Have you seen this bit of mayhem from Kotaku? Priceless.

Mine, too! Well, my son will be 18 in a little more than 2 years. So I guess not that much older.

I was only giving examples, but yeah there is a whole chain of self-reinforcing factors involved, probably starting with the aggressive gendering of children in terms of what entertainment and toys they are presented with and what they are expected to excel at, all the way up through the education system and ending…

"The reason there were no women on-stage is because the presidents and developers who happened to develop the software being presented happened to be male," wrote commenter hsuadfhaspodhf on Kotaku. "It is not part of some sexist agenda, it just so happens that the people behind the creation of the content being…

I wasn't talking about the value of the material to the work (which I discuss in replies to other commenters... spoiler alert: we pretty much agree), but rather the extent to which the depictions of sex, due to the misogyny and brutality make the work inappropriate for younger viewers (in my case, teenagers, in…

I don't think it's a fault of the viewer if they are unnerved by intentionally disturbing material. Just because you're upset by something upsetting doesn't mean you're morally outraged at its presentation. I think Blue Velvet is an amazing movie. I think Bamboozled is a very good movie. But if you can watch those…

First, I don't think the sexually degrading material, for the most part, especially in the books, is inappropriate. Just that it's disturbing. It's meant to be, and I think it's actually in service to feminism, or at least that that's how Martin views it. One of the huge themes in the book is power: where it comes…

I don't really intend to show my kids (13 & 15) GoT. I was really discussing which material in the show makes that decision the easiest, and why. I do think that the artistic value of something does play a factor in what kids (again, mine are teenagers) should be exposed to. We recently watched The Godfather, because…

I understand why the material is there, and why it actually needs to be disturbing to make Martin's point about how power is distributed, and how people inevitably abuse the imbalance. But it definitely is the key factor in deciding at what point a teenager can 'handle' the material in terms of processing it in the…

My point really wasn't that violence is 'better' than nudity or sexual content, but that the context and the way that either type of content is presented is what makes it more or less appropriate for younger viewers (my kids are teenagers), more or less gratuitous, more or less disturbing, more or less emotionally…

I will say that while much of the violence in Game of Thrones is not that far removed from, say, Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings albeit with more red than LOTR's PG13 black orc/goblin blood, the sexual material is a good deal more degrading/deviant than most people are used to from fantasy material. While I don't…

OMG Bamf! I freaking loved Bamf!

I also am reminded of The Legend of Zelda: Windwaker, and not just because of the graphics, but by how alive the towns can seem, the feel of the sidequests, the stealth section (hiding from pigs!), the expressive animations, the anthropomorphic NPC's and occasional WTF touches. Love this game.

I'm glad to see someone agrees with me that Brandon Routh made a terrific Superman, even if the film around him had serious problems. Nothing against Henry Cavill as an actor, but I feel like Routh should have had a Jackman-like lock on the roll, re-boot or no. He keeps Superman Returns from being completely…

The very reason Kotaku is called Kotaku and not, say Videogames.com or ElectronicGames.com is not simply because those domains were not available, it's so Kotaku defines for itself what kind of content they publish. And that content? Supplemented by our comments? That's Kotaku. Which, yes... is partially defined by…

Give Bruce Timm oversight over DC's films in terms of establishing an overall tone and an arc, and follow Marvel's strategy of hiring a promising director, then letting them pretty much make their film their way. DC, Nolan's films aside, handles their properties more like Fox handles their Marvel characters. Marvel,…

There are 2D showings of Finding Nemo, so Hotel Transylvania should probably be a third choice. But I am relieved that HT isn't totally stinking up the joint, since my kids want to see it (and they don't want to see Frankenweenie!). In their defense, their favorite movies are probably The Tree of Life (my daughter)…

It's true that most industries don't have an analog to the credit screens in video games and films. However, when such credits do exist, they become a record of not just employment, but of involvement with a specific project. And when someone is left off of those credits, they can be seen to falsify a claim to have…

I long ago accepted the demise of the day notes/night notes, and most sadly, the weekend notes. However, anything you can assign Owen that leads to him winding yarns about his dad, himself, his early days on the crime beat, etc. as well as longish interviews with quirky gamers are appreciated. He's a human interest…

Thanks for letting me know, especially since you caught it so long after the fact and could have said nothing. Cheers.