EA, is that you?

I don’t like your opinion.

Yes, the floodgate has opened and the stories are coming out. We haven’t heard as many of them in the video game industry yet, but they’re coming. Kotaku is actively working on several investigations right now that will hopefully lead to more harassment getting exposed. (And of course, if anyone reading this has any…

Props for reporting on this - I wouldn’t have heard about it otherwise. It’s good to see that most industries are pulling back the shades on sexual harassment and assault right now.

a common thread in these recent stories seems to be how poorly HR departments handle claims and really only serve the company’s best interests rather than its employees. Hopefully these shitty incidents will spark some change.

I’m super proud of them for it.

I don’t have a gambling problem, I do have a problem with f2p mechanics in a game which costs money. I’m not an idiot, these things make money so companies will put them in, I get that. I personally won’t buy games that do, and regard the people that buy them and ruin gaming by doing so, as dicks. Not sure what’s hard…

“Look guys, we changed it so it’s less bad. We’re the good guys now!” No you’re fucking not. It’s still a grindfest so you can sell lootboxes. Everyone who pre-orders this/buys this in the first month is a dick for enabling them.

Horizon is a good game that has little reason to be open world at all. I totally get Clayton’s distinction between open world and “map games.”

Obligatory, *Presses B to stop evolution* :P jk jk

The Witcher 3... I consider it the best game I have ever played, but I also understand it does not have great game play. It’s just the epitome of RPG, emphasis on the role playing. Its like a surprising, amazing super fun of DND. A game where every nook and cranny has a story to tell, lovingly handcrafted. It’s the…

I see, and that’s a much better way of explaining it, I’m confident enough to say that most people wouldn’t be able to explain your point as well as you did.

Sarkeesian is literally not the one who started what you think of as fucked-up feminism. Like that’s literally factually wrong, dude.

Here’s the thing. Yes a female character can be sexy and still be a fantastic character. We see that in characters like bayonetta. They have to have agency over it and it has to be who they are. They often overcome the stereotype on them and people around her look past that. Look at Sera Bellum, the mayor’s assistant,…

I’m not saying sexuality is bad. Your specific point about thinking of why a character chooses their outfit reminds me of the conversation over Bayonetta and Bayonetta 2 and the titular character’s very present sexuality. To cut about a dozen hot takes short, the repeated words when talking about Bayonetta have been…

Can we pull back a bit and ask why if a female character has some sexuality to her, all her values are suddenly reduced or (to some people) invalidated?

The hell does this have to do with Sarkeesian? Regardless of anyone’s thoughts on her, she’s not the first feminist out there to talk video games, nor the last.

It’s not the same as Emma Watson, either; she’s a real human being. She was talking about real human beings. Ann, in contrast, is a fictional character created…

HoI4 lacks the systems depth of HoI3, but is in a much better state than it’s predecessor was at the same time in it’s life cycle.

The complexity of Hearts of Iron 3, its division building, research strategy, leader placement, and air-power strategy doesn’t have an equal in HOI4... Especially the research strategy. I don’t know you can argue this?

You can draw battleplan line to Moscow as Germany and your army will go and win you the game. I don’t…

I love this game. This game and Hearts of Iron 3 are the pinnacle of gaming ambition, and it shows. Unfortunately, they’re starting to take a step back from it to go “mainstream” as evidenced by Hearts of Iron 4.