It was the outrageous lies, arrogance, delusion, condescension, and rampant bigotry and sexism that made most people mad at the journalists.
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You haven't seen many men play video games have you? Most guys, if given an option at the start, will choose to play as a female between 40-80% of the time.
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Most guys have zero against playing as female characters. And most people LOVE a strong female character, or one who is interesting to play as, etc.
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Journalists choose to ignore this fact, however, because apparently they are sexist and it is much easier to shriek into their own assholes about how much it's MEN who are to blame when a game is shitty or unappealing. Nevrrmind a majority of their female consumer base ALSO hate what the journalists say/do. Nevrrmind that having a vagina doesn't automatically make a character worthy of existence, or enjoyable.
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A game could be released tomorrow where Amber Heard stars as Captain Marvel. The gameplay revolves around her finding men, seducing them until they date her, and then beating them up or maiming them. All the while the character would be incessantly whining about how much of a victim she is.
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It wouldn't be satirical. This character would actually be the protagonist of the game they wanted people to relate to.
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Journalists would hype this game almost as much as the Last of Us 2.
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And if anyone dared to complain, THEY would be the problem.
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Journalists need to quit being horrible at their jobs (and as human beings) and spend less time critiquing the consumer base at large, and MORE time actually critiquing the games they pretend to play.*
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(*fun fact: many journalists hyping games and insulting the player-base have been caught repeatedly for having NOT actually played the game all the way through. Often times not even MOST of the way through).
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You haven't seen many men play video games have you? Most guys, if given an option at the start, will choose to play as a female between 40-80% of the time.
.
Most guys have zero against playing as female characters. And most people LOVE a strong female character, or one who is interesting to play as, etc.
.
Journalists choose to ignore this fact, however, because apparently they are sexist and it is much easier to shriek into their own assholes about how much it's MEN who are to blame when a game is shitty or unappealing. Nevrrmind a majority of their female consumer base ALSO hate what the journalists say/do. Nevrrmind that having a vagina doesn't automatically make a character worthy of existence, or enjoyable.
.
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It wouldn't be satirical. This character would actually be the protagonist of the game they wanted people to relate to.
.
Journalists would hype this game almost as much as the Last of Us 2.
.
And if anyone dared to complain, THEY would be the problem.
.
Journalists need to quit being horrible at their jobs (and as human beings) and spend less time critiquing the consumer base at large, and MORE time actually critiquing the games they pretend to play.*
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(*fun fact: many journalists hyping games and insulting the player-base have been caught repeatedly for having NOT actually played the game all the way through. Often times not even MOST of the way through).