkspawn Chronicles and Leliana's Song DLCs. Just started Awakening, had forgotten that they had added Stamina Draughts, which I'm ecstatic about, playing as a Rogue.
And since I can't keep myself to one game at a time, I've also started The Talos Principle. This game is sweet so far. Philosophical sci-fi Portal is my best description of it after an hour, and I amlovingit.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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I just finished Dragon Age: Awakening. I had forgotten how ridiculously buggy this game was, leading to the complete inability to complete two companion quests, andVelanna's Joining. Thank goodness for the Keep, I guess.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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And thenOghren's companion quest, which you can only do if you're perfect with every single dialogue involving him for the entire game, as far as I can tell.
And then I ran into theSilverite Mine bug, where all my currently worn equipment disappeared. That was fun. I'm glad I had a prior save.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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In post 1592, Sudo_Nym wrote:One of the big problems I have with the companions in Awakening is that you mostly gain approval from them by giving them gifts- if you don't find every gift, or get confused and give one to the wrong person (and it's much less intuitive as to which gift is intending for whom), you can miss out on the bonus. This is especially bad for Oghren, since his approval resets for Awakening, but his gift counter doesn't, so any gifts you gave him in Origins will make gifting less effective in Awakening.
Also infuriating is that most of the companion dialogues are triggered not by talking to them, but finding the right interaction spot in the world somewhere. So if you don't take every companion to every location with you, you'll miss out on chances for approval.
Yeah. I like the fact that all the gifts are more unique as opposed to slight variants on the same type of item. But it makes itmuchharder to figure out who wants what. Unless you have the conversations with them about the arbitrary items before you find the items. I still really like awakening's story more than Origins, but Origins is cleaner and more polished, and Party Camp is the best.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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Sigrun was easily my favorite, which is why I was very angry that I couldn't do her companion quest due to bugs, and therefore couldn't bring her into Drake's Fall, because I was intended toally with The Architect.
I also preferred Velanna to Anders, and Justice is awesome. Oghren is more Oghren, Nathaniel I like a lot as well, but I can understand describing him as bland.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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Yeah, I think the fact that I was Human Noble Queen in this playthrough helped with my opinion of Nathaniel. I felt he was pretty bland in my prior playthrough(s), but none of them were Human Noble backgrounds.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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That was a nice change. The fact that disagreement always meant disapproval really frustrated me, because there's such a thing as friendly disagreement and discussion.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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I had a pretty productive last week videogame-wise.
Finished Dragon Age Origins: Awakening as well as Golems of Amgarrak and Witch Hunt. Definitely enjoyed it again, definitely happy with most of the choices I made, looking forward to seeing the minor ways that later games take those choices into account! Cynicism aside, I've started Dragon Age 2, and am enjoying it the second time through again. I still think it got way too much hate.
Also finished The Banner Saga. I found this to be a very fun turn-based strategy game with some interesting overworld mechanics similar to Oregon Trail. Fascinating world, wonderful art style, I enjoyed this a lot, although the pacing could have been a bit better, I felt. I had a bit less connection to the characters than I hoped, but the really interesting world and good battle mechanics definitely kept me playing. If you like the gameplay of Fire Emblem, definitely give this a try.
Last night I finally got around to checking whether Psychonauts has Steam Cloud saves, dreading having to restart it again. However, it does! I was able to start right in Black Velvetopia and power through to finish it. I had heard such terrible things about the Meat Circus and figured it couldn't be as bad as all that. It wasn't, although I can definitely understand the dislike. It's clearly not as well polished as the rest of the game, and the vertical escort mission that you have to completely restart if you fail one part of it (or fall to the ground) was very frustrating, but I don't actually think it was that difficult, just overly punishing in that one section. I had more trouble with Lungfishopolis's infinite tanks. Definitely worth a playthrough as a really good 3D platformers.
Time to work on a couple more things. I think Shadowrun Returns and Borderlands: The PreSequel for sure, along with Dragon Age 2 obviously.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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That...was not that difficult. That was significantly easier than thetime your jumps correctly as weird things throw daggers at you and a spinning wheel so that you can grab the daggers and then jump to a platformpart.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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I finished Shadowrun Returns last night. Starting Dragonfall soon, I've heard it's significantly better, looking forward to it.
Also trying to finish up The Talos Principle. That game is fantastic. Portal meets Stanley Parable is probably the best way I can describe it.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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In post 1653, xRECKONERx wrote:Re: GW2... it was good, but there's kind of nothing to do after awhile. And the lack of a trinity really REALLY isn't a good thing.
I don't actually agree with the lack of trinity being a bad thing. It just wasn't that well implemented, since you couldn't tell why enemies changed who they aggroed or how to change them back to the heavy armors.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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I finished Talos Principle today. Really cool game. I'm a bit disappointed that it's a bit difficult to knowall the places I should go back to in order to find different bits of story or endings, but it was a heck of a lot of fun, and felt like a much deeper Portal.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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I liked KOTOR1 a lot, but KOTOR2 is so much more nuanced and so much better that I'm still angry it wasn't finished. It's so clear it wasn't finished.
KOTOR1 is a fine Star Wars game, it's exactly what you'd expect out of a Star Wars game.
KOTOR2 is a great game overall, with much more subtlety and shades of grey than anything I've seen in the series since.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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In post 1703, Untrod Tripod wrote:I'm going to spend an appreciable portion of the next day(s) on Deus Ex HR
advice?
Did you get the Director's Cut?jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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In post 1706, Untrod Tripod wrote:In post 1704, hasdgfas wrote:In post 1703, Untrod Tripod wrote:I'm going to spend an appreciable portion of the next day(s) on Deus Ex HR
advice?
Did you get the Director's Cut?
I bought it when it came out and my computer wasn't good enough to run it at the time
The Director's Cut? Ok. If you have that, you can actually focus less on combat if you like as they updated the boss fights somewhat. If you don't have the director's cut, you need to put a bit more of your development points into combat abilities, since the boss fights focus more on that and less on the stealth/exploration aspects of upgrading.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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In post 1708, Untrod Tripod wrote:the not-actually-open-ended openendedness was really getting on my nerves, so I switched to Talos Principle
I have the day off tomorrow so we'll see what I end up doing then
Talos Principle is great. One of my favorite games I've played lately.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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I was a big fan of DXHR, just not the boss fights without the Director's Cut changes. It felt a little clunky at times, but the atmosphere, setting, and pretty solid story was still a lot of fun.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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In post 1727, Iecerint wrote:In post 1725, Sudo_Nym wrote:I'm not very far into the game yet, but so far, all I've done is walk down corriders and hit attack when my gauge fills. So far, I haven't done anything that feels like the game actually cares whether I play it or not.
The entire game is like that. The area that JDodge is talking about is just an area with (tons of) sidequests that appears right before endgame.
I've heard Lightning Returns is really solid, though.
I have heard the opposite. That it is the worst one.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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In post 1762, Knight of Cydonia wrote:well according to the kind of morons who blindly agree with Sarkeesian, Leigh Alexander et al gamers are kill
so I guess that means games thread is kill
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Man, I am really digging Bravely Default now. It felt like it was pretty slow up to now, but the gold and JP/EXP boost equipment are helping a lot with my enjoyment. This is easily the most Japanese game I have ever played though. It's so JRPG-cliche-y.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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Speaking relatively related to Bravely Default(in that it's about JRPGs), I'm super excited for Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem, but I've never played an SMT game. What are some good entry points to the series? I only really need to play one game, I just want to understand the series a bit better before SMTxFE. I'd prefer something for 3DS, but PS3 is also an option.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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In post 1808, Andrius wrote:You know, despite being a Fire Emblem fan I'm not terribly excited for SMTxFE. Namely because it seems more like they're throwing in parts of Fire Emblem for the sake of calling it a Fire Emblem crossover. *shrug*
Fire Emblem If looks great but not sure if I'll buy.
MEANWHILE Xenoblade Chronices X is pretty much an insta-buy. <3 Anyone else planning on getting it?
I'm planning to pick it up, yeah. Even if I never play it, I want to support the developer after watching Chuggaaconroy's Xenobloade Chronicles LP. I bought Xenoblade Chronicles 3D for the same reason.
SMTxFE, while I didn't see much FE, is still exciting to me. And FEIf is an insta-buy for me as well.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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I'm excited for that as well, but I never actually beat the original XCOM(although i still love it to death), while I did beat Fallout 3 and New Vegas.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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Yeah. The Subway was awful. I much preferred New Vegas because everything didn't look the same and it was actually navigable.
I think XCOM just had some difficulty jumps that I wasn't prepared for, which is why i never finished it.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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In post 1952, Untrod Tripod wrote:the Tropes vs Women that dropped today is... problematic to say the least
I'm not sure whether you mean "it pointed out some problematic stuff" or something else.jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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In post 1958, Untrod Tripod wrote:I did think that this was the best video in the series by far in terms of presenting actual arguments, but I do think it's worth mentioning that you're conflating "sexist" with "bad person" when that is not the point I am trying to make. and I strongly disagree with you that the point made is not "gamers and games are overwhelmingly sexist". that was literally the what all of the arguments made pointed to, regardless of what the talking head said.
but that's getting off into the weeds.
and anyway, what I found really contradictory between their data and their arguments with was their claim that female characters are being FORCED into behaving sexually when they show female characters being willing and enthusiastic participants in sexual activity. now, there is a much more nuanced argument to be made that it's a more insidious form of sexism to show women using sex as a tool and a currency (although I think, from a feminist perspective, that women should have every right to monetize and commodify their sexuality) as their main thing to offer a player, but THEY COMPLETELY IGNORED THAT ARGUMENT and just pushed ahead with the argument that female characters in video games have no agency.
There's definitely a fine line. I don't agree with Sarkeesian on all her points(for instance, I think that Bayonetta is a fantastic example of a feminist character who has agency and uses her sexuality as part of her character), but this one has an interesting line between "forced as part of the programming" and "willing and enthusiastic", which I can't really speak to with much authority.
Also I think the main point is "hey, games have a lot of really sexist stuff going on. That doesn't mean you can't enjoy them or anything, just keep an eye on it"jdodge1019: hasjghsalghsakljghs is from vermont
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