How did the pre-sequel treat gay characters poorly? from what I’ve seen, the most important lbgt content comes from Jenny, who aside from flirting with Athena, struck me as a pretty fun character. I’ve only watched a movie-cut let’s play though.

I’ve told this story before, but here it goes again.

And his Pyramid Head helmet!

Okay, that it makes sense, but I disagree that corruption on a small scale should ever be acceptable. That’s more a matter of my opinion than a lack of understanding though, so thanks for clearing a lot of it up.

Oh yeah, me too. I’m just interested in the social dynamics behind what makes one thing acceptable when a nearly identical thing isn’t. So, actually, my question isn’t about ethics in game journalism, just ethics in general and that’s the biggest recent example.

Right, I know it never happened, I’m just trying to understand some of the general reactions. So if I’m understanding correctly, you’re saying that even if it were true, the reviews wouldn’t have mattered because the degree of harm they might have caused is negligible compared to the potential harm in a case of…

Alright, thanks. That clears up the difference, and it’s pretty much what I thought. But in the review case I got the impression the general consensus was that even if it had been true, it wouldn’t have mattered. Am I misreading that, was it just part of the general (and justified, I might add) circling of the wagons…

Alright, this is something I genuinely don’t understand. I’m mildly autistic, so sometimes I miss obvious social nuance.I find it’s best to ask and be thought a troll than to remain ignorant.

What’s bizarre about Jackson being on the 20 is no one really knows why. It was an internal decision at the Federal Reserve, IIRC. He wasn’t even that popular a president at the time the 20 was issued, so the best explanation I have is that he’s there as an insult, due to how vehemently opposed to paper currency he…

There’s a definite element of gameplay/story segregation, particularly in the most recent two. It’s why in story mode, you can’t use fatalities at all. If it helps, just assume that arcade or vs. mode is some sort of training sim, because it clearly can’t be happening in canon. Unless you get pretty creative with your…

On the day when a teenager scoring a date with their high school’s quarterback or cheer captain is treated exactly the same way regardless of said teenager’s gender. When a girl coming back from college to introduce her girlfriend doesn’t receive the slightest pause, and no one says a word about her “experimenting.”…

I WILL WEAR YOUR HAT AS A PINATA HOAKOGAN!

Of course other characters’ sexuality matters. When Johnny Cage hits on Sonya? That’s straight sexuality. Liu Kang and Kitana’s relationship? Same thing.

You know what? As much as I vehemently disagree with you, and as much splash damage as I’m likely to get from saying this, I have to give you a little respect here. I mean, no mincing words, like “but he should be a character first” or “leave sexuality out of this! Other characters’ sexuality doesn’t matter!” The…

Okay, why do anti-gay people always use the “ramming down our throats” metaphor? I mean, I’m not saying you’re gay, but it’s a little Freudian don’t you think?

Dude, I don’t give a shit what Poison is packing in those cutoffs, if I had a chance to get in them. She could have a sea anemone for all I’d care.

I’m neutral, but if there’s a character who increases representation, I will comment positively.

Yep. That’s Amygdala. They hang out around the churches. Just keep your eyes open for when the vortex starts to form and you should be able to get out of its way fairly easy. After you beat a certain boss or get 40 insight, you’ll be able to see them.

I actually think FOTNS, particularly the ending battle with Raoh, serves as an interesting metaphor for nuclear war and how even if your cause is righteous and your enemy is evil, not fighting might be the better choice, so yeah, I take it seriously. As for its humor...the TV series gets a lot more time to indulge in…

Not to mention that her father is based on Jean-Claude Van Damme. Not as in “boy, they look similar” but “this was actually supposed to BE Van Damme, but got changed in production when the deal fell through.”