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Why I'm not a Gamer

Gamers and Masculinity have become extremely conflated in a weird, warped way. Daniel Horowitz of Continue Play takes a look at why that is happening.

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annoyedgamer4285d ago

Nope. Another liberal progressive another site blocked.

PeaSFor4285d ago

dem annoying white knights...., this kind of crappy BLOG should be reported and blocked.

im seriously tired of "journalistic" sensationalism.

annoyedgamer4285d ago

What this clever but not so clever blogger is using is a very old trick out of the progressive playbook. He knows he is cornered so he shifts the blame onto the attacker (us gamers). He accuses us of being racist, sexist and/or homophobic not necessarily in that order and proceeds to blame us for the problems at hand.

saladthieves4285d ago

Its actually pretty crappy. His last post line:

"In other words: Don’t be a Gamer. Be your own person."

Sigh... Garbage like this needs to be blocked from approval in the first place.

Anthotis4284d ago

His surname is Horowitz. What do you expect from his ilk?

HavenDan4285d ago

This really isn't an attack as much as an observation. The purpose of the article was to point out how ideas about masculinity and the term Gamer are inherently linked together, not to blame men for anything.

SuperBlur4285d ago (Edited 4285d ago )

@PeaSFor dont botter man , they'll report on these nonsensical bshit but wont investigate further to find out if these claims hold any truths because somehow the truth itself about the bshit being spreaded doesnt pertain gaming but the spreaded bshit does

bshit bshit bshit

dont try to rationalize with bshit because

just because.

Spotie4285d ago

You do realize that femininity is as inherently linked, if only because it's the general opposite of masculinity.

That aside, can we dispense with the pseudointellectual analysis of gaming that seems intentionally slanted towards painting the industry and community as worse than the rest of humanity in one way or another? It's gotten boring, and is now bordering on stupid.

ScottyHoss4285d ago (Edited 4285d ago )

My girlfriend is a gamer, I would like to think that the term can be universal. When I hear masculine I think jock, or construction worker, but when I think gamer I think of a person playing video games. Being a gamer doesn't imply that you're a male, you're only assuming so. This God D*** issue has to be put away, let's get back to the games, seriously!!!

Gh05t4285d ago (Edited 4285d ago )

It's ironic how your ideas of masculinity is progressive as you bash on conservative thinking. Conservative thinking would not say masculinity is notches on a bed post or specificaly salary. Where I come from masculinity is your ability to be independent and have honor, courage, and integrity. These are what conservatives consider masculine traits. You don't have to have a large salary in order to provide for yourself or family and to keep your name clean.

If you want to know why these people (Anita and Zoe and journalists and bloggers like you) get hate. It's because they lack honor and integrity things masculine people take great pride in.

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TheOtherVitaOwner4285d ago

Funny how he used the term "ego-stroke" because that's exactly what I thought of his article while reading it.

MiliJen104284d ago

"I'm no longer a gamer"
goes on to post this on a site dedicated to gaming.

3-4-54284d ago

This article lacks Integrity.

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DanielGearSolid4285d ago (Edited 4285d ago )

Not even clicking it...

Just needed to know wat site is being added to my the list

Catdawgg4285d ago

Sorry for the ignorance but im new here. How do i block sites?

Shazz4285d ago

why im not a drug addict ...i dont want to be now back to gaming lol

knickstr4285d ago

It's cool. I'm sure nobody really cares if you're a gamer or not. In fact I'm sure there's a lot of people that would bid you good riddance. I for one am tired of you guys making a problem where there is none. If you don't like a game that portrays a character in a certain way, then don't play it.

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Rolling the Dice: Do Modern RPGs Miss the Point of Team-Based Play?

It seems it was long time ago. A bunch of friends spending hours on end playing RPG games, sitting around the table with the box of cold pizza. Excited about the story, listening to the Game Master, they were completely engaged in the worlds only visible to them and their imaginations.

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Takwin3391d ago

The GM is the programmer, and in MMOs and co-ops, you can play with others. If you want to ONLY use your imagination for the visuals, read a book.

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Record of Agarest War 2 announced for PS3

Scrawl: "Looks like we know how that new Compile Heart countdown is going to end. The latest issue of Famitsu has confirmed that Agarest Senki 2, known as Record of Agarest War 2 in the US, is Compile Heart’s newest title."

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Godmars2905836d ago

1) Hope they put it on disc this time.
2) Hope this is a positive for Neptune coming over as well.

Demons Souls5836d ago

If so, that's being developed & published by Idea Factory. Compile Heart has nothing to do with it (Thank God for that).

Godmars2905836d ago (Edited 5836d ago )

Thought Compile Heart was one of the companies lending characters.

Was also speaking in general as in regards to a US of Neptune. If these guys are offing a second game, NIS or Atlus, both of whom offer quirkier titles, will put that one out.

@kagon01:
My issue isn't - wholly - with the DL-only option, but the price. The first game should be $30. Maybe $40, and by that I mean $39.99. The only reason its $45 is the 360 disc version which has extras. Nevermind that by all rights its a PS2 game. Something that proabbly could have been done if the devs had the GOW2 engine or tools.

ClownBelt5836d ago

I approve of this god damn message.

Could have gotten my 60 bucks if they just put it on a disc.

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Tripl3seis5836d ago

Another exclusive damnn the ps3 keeps on rollin wit games awesome ;)

Jack-Pyro5836d ago

Is this a half decent SRPG, porn aside, cause if it is, i might just decide to go and buy it for the 360.

Anon73495836d ago

There's no porn just some sexual innuendos but that's it.

Also it is a great game by itself, maybe not graphically but everything else is top tier.

RedDevils5836d ago

so it had some kind of "top tier" porn story jk

ThanatosDMC5836d ago

Yup, it's a decent game. I just hate that a move has to go first before any attack options.

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Bless Online Korean MMORPG Gets Server Merge

This is not the first time that Bless Online receives a server merge in Korea. An announcement was made on the official Korean site.

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Bismarn3426d ago

Bless must be an amazing game to be on all these platforms (according to the tags): iPad iPhone Nintendo DS PC PS Vita PS2 PS3 PS4 PSP Wii Wii U Xbox Xbox 360 Xbox One