I think people should be able to do or not do whatever they want, but don't dismiss that lady's idea so quickly. A lot of sexism is built upon what women seem to choose for themselves, and if there were a collective shift such that women do not seem overwhelmingly more concerned about their looks than men, it will be…

It sounds like, from the review (only one of your links seems to be an actual review), the show is a bad show for bad television reasons: bad writing, bad characterization, bad jokes. But as for any "moral takeaway", that's a bit of a stretch. A TV show about an anti-hero flawed funny judge could've been compelling…

Usually "wearing the pants" referred to having a job, so I'm left wondering the work situation. It's said he worked full time, and I don't know if the lady worked, but if she didn't then that guy pretty much is the leader (unless he gave up control of the finances I guess). But that's not the focus of the letter or…

You know, I always found women in flats sexier. Not the look of it, though it looked fine, but the idea that she valued her comfort over painful "high fashion" or what I sometimes interpreted as an appeal to men.

What an asshole. It's like he doesn't want to do anything positive at all.

Oh man that Shadows of Mordor thing really pissed me off (are you talking about them saying reviewers could only say positive things etc.?), and no I've been aware of it for years. I was naive early on, reading EGM and GamePro, but it was only something I became aware of over the years, observing converage and scores…

1) Hashtags can be both good and bad. I personally have never used one in my life, I'm not a big Twitter guy. I think just engaging in the conversation, in more than 120 characters at a time, is way better. After that, I can seek changes in the gaming media I use, appeal to advertisers, and/or use new media. oh, be…

I can't speak for GG, but I don't think their concerns are simply over game review scores and/or a knee-jerk negative reaction to the idea of "women in gaming". But that doesn't really matter, I can disavow GG altogether and simply say "Hey, I'm coming to the table with certain concerns: that game developers are in…

Let's say they do that. We can call it #GamerCause. And then, one or two or however many people send a threat under the banner of #GamerCause. Then the cycle repeats itself. Until people are able to disassociate the fringe from the larger group, or until the group gathers around a clear coherent message (a manifesto…

You know what? That would be a great fucking experiment, and I meant that. Hell, forget me, let's get some of these journalists to do that (if they can be trusted to do it honestly).

I didn't read everything yet, and probably wont tonight, but I was curious: while I was scanning I saw you said you're an animator. So are you going for a master's in animation degree? Do you animate (or plan to animate) movies or video games? In any case, talking to an animator makes me feel like you might have that…

Yeah, you're right. I am wasting my time.

Yeah, you posted a link that said "As I said", and when I clicked on that the first line said "they love comparing themselves to Muslims", so I do say you brought it up, even if you did for a good reason (they are actually saying that).

OK part 2. Once again let me start by bowing down and thanking you for even taking the time to read this. I get a strange mix of dread and excitement whenever someone replies to me, and I'm always happy to engage intelligent folks.

Wow that was hella long, but well written and well thought out. I'm not sure I agree with everything you said, and eventually we're going to get full from this buffet of words and ideas, but just know I'm so happy this is basically all I ever asked for, a reasoned and civil discussion on those issues. Maybe Anita is…

Huh? Where did I go wrong? Muslims do not follow the Qur'an, or the Qur'an doesn't say that? (Of course there are Muslims who don't follow the book to the letter and Muslims that do, just like there are Christians that don't stone people who work on Sunday etc etc.). You brought up Muslims, and they do have a problem…

I'm not sure I understand the link to Muslims, although on the surface it's obvious. However, I do not think your point works the way you think it does, because Muslims follow a rule-book called the Qur'an (and another one called the Haddith?) that explicitly says "kill the infidels, keep women down, etc". So moderate…

Don't get me wrong, I do take your point and understand it. It isn't balanced, and while perfect equality in representation isn't really the goal, just closing the gap would be good enough. I can agree with that.

I don't think Anita should be silenced, but I don't think her critics should be either. In fact, I think an in-depth analysis of her videos, even though that would destroy them should anyone bother to do it, is a way of giving her respect.

Ok. So a guy says, I want a game where I can be a gay commander in space, and point out Mass Effect as an example of a game where you can do that, and if I so choose, I can pick out other examples of positive games as well. I don't know how many I'd have to pick to satisfy you, many the same number Anita does?