Confusion reigns in the comments.

That's interesting! I'm amazed that mail could last that long and still be serviceable.

Easy to justify. US = bigger market. Britain = smaller market. US = not used to seeing bad guy Patriots. Britain = used to seeing bad guy Redcoats. World = used to seeing "America, fuck yeah;" annoys many perhaps, but they still open their wallets.

Not exactly. I don't know much about the Vikings, but I can tell you that the guys in this video are basically equipped the same as late Roman soldiers, roughly 4th-7th cent AD (minus that adorably small shield). I imagine Vikings rolled around towards the end of that era? The era the above expert is interested in…

It's not all bad. Buying their cheap things empowers the population, and grows a middle class. The Chinese government would not have been forced to issue an apology for this in, say, 1992. I imagine China in 2032 is going to look very different.

The initial post-asylum portion of Dark Souls came very close for me. A cliff, a campfire in a ruin, an unhelpful spirit, and a few paths you can make out if you pay attention, with no guidance as to where you should go. It was very nostalgic of that first Zelda screen with the cave and three paths.

The enemies are stronger the more people are in the game. Not sure if that applies to dead hardcore characters, but based on his friend's comment, it seems so.

Not to justify the actions of the developer - but, Lara is simply not that kind of character in this game. I don't think that's automatically wrong; if for example they kept all thematic elements in place but removed the rape, we'd have nothing to talk about. It would be fine.

I agree, I think there are separate issues here that are being muddled together. The way I see it:

If other vile, horrific tragedies are valid in fiction for character development, then rape must be fair game as well.

"1. How would you perceive those photographs, if they were accompanying

This picture has the spirit of these measures backwards. The most important of these are aimed (believe it or not) at protecting the women/victims/captives/etc., because in the ancient world, rape/widowship/etc. was a literal death sentence. Such women would be forced by circumstance to the fringes of society…

Perhaps so, although i would draw a distinction between appreciating women who do sexy cosplay for their own enjoyment (for there is nothing inherently wrong with wanting to appear attractive), versus the computer-generated fantasy latex nuns on display here (probably designed mostly or primarily by men, undoubtedly…

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It's only hypocritical if Kotaku Australia's view is taken to represent a judgment by Kotaku as a whole on the purported sexism of the advertisement. Otherwise, Kotaku (non AU) has only reported on it ambivalently, outside of commenting on the shoddy tactics employed by the nuns, and the weirdness of latex nun…

But this was not harmless.

The men you speak of probably shouldn't be married.

Yes, I agree. I think he would be guilty of some form of manslaughter at best, if the authorities in question decided to press the matter.

Well it would depend on which feminism you're talking about. At it's core it's supposed to be liberating for both men as well as women (despite the name), although it certainly does sometimes get into simply man-hating. But then some feminists would decry that as false feminism.

Yes and no.