And as usual, while you may not always agree with Sarkeesian's ideas, they're certainly thought-provoking. If nothing else, relying less on tropes—regardless of what kind they are—can only be a good thing in my books. Hopefully the discussion here about her ideas can remain civil and not be knee-jerk reactions to the…

You can't not rely on tropes. Everything is a trope. Not relying on tropes is a trope. If you think something isn't a trope, peruse through this list and see if you can't find an analogous trope.

Trying to avoid tropes is a futile endeavor. Making sure you're aware of what tropes you're using and the implications they…

When evaluating comparably human intelligence in other species, the defining trait scientists look for isn't how capricious an animal is (believe it or not!). As a matter of scientific fact, they look for an animal's social communication! Wowzers! Just like what humans do! So science has to give your opinion of cats a…

I want to call you out on your ridiculous "hipster" slam for people making games from new perspectives, but I don't feel like you'd ever have the ability to recognize the criticism anyone would or could offer you on such a subject.

Oh, absolutely. They should just stop making games that don't star gun-toting white guys completely - the world doesn't need more than one kind of video game premise. Anything that doesn't involve running around shooting things pretending you're the good guy is just pretentious.

Ecco the Dolphin! I heard of that game a while ago and I've been wanting to play it. Guess Shantae and the Pirate's Curse won't be the only 3DS download I'll buy in December.

If that's really what turns you away then you're scope of what you can read is highly limited and for no real reason other than your inexplicable dislike of children. Too "grown up?"

I like how it's white like the traditional idea of a ghost. I mean, just flip the thing over and you got a regular white ghost.

It's also a bad sign when your shiny version looks worse: shiny Mega Gengar is white, which means it looks like a tooth. Sigh!

I work nowhere near the games industry, but there have been MANY times in my career where I would have to put in 16+ hour days, weekends, etc to meet a deadline.

Wow. I'll admit that the movie wasn't great, but it wasn't bad, especially not THAT bad. The fight scenes were a little superficial, and even soulless compared to the visceral slug-fests of the original series, but the whole film was certainly entertaining at the very least.

Hahahah Parody is part of understanding modern events. You're trying to impose your country's lack of free speech onto me, when I live in a free speech country. Of COURSE I'm going to ignore you.

I actually don't think that I'm superior because I'm american - I am very critical of my government. BUT in this instance,…

Which is why I game on everything I can. To borrow the words of the immortal Timmy Turner, "I like Kissy Kissy Goo Goo and Skull Squisher". Nintendo, Sony, Steam/Origin/Humble Bundles/GOG... whatever, you name it, games are just games. PC has tons of great exclusives and same with Sony, Nintendo, and maybe to a lesser…

What do you do if you don't like a game everyone else seems to like?

1.) Go outside. No, really. I've been gaming steadily since the early 80's, and there's nothing in the world like a good walk/run/bike ride outside. If your current location depresses you, get the hell out of it; it's not hard, and if people judge…

Cough, you just listed the numerous reasons (and there are more) why some PREFER to console game over PC. But hey, to hell with market variety in gaming, lets make them all mini pc's through and through.

You tore nothing whatsoever. You don't need a constant internet connection, Steam has an offline mode. Bandwidth caps are a shame but that's a general issue unrelated to the companies making the machines, and you can still buy many PC games at retail and install them. Caps will improve over time as well. And as for…