I've played lots of games where I was either too lazy to read pop-up dialogs or felt information about certain mechanics was not properly conveyed. I'd be curious to know how many of these review guides try to cover these aspects in order for the reviewer to "play the game as intended". Are these kinds of oversights…

I was thinking the same thing.

Ooh, you good.

I'd also like to see games that remove any mention of racism and class struggle and instead replace them with one big egalitarian fictional construct that doesn't offend my personal narrative.

Huh? What was it about his comment that was misogynistic?

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm sick of hearing about someone's "vision" when used to dodge the actual issue at hand. Triple-A studios claim they're a business one second, and suddenly they're auteurs the next.

That's why it's so cool of them to curb their murderous impulses so's they can shoot at these kids when they're of age

Wait, are we taking Metacritic seriously? I thought we all hated Metacritic

This actually looks like a fun throwback. Color me pleasantly-surprised pink

You must be new here

This is some seriously repugnant shit (the comments below, not the article). I'm glad I clicked on this link, but I'm sorry I scrolled down.

The digression on seeing Anya on the image was going somewhere, but you stopped. It felt like you were biting your tongue there.

Sweet-Cthulhu-on-a-pogo-stick, thank you. Seriously.

I think the person that called me "Mr Straw Feminist" did :)

Hey Skip, thanks for more insights into the article. It's nice to connect with writers and learn more about their articles from a more personal context. This site does get a bad rap for posting incendiary articles from guest writers, intentional or not, and equally incendiary responses from the community.

Hahahaha

This is true, but the term "gamer" has gotten really murky in the past few years with the advent of Facebook and mobile games. I think the original commenter's talking about core gamers and people who use dedicated gaming consoles, which is also what the videos are focusing on.

I loved that story arc, too. The problem is, many women, feminists or not, are extremely turned off beta males who exhibit emotions that are predominantly associated with "feminine" culture. Call it societal conditioning, or call it a primal instinct to reject a potential partner that cannot protect you from…

I just watched "Tropes vs Women in Video Games" last night and I now contend that the notion that a female protagonist can just be "[given] away to someone she barely knew" is highly offensive, and it's disturbing how this mindset has become so lieu commun.

I shudder to think what your definition of "not flat" is