I feel like Riot might be a good test run for unionizing the industry. The workplace problems at Riot are many and manifest in different forms. A united front to strike against all these problems would be better than the top-down approach that’s been reported.

It is because many games with modern graphics don’t really have an “art style”, they just push for photorealism. That makes them look technically impressive but not very interesting.

Eh, that’s a bit of subtext that is never fully explored or realized. It’s not even really critical of the police. It’s critical of a system in which police are easy to infiltrate. Those are basically throw away story beats to explain why Yuri is so willing to operate on her own. 

“There are women out here in real life that do have these body types.”

Who are you selling to and where is it available? How much does it cost? Where is the plastic coming from? What are the rules? Does the board have a theme? Do you still say “king me?”

You engage in politics when you buy something at the bodega. You do it even more so when you create a commercial product where you play…

It would be nice to get at least ONE God of War game that didn’t use the pain and suffering of it’s female characters as the driving force of the plot.

Scoundrel is a side-scrolling roguelite mashed up with Thief-style skulduggery. It’s a “pure stealth” game in which you lighten showy Lords’ too-heavy pockets while avoiding guards, traps, and civilians. There are classes and character progression, but if you die, it’s back to square one. It’ll be out on PC this year.

The reason why people who work on the production side of the entertainment industry turn to sites like metacritic and rotten tomatoes to see the score is because after 5 years of putting work into a project it is impossible to be subjective about it. They are way too close to it and when a person works on something…

Your self-awareness is both admirable and despicable. Now that I’ve established a flexible position on the matter, I will wait and see which side gains an upper hand so that I can pile on in proper fashion.

Ugh, I don’t get everybody’s obsession with “Battle Royale Games.” It just makes me think y’all have a weird fetish you’re trying to push on everybody.

Except it’s not the opposite? He’s literally saying, “My game isn’t sexist, but it does treat women as little more than sex objects and rewards for the male protagonists”, which is textbook narrative sexism.

1. no
2. the warning in this case was the dev putting a chip on their shoulder to dare anyone into getting into a fight about it
3. “triggered” is a really tacky meme that undermines the lives of PTSD sufferers and abuse victims, please knock it off

Negative Thought: This is why people make fun of millennials.
Distortions: Overgeneralization.
Positive Thought: It’s good that someone found a way to cope with a problem.

On one hand, as a 40 year old guy, your comment made me smile a bit. On the other hand, the longer I live the more I see guys of all ages who don’t know what to do with emotions. Just check out all the rage on the internet over the dumbest of things. In fact, many (like my own father) will totally discredit emotions…

Yes, hah hah dude had to use a therapist’s tool.

“Guns aren’t the problem; the problem is violent video games.”