Nationalism aside, JRPG is a useful designator for genre. JRPGs play differently than WRPGs. Some folks go as far as to call some game western JRPGs (for games of western origin in the JRPG style) and vice-versa.

Suikoden 6 plz

Rec'd for pretentious but eerily accurate Bible quotation.

I've never heard of you until today, but this post gave me a good belly laugh, so thanks!

Sales don't lie, but they don't paint a complete picture either. The problem is that correlation does not equal causation, and correlating sales to genders of protagonists doesn't allow you to conclude that female protagonists cause lower sales.

Unfortunately, what should and what are aren't always the same.

Most women grow up seeig more men on screen in TV, Games, and movies. I think it makes it easier for us to see a male point of view than men have seeing from ours. Societally, I think that's why this whole argument over art is important. Entertainment is great, but people build narratives for their own lives based…

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic, but I feel like it's probably complicated, and personal biases play a part, but don't explain the whole trend. Likewise for money.

I agree on all points. I can just see internal biases being confirmed and used as "I told you so" by moneyed folk. I don't think they're terrible people out to get anyone, just flawed people who fall into the human trap of enjoying being right (even when they're not).

I don't really think it's conscious, I think it's just that they favor male characters and they assume others think like they do.

I've always felt like "famle leads don't sell" was just a cover for not actually liking female leads. That is, misogyny is the real reason why, but they can't get away with saying so outright so they lean on sales as an excuse.

While some folks whine that feminists don't respect the artistic visions of developers who don't include many female characters in games, the actual fucking industry itself is disrespecting (i.e. actively preventing) the artistic visions of those who do. But folks will go on saying that women just naturally aren't…

Tetris can be beaten?

Close to every Mortal Kombat isn't even bad in a good way*

Being white and male gives folks opportunities they wouldn't otherwise have. This is why our governing bodies are overwhelmingly composed of white men.

Sure thing, bud.

The thing I like about this Smash compared to others is that you dont need to memorize as much fidgety bullshit (like l-canceling) just to compete. Melee is fun casually, but that competetive scene requires robot-like excecution just to move around the stage without being wide open.

Probably something to do with "ethics ingaming journalism" (translation: she's too outspoken about her politics for a woman, and the fedoras don't like that).

Bad troll is bad.

Yeah, no single mon is going to serve every capturing purpose. Gallade can have issues with ghost types, for instance. Better than Gallade is Smeargle, but it takes a LOT of effort to get Smeargle good for capturing, and I'm not sure Smeargle is in ORAS, whereas Ralts is available very early on.

If your goal is just…