Don't even bother with this person. She's a perfect example of someone who would rather patronize and brow-beat people in arguments with her own injected assumptions. Your time is much better spent elsewhere.

Chocodiles or GTFO.

The entire point of entertainment is to escape from the drudgery of life every so often.

Curious as to what unholy terror is spawned from #Belieber

This is a pretty typical technique used by serial internet argumentators such as yourself (I took a look at that profile of yours, and damn, you seem to fit the bill)

Nah, they already sucked the teet of manufactured outrage dry with that one.

Hyperbole ahoy, indeed. I think you need to look in the mirror and see who's really puffing up their feathers.

I remember starting two-player games of SMB back in the day, and just letting mario die so I could play as Luigi, because I like his color scheme better as a kid.

I'm noticing a distinct lack of Crocs and scrubs being mentioned....

People shouldn't be given constant admonishment either. You're right in the fact that we shouldn't have to be told to be more inclusive, and no where in my comment did I say anything about under-representation of women being the natural state.

MGS4 was the same way. Why the hell would Solid Snake need an iPod of all things in his inventory?

If you watch the show, the cringe-worthiness goes away. His character plays video games throughout the entire show as a way to unwind, so him showing more-than-passive interest isn't so far-fetched, really.

My wife and I have been watching this show very recently, and damn it's a good show.

I'm really glad they released this, as it's given me another reason to play through the trilogy and finally do it the way I really wanted to

I've never understood Jezebel readers and their obsession with the correct use of that word. People at Gawker put the role of Word Usage Archlord upon themselves too, and it doesn't really help the discussion.

I take it conventional communication has failed miserably?

I really believe what a lot of the frustration stems from on the opposition side is that every time something is done to try and do away with the seedier undertones of gaming, the social injustice brigade throws it in people's faces by saying "Well yeah, that's fine and good, but it's NOT GOOD ENOUGH"

I'm hoping to see this as the last GoW game for some time. Playing the demo, I enjoyed how they'd just ever-so-slightly mixed up the combat, but the series is getting really long in the tooth.

It definitely should've been spelled out. General Dysphoria is when somebody is compelled to find reasons why everything sucks and they have a mental inability to be happy about anything.