She's complaining about being able to drag around female corpses while ignoring the fact that you drag around male corpses too in plenty of games, usually to hide the bodies from patrols.

In the interview, one of the women point out that the issues regarding ethics in gaming journalism (just like many other industries) had been raised a couple of years ago but boiled over with Zoe Quinn.

I really appreciate it. I like to think that a lot of people just don't have a background in, you know, academic cultural/art criticism, and so they sometimes oversimplify or misinterpret somewhat nuanced arguments.

I mean, that's what I tell myself, anyway.

No one in the "real world" cares because her tropes shes against have become a staple in modern entertainment and media. So she's simply dragging gaming through the dirt to further herself.

Ask me what's a female video game character, and I can reply with Lara Croft. Lilith. Maya. April. Zoey. Samus. And of course, Cate Archer. A.K.A. not victims.

Oh my god, I can just imagine the outraged reactions.

You know what people don't talk about enough with regard to why this game is perfect?

The reward mechanism.

Piling up medals and campaign ribbons, earning that special medal because you went the extra mile in a certain mission, and knowing that it all MATTERS because, with one slip-up, one bad mission, it could all go…

Not really? I mean, it's a thing that happened in the game. Like...it's right there. In the game. On screen.

If I pick one 15 second clip of something I find problematic out of a movie, that's not "cherry picking", even though it only makes up a small percentage of the film's overall running time. It's simply citing an…

I'm aware of those articles. I disagree with them. I mean, they're certainly entitled to their opinions, but them being women doesn't somehow make them objectively correct on this issue. There are people like Phyllis Schlafly whose opinions on feminism I find utterly abhorrent, for instance.

Hey, it's much appreciated. Thanks!

There's nothing wrong with "men liking certain things", except...

One: that's kind of reductive, and assumes that all (or even most) men are a hive-mind about this sort of thing. In my experience, that's not really the case
Two: we can like things that are nonetheless kind of harmful. Someone was going to see all those…

She cherry picks the examples in a way, that if someone was to cherry pick with male examples, it'd seem the industry is out to get men.

There's nothing wrong with "men liking certain things", except...

One: that's kind of reductive, and assumes that all (or even most) men are a hive-mind about this sort of thing. In my experience, that's not really the case
Two: we can like things that are nonetheless kind of harmful. Someone was going to see all those…

Whether she cares about gaming as a whole or not is irrelevant. I mean, I disagree, but even if you're right, that has no bearing on whether her critique has merit or not.

In the example you use, yes, in the larger context of the game, the courtesans play some role (though I'd argue it's not necessarily a better one).…

There is nothing wrong with it, even if its done a lot. There's nothing wrong with a fictional sexualized objectified powerless female, in any way. Its a legitimate choice to make.

There have been plenty of non-military, random males killed just for shits and giggles.

Haha, thanks. Much appreciated!

If you're sincerely trying to argue that, for instance, Kratos was designed primarily with a female audience in mind, then I really don't know what to tell you.

Of course I'm biased. Everyone has biases.

However, I'm more than willing to supply evidence and arguments to support my claims.

Just because you don't view something as "sexy" does not mean it isn't sexualized. The visual cues for that kind of thing are pretty clear and well-understood. I mean, aside from the fact that the character we're talking about is an actual prostitute (which is her sole defining feature in the game), there's the…