But white man = default! It's too hard to make a playable character or write a story about anyone but a white man! Though it is nice to know that the handful of games that don't revolve around a white male carry so much weight that a handful of them equals the hundreds of games that do feature white male characters…

Same. It amazes me that even though Kotaku has great articles and tries to be inclusive and use their sway in the industry to get answers/affect change, so, so many of the commenters are the very people who are the cause of the problem.

"Lying, evading, giving out false information does nothing to foster trust and good relations between genders."

You know an excuse is BS when someone like that points out how flawed it is.

You're telling me that a publisher that is spending likely $100m+ and has 9 studios working on a single game (and making a 1:1 scale virtual replica of Paris) couldn't spare a fraction of a fraction of their budget and find 1 or 2 people to make a female assassin?

Very much so, and have it also include non-salary payments such as company stock and whatnot to keep people and companies from skirting around a paycap. No one needs to be paid dozens or hundreds of millions of dollars every year (and if they do, I question why they're being paid that much when they can't handle money…

I'm surprised at all the people saying that people are stupid for wanting to visit Norway on the basis of an animated movie. While there could be some rabid fans out there who want to go to Norway simply because of the movie, I very much doubt they're the majority. More likely is that people were already planning a…

I once looked seriously at a career in game art and design, but like you said, after doing some research it just lost so much of its previous lustre. Especially after doing a tour of one of EA's big studios.

Indeed. No matter how much of a fan someone is for one company, having other companies competing with them on even ground is good for them even if they never buy any other company's products. It forces the price to be reasonable, new products to come out regularly, and prevents stagnation of technological advances.…

Er, apparently I got mixed up — it's Crufts, not Tufts. But it's essentially the UK version of the Westminster Dog Show, only much bigger (world's largest dog show) and also a trade show for anything dog-related.

Exactly. Despite the bad rap teenagers get, most know what's appropriate dress for what situation because they were taught that by parents, friends, and peers from a young age. I never had to wear a uniform and there wasn't much in the way of dress codes for my schools — same as most teens I was in school with — yet…

I honestly don't get how so many guys don't care about STI's, possible pregnancy, or their partner's health. It's like since they don't have to worry about being pregnant themselves, they just can't give a fuck about anything else except maximizing their own immediate pleasure. You would think that since so many STI's…

Because bartenders, bouncers, and patrons are sometimes the exact same people who think drugging a woman and raping her is acceptable. Plus there's the bystander effect where everyone assumes someone else will deal with a clear problem, only for no one to deal with it.

Good for you if you live in a place where you don't need to worry. Not everyone does.

That's not exactly the safest thing to do in all situations. Depending on the attacker, you may just provoke them further. Plus by dealing repeated blows to an attacker, a woman is staying in grabbing-distance of the attacker and, given that the average man is typically stronger than the average woman and has a…

Crating, when done responsibly, is actually something any trainer worth their salt would recommend for a puppy. Dogs are den animals so most don't mind small spaces and some even seek them out, and with a puppy it teaches them how to calm down while also saving the house from destruction. While initially it does help…

Yup. I may get a dog of my own some time in the future, but they are so much work compared to cats! Especially as puppies where you need to train them, teach them manners, socialize them, take them out for exercise, deal with teething, and then endure the teenage years that can last up to two years where they 'forget'…

That's cute, I'll admit, but dog's can't imitate a goat chatter like kittens can.

That it is. The term MRA is just them once again co-opting terminology that disadvantaged groups use so the MRM can once again play the victim while making things harder for everyone else.