I never said I hate every feminist. But I do not support feminism. Does that make me myopic? I don't know honestly. Does hating conservatism make someone myopic? What I do know is that modern feminists have been a politically active force, and have frequently done a lot to actively disadvantage men on a legal…

I think the problem is that for some reason a thin narrative has to be a "mindless" romp. One place where the analogy does certainly fail is that porn is relatively mindless in most cases, while games often require a certain level of intellectual participation and challenge to be considered great.

Unfortunately, as a movement feminism hasn't accepted the issues and has constantly derided them. There are exceptions to every rule, but I'm not talking about individual feminists. When I was presented feminism back in undergrad, the women's studies teach did seem sympathetic to men's issues. But, the larger…

Kind of hard to "ally" with the feminists when popular feminism dismisses mens issues as "MRA Bullshit" wouldn't you agree?

You summarily dismissed the article because it wasn't taking enough responsibility for some imagined issue that you subjectively think is a problem. Even though the entire article was largely condemning of men you wrote it off as simply trying to excuse things you see as male problems.

Calling bullshit on the "pretending that misogynism[sic], racism, and other forms of discrimination aren't an issue any more signifies silent approval of those trends . . ." comment there. Because that's bullshit. Never did I say that misogyny and racism isn't a problem. It can be. But to recognize them and ignore…

Are you kidding? How is this exalting the issue? There have been something like 4 articles on kotaku now, and several others on other blogs which are blatantly fawning at the project, rather than even looking at it objectively. How is this "exalting" the issue? You have to be joking.

Your argument is thinly veiled criticism of an article because it was written about men and didn't demonize them enough for social pressures, even though it was largely condemning of men in general.

Definitely agree with this. Particularly the last line, though I think you should attribute the source!

Because men aren't allowed to criticize women, lest they be labeled sexist / misogynist?

The narrative wasn't bioshock's strong point. It was the environment and the ideas around the narrative. I think his point is very good. It's common in games these days to over-produce in terms of the storyline, and you end up with an unconvincing, over-explained, poorly delivered narrative on top of what could be…

Do you mean he just ranted, based on some ridiculous notions that wasn't actually based on the article posted, and improperly mischaracterized the comment and elaboration by this one man as a "study?"

I just want to say f kinja. The fact that the first 9 stories are all blatant pandering / non-critical conclusions of criticism for people that don't like Sarkeesian is ridiculous. Kinja results in one sided discussions, and often 9 discussions on the same point. It's ridiculous.

Wait... really? So your argument is that when men are pressured, socially or culturally, it's men's fault. But when women are pressured, socially or culturally, it's also men's fault?

The real question is when did feminism go from being about equality to being just about improving women's situation relative to men?

I think your post is well thought out, but when you start imagining reasons why people were upset with her (because she wants to make it so games are full of faires and ponies) you really miss the mark.

There is a significant amount of backlash towards feminism, in general. Gaming isn't particularly sexist any more than culture in general is sexist, which is why this stuff is irritating. I'm not going to defend people that have made blatant personal attacks on her, and I think it does nothing good for anyone and…

You're an idiot if you think that someone is a "sexist piece of shit" for disagreeing with her.

Interesting. I buy digital even if it's roughly the same price because I figure it has a lower environmental impact, since it doesn't have to be manufactured, packaged, and shipped...

But the only thing more important than being the first commenter, in terms of discussion, is being an Editor or Writer...