“In other words, viewing media that frames women as objects or sexual playthings, profoundly impacts how real life women are perceived and treated in the world around us. And that is all without even taking into account how video games allow for the more participatory form of objectification that we’ve been discussing…

Hmm...I was just curious if there were any interactions between her and Dorian about it. That would have been neat, and I wonder if it was done on purpose, or just a missed opportunity, because I don’t think Sera ever had a problem with her sexuality, or it never caused her problem, but again, not all that invested in…

For what it’s worth: Dorian was pimp as hell. A really well done character overall, including handling his homosexuality and the stigma of it where he came from. I think it would be interesting to see interactions between two gay characters that had very different life experiences (I never dicked around with Sera…

That was the entire point I was making: it was relevant to his story. It was not, for instance, Janey Sands or whatever the fuck her name was from the Pre-Sequel who had no story except “I am a tragic lesbian, look at how much I don’t like dick.”

You know how you write a gay character? The exact same way you write a straight character. This isn’t hard. The issue is that (as proven with the MK reveal) is that gay characters are instantly and unfairly put under a spotlight. It takes a single characteristic and makes it the most defining feature of that person,…

I visited Seattle in High School. Stayed downtown, and they’d just put in a big ass Game Works (Werks?).

I go there playing Street Fighter v Capcom. Old school.

I’m mostly killing time, it’s practice. Wolvie, Charlie, and ‘Gief are the team.

Eventually, this chick wearing a company shirt strolls up, puts a quarter down…

You missed the point, but I’m not surprised.

Let me break it down in small words for you. MK shows a lot of different types of people. Period. End of story.

And Native. So, that covers Whites, Blacks, Natives, Asians (multiple flavors), Half-Dragons, Demi-gods, Elder Gods, Half-Dragons, Australians (not really people, but I’ll count it), Undead Japanese, Undead Americans, Reptilian Americans, Synthetic Organisms (both organic and inorganic), mutants, and one fuckin’ gay…

Fighting games in general have pretty diverse casts. Look and KoF or even SF. SF IV has 9 “white guys” and out of the 45 characters, that’s like...22 percent? And even less “busty white chicks” coming it at a whopping five, really, I’m just opting to select white chick since “busty” by SJW standard is anyone that…

Guys! Guys! Guys!

You’ve never actually looked at the MK cast, have you?

He trains with the Shaolin, which is definitely Chinese. Not sure about the old school Chinese stance on man-love.

Hey, whoa...let’s not get too hasty.

But I’ll never abandon her, unlike that one-legged bastard!

The Doll is best waifu! She even said she loves me!

I am outraged by her sideboob! Sexism! Misogyny! The artist is gross and needs to grow up! OBJECTIFICATION!

Well, even up through The Room, it was kinda that way. It was more verbal in it’s presentation, but a lot of it just mixed in with the background and random things. Also, hooray for unreliable sources of information. The first Fatal Frame also did a good job with it’s story, as I recall, using flashback and found…

It’s a hard thing for...I don’t know, I think creators to do in general now. Basically, the notion of subtlety has gone out the window. Have something you want to say? Bludgeon your audience with it. Newer “progressive” comics have a real problem with this. The writing is cringey because it’s this entirely in your…

...I was trying to think of a witty reply, but then I figured either you are just that dense and it would be lost on you, or you are being deliberately obtuse, in which case there is no point in engaging. I’m hoping it’s the latter, but I bet it’s the former.

Except the Souls variety! Suck it, filthy casuals!