The thing is, I actually *like* Robotech, and there's so much they could flesh out in the universe to make the disparate series they stitched together into a more cohesive narrative. The problem is that Harmony Gold - scruples around what they're doing with the rights aside - is CLEARLY not up to the task after The…

Kirk - you might want to be aware that the seller basically lifted the pattern from someone else, even after they asked for permission and were explicitly denied: http://purplekecleon.tumblr.com/post/906186862…

You can't unsee this

Where on EARTH are you GETTING this malarkey? I have never claimed that extremists haven't caused damage. You have repeatedly failed to understand how intrinsically offensive your terminology is by virtue of the fact that you think I'm not understanding the logic with which you arrived at it.

Right. Clearly didn't get the gist of what I wrote.

You're telling me your definition of Feminazi, because you believe that somehow negates the offensiveness of it, that I somehow don't understand the definition which is why I'm offended. I'm telling you that I understand exactly what you're saying, but it's fantastically offensive regardless of how you define it -…

You are replying without reading anything that I have said. I have addressed your points again and again, and you aren't listening. You're not discussing in good faith - you're arguing.

I'm not going to be teaching, but you can probably guess that it's something near and dear to me - almost all of my friends are women - and there's... something I'm working on.

Dude, you can't use Feminazi and then actually be advocating for equality. You just can't. And if you don't understand why, then yes, you DO need a lecture. It doesn't have to be a mean or spiteful lecture, but a lecture nonetheless.

Well, if you're constantly being accused of it, it might be worth really sitting down and asking yourself why that's happening. One of the things that's really hard about discussions like this is dealing with the label. Nobody likes being called, racist, or misogynistic, or sexist, or homophobic - and with good…

Ah, but that's my point: You can't be shamed on it if you own it healthily.

Look - there's no denying that the proportions on these characters border on ludicrous, and some of them salaciously so. But rather than making the same argument that it's somehow not that bad, maybe people can A) Admit that it's meant to be sexually provocative, B) Understand that this in no way is representative of…

Right. But nowhere does it imply that you must be on a perfectly even emotional keel to be in any sort of artistic endeavor. It just means what it says: that if you see someone acting out, they're probably dealing with some unpleasant situations either in their heads or elsewhere in their lives.

I don't know, do you? Because I certainly didn't say that.

Reading all these comments, there are two really important facts that folks seem to be missing.

Reading all these comments, there are two really important facts that folks seem to be missing.

Oh man this one should be at the top...

Brace yourselves for the "I don't like it, so why is it happening/being posted on Kotaku?" cavalcade of comments.

As video games become more and more part of our culture, they're inescapably, just as much as other forms of media, part of and fair game for the discussion about social justice in our society. This is something that is really hard for people who have taken refuge from the world at large into video games to actually…

For those fellas that still don't understand the fuss, try this on: Women (be it cosplayers or the girl waiting for a bus or the woman at the nightclub) will dress sexy because, in part, they want to feel sexy. Feeling sexy is not a mandatory participatory sport requiring you to bolster it. And it's not FOR you.