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My friend Quinn told me about a folder on her computer called, “The Ones We’ve Lost.” They are the letters she’s gotten from young girls who dream of being game developers, but are terrified of the environment they see. I nearly broke into tears as I told her I had a folder filled with the same. The truth is, even if we stopped Gamergate tomorrow, it will have already come at too high a cost.

Rape and death threats are terrorizing female gamers. Why haven’t men in tech spoken out? – The Washington Post (via brutereason)

We mentioned it before, women ARE genuinely discouraged from pursuing jobs in the game industry. It is a simple, provable fact.

Also, those women who already work there have to either keep quiet out of worry about their careers or ultimately decide to leave after experiencing too much harassment or pressure to create things against their beliefs.

So yeah, tell me again how if we want media free of sexualization of women, we should make our own comics/games/etc. How if it was a problem, it would solve itself by now. How women just don’t want to actively participate in any change out of laziness. Try to say it to me, I dare you.

~Ozzie

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fandomsandfeminism:

conscious-bounded:

Anyone explain to me why feminists are against women sexually objectified? I mean men are too… Also is it that bad to be sexually objectified? Don’t a lot of women gain confidence by feeling sexy and wanted?

There is a difference between feeling sexy and being turned into a sexual object. 

The fact that so many people need this explained to them is concerning. 

Bolding mine.

~Ozzie

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sashamutch:

The Sailor Scout, Fantasy RPG set!

So… if there’s any executives of the Sailor Moon franchise who are thinking of ways to re-invent the show that doesn’t involving “gritty” or “realistic” (ie just like the cartoon but with high definition imagery, bruises and torn clothing…) I think sashamutch has possible the best idea ever for you.

They could go raiding dungeons by torchlight…

– wincenworks

I would watch THAT over the pointless, generic reboot any day.

~Ozzie

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justjasper:

male gamers like to pretend that male characters designed, draw/rendered and written by men, made hulkishly muscular and hypermasculine by men for a deliberate target audience of men is objectification and hypersexualisation rather than actively appealing to male power fantasy

and it’s somehow women’s fault of course

My favorite example of this is when people try to invoke this guy as their ultimate trump card of “Men are objectified in video games too!”

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The ultimate steroid rager who converses primarily by screaming and murdering.  A completely selfish man who, since murdering his wife and daughter, seems to only one emotion (anger) and prone to random acts of violence.  A man so terrible that he goes out of his way to incorporate murdering random women* into “puzzle solving”.**

People actually point to this character, created by a man (David Jaffe) and try to tell us this is objectification of men in order to pander to women.  

Then, presumably, after throwing a tantrum and destroying random objects in their home, then wonder why women aren’t impressed by this and find them undateable.

* The fact that almost the entire female population, including the monsters, goes to great pains to show off their breasts to the player also never seems to factor into their assessment.

** This sequence featured in Tropes vs Women in Video Games – however please be advised that this sequence along with other parts in the video contain extreme depictions of violence against women. (x)

– wincenworks

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shattered-earth:

Guys, League of Angels is so desperate.

Their shitty porn ads aren’t enough.

They’re resorting to making fake tumblr accounts to beg for players.

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UNBELIEVABLE LOL.

But, but, but… sex itself does NOT sell? WHO KNEW!?

~Ozzie

I find it amusing that these games go into predictable advertising spirals.  It happened with Evony and now it’s happening with League of Angels.

First it’s sexy images with generic taglines.

Then it’s softcore porn images with taglines befitting hardcore porn.

Then it’s annoying as affiliate/spamming programs.

It’s pretty much the predictable pattern of a mediocre product that’s sustaining by the wishful thinking of executives and investors who are unable to learn from history.

– wincenworks