Your avatar pleases me...I'm three months off from submitting my thesis, and that man's work has been invaluable to me.

Oh, I wasn't referring to the representation as 'average', I was responding to Son of Mogh, saying that there's nothing particularly special about men or women. It's not that one is good or evil. So, I was just saying that as we're on par with each other, we should expect equal time in video games. I totally take your…

Bayonetta - the epitome of the chauvinist's representation of a woman. A woman designed to depict a 14 year-old's wet dream. And that's all you've got? Dude...weak. Woman = average. Man = average. Therefore, show both some equal time and respect.

It's cool, dude, sometimes after a long day, my balls smell too. I find that the best remedy is to first let them air out and to breathe a bit, finding the funny side in life. Then I take a shower. Don't worry, it will all be okay.

Then I would expect a foursome cutscene. And it better be messy.

The argument is against the exclusion of women, not the inclusion of men. Don't worry, your soft, milky (possibly smelly) balls are safe from attack.

"What, you didn't think the face mask was cool and edgy? But we thought that brooding and concealed was in..."

Rachel, please do not disrupt my understanding of family trees. They're much easier to grasp when I only have to pay attention to the dudes. Also...*gasp*, if I included women, wouldn't the 'tree' suddenly look more like a shrub or hedge? I just...nope. Can't do it. Family trees are about men. When a woman puts a ring…

Thanks for your response. I think the reason it might be Ubisoft today and not another company is in large part due to the way they bungled their reasoning for not including a decent female lead. They exposed how little they actually gave a shit about it. So, that's part of it. Also, I think that there is a bit of a…

There's everything sexist about many family trees. That's part of a reason this discussion is being had and why many women choose to keep their last names upon marriage. Shouldn't change genetic links, though, which is the kind of ancestry AC prides itself in.

Your daughter is no longer in your family but your husband's family? Wow. So, if you had a son, he would no longer be in your family but in his wife's family, I assume. Right? Right?? Please tell me you don't believe your genetic ties to your daughter are severed when she puts a ring on her finger.

Did I say a word about Nintendo? They're one of the worst offenders. Especially with their Palutena reveal.

Out of eight console AC releases, you choose the only female character available, and she was released on a handheld game. She was relegated to the Vita and, in their magnanimity, Ubisoft expanded that release to consoles and PCs. She's not exactly the poster child for your defence of Ubisoft.

Um. A family lineage is generally not dependent on male ancestors alone, even a 'paternal' line, so I don't think Ubisoft can use this excuse either...

QUOTE | “Diversity for us is very important. But we respect very much the creative vision of the team. This is what matters at the end of the day.” - Ubisoft EMEA executive Alain Corre responding to the controversy surrounding the publisher leaving out a playable female character in the next Assassin's Creed.

They're probably just too polite to call you out on using terminology from 1960s Arkansas.

But...white males are not a majority global population. Maybe we should call THEM: 'the coloured'. After all, peachy flesh tones are a different colour to browner tones. And we need a differentiator.

I disagree, but let's say for the sake of argument that Liberation belongs alongside AC2 and AC: Unity in terms of quality and attention to detail: why have there been (now) eight games with a male protagonist and one with a female (and that's discounting iPhone and other versions, which were also male)?

Oh if only they'd actually had the notion to be that systematic about their representation. If only they were as intelligent as you give them the opportunity to be. Sadly, they seem to have once again relied on a trope, because "nothing gets the blood of a white 14 year-old male boiling more than having to protect a…