I doubt it’d have that much effect as you think, which is to say I don’t think it’d have really any at all.

People can get fit without steroids. Just like people can eat snacks without getting diabetes.

No, the decision by the devs to specifically prohibit that choice IS a feature. It is part of the game design, it’s how they want the game to work, that makes it a feature. Games are defined just as much by the things that they do not have as the things they do.

No, the players don’t have the option, that’s the point of his argument. The choice does not exist, it’s determined for you.

Yes, it is a feature. It is part of the game’s design and is functioning as intended, the devs have been quite vocal about that. A feature that you dislike is still in fact a feature. And it’s fine if you dislike that feature, there are many rpgs that allow you to choose gender along with everything else.

Gender in Rust isn’t an option OR choice though. That’s the thing you’re not comprehending. They give you a player and that’s your player. Like Marcus Fenix in Gears of War. Or Master Chief in the Halo single player campaign. Or Lara Croft. Or Super Mario.

My point is still valid. You can’t pick your gender in a ton of games, so I’m not sure why it matters in Rust.

Seriously, what a petty reason to not buy a game. But hey, your money I guess.

Being forced to constantly play a gender you don’t want to in video games. I can’t imagine what that is like.

I think many people would agree that an occasional 16-hour work day can be tolerable and even exhilarating when you’re working on something you really care about. I’ve done that quite a few times for stories at Kotaku, always by choice, because I really wanted to finish up something that mattered to me.

His comment also goes to the notion that artists dont deserve to get paid. Fuck that guy.

It really isn’t a matter of raw talent or knowledge, its just the willingness to take the time and put forth the effort into wanting to make it.