I for one am shocked that the company behind a game designed to make money by taking advantage of peoples' worst psychological impulses is capable of this sort of behavior.
I have the PSP version still in my Blacklog. Must remember to get around to it eventually
ACTRAISER
Game: Journey
Game: Bioshock Infinite
Platform: PS3 / 360 / PC
Song: Will The Circle Be Unbroken?
Composer: Ada R. Habershon with music by Charles H. Gabriel, performed by Courtnee Draper.
Where it plays: Throughout the game. When you first arrive in Columbia, when Booker and Elizabeth take a moment and Elizabeth sings it, and during…
Game: Uncharted Series (Drake's Fortune, Among Thieves, Drake's Deception)
Game: Bastion
Game: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Game: Hotline Miami
There may be no one part of a game that connects to our memories as immediately or intensely as music. Of course we…
If SHE says SHE is, then SHE is.
Hold the fucking phone! Apparently, the entire American psychological and medical communities are wrong. Apparently, the people who live their entire lives dealing with gender dysphoria are wrong. No, we have the expert and novel opinion of Pyro3000 to guide us towards truth.
There are times when Kotaku overreacts to events like these, this is not one of them.
Don't talk what you don't understand. Transgenderism has nothing to do with "pretend". It's a serious psychological/neurological subject matter that deserves as much respect as any other medical condition.
Gender and sex are different. Most people tend to think that if you have a penis, you're a male, but your brain chemistry doesn't always agree with what's between your legs. Most people don't get how this is possible because everything matches up for them, but the brain is complicated as hell. Top scientists don't…
Transgendered people have some of the thickest skin you'll ever see. They deal with this kind of shit daily and still continue trying to realize their true identity.
Leave.
Why do you care? What will it hurt you to refer to this person as a girl?
Are you really that self-absorbed that you're going to put a simple fucking word over another person's emotional well-being?