Usually I would stand up for a group of people that are being picked on for having a good time, and this time is no different.

You leave those poor bastards alone.

According to Carter's father, those remarks were followed up by "lol" and "jk."

Nothing wrong with any of that.
Might not be everyone's thing but so what?

http://gamestudies.org/0601/articles/…

"Female participants were more likely to make their Sims have a baby: 57% of the female participants had Sims with babies; whereas only 11% of the male participants had Sims with babies"

I'm not denying there are cultural factors; a lot, probably most, but not all. Like motherhood.

You are certainly correct in many aspects but still man...
How inclusive is Mass Effect:
http://kotaku.com/5893980/only-1…

You can't deny that there's something about those games that hit the right chord.

Sure. I'm a man and I've played Animal Crossing and the Sims, and of course any straight generalization like "girls will like it" when examined will be untrue, but on some level I'm certainly not making this shit up.

http://www.amazon.com/Women-Gaming-S…

My experience has been a lot of women I know were brought into…

There seems to be a sentiment within the community that makes it taboo to talk about how these games really appeal to women. Why? Doesn't it make sense?

Not everyone wants to play cowboys and indians. Some people would rather play house.

Well perhaps a less genuine fake then.

Someone with something to sell.

Fake: Someone who has something to sell or seeking an audience so they leverage the interest of the potential buyer by appealing to them in way they that will get the most attention.

See the idea is that guys want an attractive woman that plays video games. So companies hire booth babes to sell their games while…

"shoot up a school full of kids and eat their still, beating hearts (yadda yadda yadda)?"

Why are there so many stories that leave out the "lol j/k"? Even the BBC did. I mean you made sure to say that "one thing is clear" that the comments were "messed up", but selected the part of the comment that suited that…

Yeah I didn't realize they had kind of already done this. Although we could argue about canon versus non in 100% super happy endings that only the hardcore see. (yes I'll use the term hardcore for people that achieved 100% on FFX-2, I'm a huge fan of FF games and I beat that thing twice, but I was good after that)

So…

I am certainly using the word masterpiece loosely. The strong language is there for effect.

*SPOILERS (and for FF VI)

My main point is that the ending elevated the whole thing in my opinion. Like they actually did it. They went there and didn't look back. They take a sympathetic character like Yuna, they build up this…

I thought it was a metaphor or something.

*SPOILERS
I didn't know it meant he was literally like 'hey guys' I'm alive again and swimming

Didn't play that one, but I certainly feel your pain.

I'm all for multiple non-canonical endings., I mean I got every ending in Chrono Trigger, but I don't know... reversing the pivotal story tragedy...

Where's the soul of the tale? You know?

I must have not gotten that ending.

New ending scene.

*SPOILER (Not really but people will get upset if I don't)

Turns out the tragic heart breaking sacrifice that made the story such a masterpiece got reversed somehow and they all lived happily ever after.

I shoot myself in the face.

The End.

Oh yeah don't want to generalize of course, but I've met some Magic people that were a horrible mixture of prima donna and smug 'know it all' along coupled with no concept of any sort of social etiquette.

Some (not generalizing) geek tyrants are the f'ing worst. I'd take a thick necked, screaming drill sergeant over a…

Hey that's not true. Since the WiiU was announced they used it for brand jacking.