You're upset about the title of her speech? Things in the industry are shitty for women. Her choice of words was absolutely accurate. If her saying that automatically puts you on the defensive to the point at which you can't even listen to what she's saying without doubting it, I don't know how to help you. That…

What's Japanese about The Last of Us? Uncharted? God of War? C'mon.

And yet developers have already come out and said that her videos have inspired them to be more inclusive and respectful of women and minorities in their games. And not just small ones, either.

How about making games that more people like, instead of stubbornly sticking to ONLY ONE view of the industry? Why is the only viewpoint that matters the tired old 18-34 straight white male viewpoint? Why is that enough for you?

So what's your solution? Just leave everything the way it is? Continue to tell women and minorities that they aren't wanted in gaming unless they're an 18-year-old straight white boy?

I mean, you know me. You've known me for years. You know that I would rather eat rat poison than give Steve Ballmer a bottle of water if he was dying of thirst in the desert. I get it.

How the fuck do you expect this to change without telling people what's wrong with it? You have to identify the problem before you work to fix it.

She's not saying "get rid of sexy". She's saying "it's a problem if a female character's only reason for existing is to titillate male gamers".

Most of the things she's talking about aren't an active choice. They're societal conditioning - subconscious things that happen because to the majority of game developers, men are the default.

And I'm goddamned proud of that.

Paying for online is still stupid even when Sony does it.

I just don't see her pointing out troubling tropes as attacking people who disagree with her.

I don't know if you remember, but the fanboyism I'm talking about?

Did you even read what she said? She said violence against women is fine as long as it's not sexualized or promoting abuse.

My female Thief in Guild Wars 2 wears perfectly legitimate armor that protects her vital areas and she looks awesome because of it. Lingerie armor is silly.

Exactly. You get it.

And the status quo isn't good for women or minorities. So that's why we're having this conversation.

As someone who works with actors regularly, trust me. Nothing is more stressful for a female actress than being the token girl. That expectation - "I have to make sure I don't piss anyone off because I'm standing in for my entire gender" is real. It's a terrible kind of expectation to put on one person's shoulders.

Unless of course you're a PC gamer. Funny how that works, huh?

The whole "PSN goes down for weeks at a time all the time" thing is Microsoft marketing speak. PSN is remarkably stable, and with the exception of one specific calculated cyber-attack that fucked everybody over, including Microsoft, there hasn't been serious downtime on PSN in ages.