This has always been a problem with video games. Not just competitive video games — all of them.

This is what I think it is: they are terrified beyond all reason that a woman could have a better time or result than a man in identical events. If, say, Lindsey Vonn raced the same hill as Bode Miller and recorded a better time, they would LOSE THEIR SHIT.

Ah yes, the inevitable Kotaku comment projecting their own insecurities onto a stranger because that person dared to say that they think they are attractive. Same as on every other Dr. Nerdlove post.

They have a choice. It’s “Don’t buy it.”

Dishonored, Prey, Wolfenstein, Doom, Fallout 4, Skyrim?

Stop giving developers and publishers a pass on this and blaming it on gamers. That’s exactly what they want you to do. When games like Shadows of War are specifically designed to be massive time sinks without buying microtransactions and loot boxes, players aren’t give a choice.

It makes total sense, from a business perspective, to create opportunities for recurring revenue streams rather than relying upon selling a one-shot product to a consumer and then funding a development team to put together another one-shot product with the funding derived from the sale of the first product.

That said,…

The future is World of Warcraft.

This is why I love Bethesda. They’re the only ones releasing quality AAA single player games that aren’t cordoned off or chopped up with microtransactions at every corner.

Loot boxes are not overblown.

I personally don’t like loot boxes, so it was off putting that Halo 5 and Gears 4 both incorporated them and even Rise of the Tomb Raider had them!. But like you I felt like they were overblown with people getting upset about them so I’m glad it worked out the way I thought it would. To me they fixed the Forthog…

I agreed with Sway up until the “get away with it”, part. Americans have been exporting hip-hop around the world for 35 years. It’s impossible to do that and not expect the artistic method to be co-opted by other races and cultures as a vehicle for expression. Black Americans aren’t/can’t be the gatekeepers for…

This is the type of work on Jezebel I would like to see more of. I don’t think you’re hating on Iggy, but you craft a piece that lays out her flaws and successes, and uses other voices to defender her or call her out.

She’s a very problematic person, but I’m impressed that you went beyond the racial problems and didn’t…

Listen, I’m black, but if I ever wanted to get into rap, I sure as hell would not be trying to push the idea that I’m a hood chick, because I don’t have that background. That would be a sham even from me. It’s an even bigger sham coming from her. I don’t understand why she thought anyone would buy that as…

This was a fantastic piece Clover. Really well done.

But the success of Fancy had little to do with Iggy. It was the Charli XCX chorus that clicked and is the only part of the song that people remember.

THANK YOU FOR THIS.

Excellent piece! Never paid much attention to Iggy, but wow I’m completely floored by her inability to listen, understand, and change in the face of her friends, peers, mentors, and basically entire hip hop community telling her she’s wrong.

I saw this on Massive Health the other day and found it totally asinine, as with most things that I've ever come across from Massive Health. Just ask yourself, how many people do you know that are fat because they ate too many bananas?

Bananas do make for a great pre- run/workout snack, as you don't want to be too full but do want a quick punch of energy. My favorite breakfast before doing a road race is a banana with a spoonfull of peanut butter.