We agreed that criticism doesn't change the vision or the intended message. Neither of us can think of one game that has had its vision or intended message changed because of criticism. Therefore, tone-policing criticism seems like a pointless exercise. People can be good critics or bad critics, they can conform your…

No I get it. You have advice for people who want more diversity in games. You've set up a dichotomy (criticism vs. creation) and you say one (criticism) is bad because it limits artistic freedom. We just proved that that's not ever happened. So, I think both tactics are totally valid and compatible and not mutually…

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What are you referring to? What did I quote that you never said?

Great. Just wanted to confirm that we're talking about a phenomenon that does not currently exist. How long do you think we should wait until we can effectively disprove your theoretical conclusions? If "people who demand stuff..." continue to fail to change any of the video games for the next 10 years can we all stop…

Fair enough. Replace "feminists" with "people (who) demand more women, or black people, or asians or whatever is en vogue to demand" and answer the question. What you're saying sounds theoretical and vague. I'd like to look at a concrete example. Do you have one?

Have feminists ever changed a video game by criticizing it? Yes or no?

"You start forcing developers to shoe horn something into a game that wasn't intended to be there. "

Name a person that's been harmed.

Name a person's videogame that's been changed by a feminist.

Well, Swedish feminist bureaucrats are notorious for having a huge impact on game developers' decision making. I'm sure we'll get a long list of games that are cancelled or revised in order to fit into the new rules that this $36k study will mandate.

Gamers try to change other people's art all the time. We tell them to make the cut scenes skippable, or to increase the frame rate or to make us a new ending. All gamers do is complain about the games they play and tell developers how to make them better. But once you start bringing up portrayals of women, all of a…

As an LA cyclist, I concur, but I am more excited about the fact that I can now slap pedestrians on the bike paths in first person.

To be fair, 7th Guest and Myst have more game-y puzzle elements than Gone Home.

"How is "Not a game" actually insulting?" Because people usually say it in the context of an insult.

You can totally call a movie you don't like not a movie. I do it all the time. Try and stop me.

"It's not a game....is basically a find the hidden object game" WHICH IS IT!??

"...Maybe I'm overthinking here..."

I'd take an HD remaster. Shit, I'd take a straight Dreamcast re-release ala Sonic Adventure.

Neat.