Sick and tired of these articles.
Can we get a filter on this site so this trash doesn't pollute the front page?
I'd just like a "social justice" tag which can be ticked on or off. I'm seriously considering ditching this site, as it's become increasingly invaded in the last few months by the people who write these articles.
Not saying I agree or disagree with them, but they're very negative, and tend to leave me ...
This is more entertaining and interesting than yet another "games gender controversy" article.
Trust me when I say that I'm about as anti-political-correctness as it comes.
This is simply about pragmatically funnelling more money into the games we enjoy (so we might hopefully see more of them) through attempting to make more people gamers.
Unlike quotas (which are reprehensible), this doesn't put men at an active disadvantage, as the alternative would be one open tournament with both sexes.
It's not right idealistically, but it's a pragmatic temporary measure while genders are becoming somewhat more equal to encourage women to start playing chess or video games.
When we see more women winning matches in the open category, the female-only competition can be scrapped.
I mean, surely almost every one of us on this site agree it's a good thing to get more women into hardcore gaming?
As I said, the point is to make gaming more popular among women.
If we are to make video games something women think are socially acceptable (even desirable) for them to engage in then having a women-only competition is beneficial, as at present there are relatively few in professional gaming.
No, it's not ideal, and hopefully in the long term we can switch to just one competition for everyone, but at this moment in time, if we want to expand the gaming c...
Interesting points, and I think I now understand why people may choose to play a different gender to their own.
Still, I'm a strong advocate of gaming metrics, and studios putting more effort into options which are used (of course, female characters should be included if the sales lost from their omission outweigh the cost of implementation) allows effort to be distributed equally among all players (except where value lies in the existence of a choice itself, which is the...
The update is good.
The female-only category is useful in trying to popularise gaming among women (while women actually play more mobile games than men, they are very much a minority in the hardcore games market).
Meanwhile, an open category allowing men and women seems to be more appropriate than a "men only" category which is pointless given that present knowledge indicates no notable biological advantage in average brain functionality between men...
If this gains traction it will provoke a revolution in the consoles market.
Because now you can just rent the other console to play any exclusives you wish. Xbox owners can now enjoy Uncharted, Metal Gear Solid and the Last of Us while PS3 owners can now enjoy Fable, Halo and Gears of War.
If this ever gets big, Sony and Microsoft are going to have to push hardware even more rather than rely on exclusives to ensure custom.
Because the strength of the experience will outweight the embarrassment (if there is any).
VR is what we were all dreaming of as kids, not flailing arms around in front of a camera.
Perhaps five people, as the rest probably don't play games in the first place.
Most gamers are quite a tolerant bunch, and Anders for the male Hawke was for all intents and purposes gay (he didn't mention much his interest in women). Zevran was the same.
These games didn't suffer because of it. If Dragon Age Inquisition suffers it will not be because they included homosexual characters, but because they are both already statistically overrepresent...
My thoughts exactly. I'm not sure there ever was a controversy, as the people in active opposition to this character don't seem to exist.
There are people who are a bit disappointed with Bioware's lack of attention to heterosexual characters (myself included), but I haven't seen anyone attack Bioware just for having homosexual characters.
And for some reason on message boards the argument has turned into "if you don't enjoy playing ho...
You act open minded yet condemn another's right to choice.
I've been an atheist since 12 and been in favour of gay rights since my peers were still bandying around the term in school as an insult.
Yet I prefer to play straight characters, as I am straight. Do you think that gay people who prefer to play gay characters are intolerant? If not then you are indeed prejudiced yourself, affording gay peope this right but not heterosexual, and if so, I think...
-If it has an impact on the story or gameplay then absolutely yes
-If it does not then no, but then in this case, there is no real reason to reveal it anyway
I often feel that the 'liberal' left are becoming as bad as the religious right on issues like this, in judging others as morally wrong for wanting to play people like themselves. I will not apologise for preferring to play characters who are psychologically and physically similar to myself, and ...
At the very least it'll pass the time!
I think people can become more engaged with romantic subplots of their own persuasion, as they can empathise and not only sympathise with the characters.
I have a had time believing it'll earn more than WoW.
There are many Flappy Bird clones (and Flappy Bird is itself a clone of Copter). This is not one of them.
The Witcher 3 will be better.
To be honest, Facebook bought Oculus at a steal.
What they should be kicking themselves over is the stupid $15 billion acquisition of whatsapp.
@spacecat5050
The dream was having VR, regardless of whether it meant lying in a pod or wearing a hunk of machinery on your face.
My question is: who on Earth is so self-conscious as to care who happens to judge them for having a great time in VR games?
The ignorance, after all, comes from the judge and not the judged in this case, as there really isn't any impact to "looking like a fool in your living room" beyond idiots thinki...