Here's the thing; I'm an indie developer working on my own game...

I want to put out a well-reasoned reply, but to be honest, I'm just about at my limit when it comes to the internet, most particularly games journalism and game philosophy. But here's a stab at it anyways:

See, this bugs me quite a bit. Back when she released her first video, I felt there were some problems with it, so, as best I could, I explained why I felt that way. People chose to take it as "concern trolling," and much, much worse. Her defenders, at the time, remind me of the same people who attack and deride her.

If there are healthy systemic depictions of anything in noir, it's not noir. This includes gender roles. Noir fiction does consider women's roles in society. It gives them roles filled with all kinds of wrongness, intentionally, just like it gives to everyone and everything else encountered in the story.

I have read a ton of you responses, usually I don't address someone right out, as I feel it's combative, but I really want to ask you something.

No, Martin Luther King organized people, campaigned in fucking Washington DC, had a strict set of tactics that he held his people to because he wanted to make tangible gains in his cause. (For example, he stressed non-violent resistance, because he knew violence would only confirm the suspicions of his detractors). He…

"She is 'raising awareness', which is a great way of feeling like you are doing something for a cause without achieving any kind of tangible gain for it."

Okay, not satirical, just incredibly cynical.

What I will say to that, is if you are pulling tricks by framing your argument in such a way that you can pick only the evidence that supports it, you are not going to win over your detractors. You are only going to make them angry and make them harder to win them over in…

I honestly don't understand why people go on so much about her kickstarter. She asked for money for a specific reason. She did so honestly, so people gave money knowing what it would be used for. Then she used it for that reason. It was one thing when the whole thing was delayed and people could claim it was a…

If she is getting nothing but death threats and dismissal, then she is not being successful.

She is 'raising awareness', which is a great way of feeling like you are doing something for a cause without achieving any kind of tangible gain for it.

She didn't get "paid" $160k, and she isn't a journalist. People donated to support her project. She proposed a series of videos and is creating what she proposed. It's not her fault she got extra money, and she isn't obligated to change the scope of the project just because she got more (though as I recall, she is…

Not a fan of Sarkeesian. I just take issue with the fact that she entered this with an axe to grind and thus is only going to pick evidence that supports her agenda. I think it gets in the way of a meaningful dialogue, after all, it's important to acknowledge when things are being done right as well as wrong, and that…

It really, really, really depends. The truth is that we have almost no data about how people learn, let alone whether one approach is better than another. It's better to keep both approaches in your pocket and be aware of your own preferences. I personally go nuts with boredom doing anything "bottom-up" and have no…

See, this is why we need a negative star counter. For people with no lick of common sense or logic.

I find it amusing how touchy people are getting and how it is becoming socially cool to rage against anything sexually charged (female specific). When that look was determined way back in the original games, as referenced in this article, I don't recall everyone being upset that under all the suit she has shorts and…

Ugh, you know what, if Samus wants to fight aliens butt fucking naked, that should in no way make her less of a strong female. If you really think that CLOTHING makes a strong female protagonist then you are just stupid and misogynistic. Whether she's got track shorts and a sports bra, or suited up from head to toe in…

Yeah cause Ripley couldn't have whooped your ass at the end of alien in her paintes. Women can't be sexy and powerful at the same time to you people. Powerful and strong means dressing modestly. Got it.

As a person who struggles with both addiction and depression, I can say that his death has absolutely had an effect on me. Having only been clean for 3 years myself it makes it hard seeing someone at the top of their craft, whom some would say "have it all", struggling 2 decades in to their sobriety. Especially after…

Who gives a shit? Are you being charged more for your experience? Is Mario Kart 8 going to change dramatically because of it? Do you think every racer online is going to be driving a Mercedes Benz from now on? What?