The thing is though, that's still valid as a criticism. Pointing out the use of a trope doesn't say anything about the rest of the game or media work, it just points out the use of a trope. She's not out to review entire games, she's just pointing out examples of a trope in a game.

They were much like FF13's datalogs in that regard. I swear, 2/3rd the story for the game was in the datalogs, rather then in game. HAd all that info been ingame, it could have been a masterpiece.

The problem is those cards, which explain the world? They aren't in the actual game. This is a major issue.

Actually, SJW is an insult. It's a way of disparaging and insulting any pro-diversity, feminist, pro LGBT, etc. It's nearly always used as a slur against those advocates or critics.

The problem is the gerrymandering. Any liberal/minority area is chopped up and added to huge sections of very conservative rural voters.

The real key is knowing when 'whack a few more times' is appropriate. Once there is no longer a threat, ie they attacker isn't in any position to keep attacking, you have to stop hitting/shooting/stabbing/etc.

Going for non lethal in a life or death situation can get you killed. This ain't star trek where you have stun settings, after all. You do what it takes to survive, even if that costs the other person their life. I've known a few people who went for say, their baseball bat instead of their gun, and paid for it. …

1. They ran a gamejam that had advertisers run due to concerns about policy. So what? We don't owe them free publicity. No one does. Get a better PR department.

Actually no, few cultures consider killing in self defense to be a moral or ethical violation. It's not reasonable to demand you surrender your life without resistance.

This is the same KIA organizing email/phone campaigns to cost people advertisers, right? You know, the same thing they accuse those evil 'SJW's of doing? The thing that made those SJW's bullies?

1. what does 'hidden narratives' even mean? I sounds like a giant 'don't talk about stuff I don't like'.

Actually, the dom thing is valid. It's basically a version of the trope 'Women in Refrigerators' by which a male character's plot is advanced by killing a female character. This, interestingly enough, does tend to kill off more female characters then males.

you have a hashtag to rally around, sites dedicated to the cause, etc. It's not a monolithic block, but it is organizing.

There isn't two sides. there is gamegate on one side, and random millions of people on the other. Only one side appears to at all be organized here.

that makes no sense. 'third wave' is not an organized, monolithic group, its a thousand groups with a thousand agendas and a thousand tactics. How in thew world are they suppose to throw out people that 99.99% of them have no relation to?

Before, they could fail downward. Now, they can only give a boost upward.

I imagine that changing one located spawn rate is a simple scripting change, while changing the loot system is a much more expansive operation. Wouldn't want to miss a typo, and end up with a loot system where all drops are legendary.

It sounds like the allure would be a blue now having the surprise of a purple, and a purple ether giving you mats, a purple, or a surprise yellow.

Who else wants an exotic weapon called 'Sack full of Doorknobs' now?

Think that's bad? I have to find my install disk for the game now.