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| Topic Started: Aug 28 2011, 09:03 AM (32,829 Views) | |
| Romanticide | Mar 24 2014, 11:01 PM Post #826 |
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http://consumerist.com/2014/03/24/eas-worst-company-in-america-reign-comes-to-an-end-with-loss-to-time-warner-cable/ As well it should have. The Time Warner/Comcast merger is easily worse than anything EA has done this year. Actually, it's worse than anything EA has done. I'd buy the argument that you're more likely to effect change at EA than at TWC, thus a vote for EA means more (TWC would just wipe its ass with the win because you probably have no choice as far as providers go), but EA's been trying since they've won two in a row. SimCity went offline, Origin is slowly becoming a decent service, and they took part in two Humble Bundles. I thought Koch Industries/Monsanto would be juggernauts in this, but if their first round results are anything to go by, they might lose in the next round or two. http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/03/24/why-manveer-heirs-attack-on-stereotypes-in-games-was-the-most-important-moment-of-gdc-2014/ "For every nuanced interesting character we have, such as Lee Everett from The Walking Dead, we have a variety of more problematic and stereotypical characters, such as Sergeant Johnson, Tyler Miles, Sazh Katzroy, Franklin Clinton, Julius Little, Sam D, Mad Jack, Bo, Barrett, Balrog, The Witch Doctor, Mr. Po Po, Black Baron and, of course, Cole Train." I wonder if he even played the fucking games in question. All you have to hang your hat on for the whole "Sazh = stereotypical" argument is that he's black and he's funny. THAT'S IT. He's a single black father, but he sure isn't a deadbeat father, as stereotypes might have you believe. His love for his son is pretty much the whole reason he keeps on going, despite all the shit the XIII saga throws at him. As far as the humor goes, I always saw it as a coping mechanism. If he weren't making wisecracks, he'd have fallen into despair a LOT earlier than he did in XIII. He is a pretty morose character once you strip him of his humor. The only other one in that list I could speak on is Barrett (I'm assuming the FF7 character), but I can see where he's coming from there to a degree. I agree with the general sentiment of his speech, that being "stop writing stereotypical characters!", but at least know which characters are actually stereotypical. |
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| DucksFAN93 | Mar 25 2014, 02:37 PM Post #827 |
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The Sports Nut Member
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Totally agree wth you Ro |
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| MrMarill | Mar 25 2014, 04:59 PM Post #828 |
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EA did do Dungeon Keeper but TimeWarner's a lot worse, yeah. People who don't play games should stop writing articles about games. |
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| Snowman | Mar 25 2014, 10:14 PM Post #829 |
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I'm not completely sure who you're talking about here (the PCGamer writer or the Bioware developer he's quoting -- I assume they both play games), and I would normally agree with what you're saying, but for stuff like this, I don't care who writes it. It's not just a problem with gaming, so a lot of people are familiar with it. If he took out all the gaming references, he'd still be right. |
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| Snowman | Mar 25 2014, 11:31 PM Post #830 |
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Facebook to buy Oculus VR for $2 billion Well then. I did not expect that. Bleh. Notch summed it up nicely: "We were in talks about maybe bringing a version of Minecraft to Oculus ... I just cancelled that deal. Facebook creeps me out." |
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| Romanticide | Mar 26 2014, 03:10 AM Post #831 |
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http://www.complex.com/video-games/2014/03/embarassing-psuedo-science-study-claims-video-games-are-making-you-racist Pretty much this. But what nobody seems to be saying is that these studies seem like they're measuring preconceived social biases. How do we know that it was the video game that truly caused these people to react how they did and not, say, the messages the media/society has bombarded them with for years and years? Is there even a way to control for that sort of thing? (I doubt there is.) Anyone writing articles with a headline/URL similar to "video games linked to racism" is simply trolling for clicks. Fuck them. |
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| Granskjegg | Mar 26 2014, 01:30 PM Post #832 |
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Eg e husfar.
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"Studies" that link video games to violence, racism, sexism etc. are all just clickbait and 11/10 are not credible. Most of the time the results are actually a product of the person's preconceived notions on the matter, and are not being influenced by the media they are consuming. No need trying to give the gaming community and gaming a worse reputation than it already has amongst outsiders. |
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| Snowman | Mar 26 2014, 07:21 PM Post #833 |
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I dunno, I'm gonna need to see a study that supports your claim here. |
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| Granskjegg | Mar 27 2014, 04:22 PM Post #834 |
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Eg e husfar.
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lol u dick |
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| Olinea | Mar 28 2014, 07:57 PM Post #835 |
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No finesse
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Wow, look at that language. Probably a gamer. |
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| Romanticide | Mar 28 2014, 09:07 PM Post #836 |
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http://gamecrate.newegg.com/ I don't know how I feel about Newegg making their own gaming site. On one hand, they stand to benefit because they also sell games, even if the main reason people go to their site is for the computer components. Of course, they link to games/consoles Newegg is selling on the front page. On the other, they don't sell just one platform's/publisher's games, so I guess any bias would be equally spread between the products they're hawking. In any case, even if they do wind up being biased, I'd probably still use Newegg. Even if their prices on tech can be beat, there aren't many sites with something better than usually free three day shipping. (cue the Amazon Prime subscribers) |
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| MrMarill | Apr 3 2014, 05:10 PM Post #837 |
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[utube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__qp9iPKeNs[/utube] New Mario Kart trailer. Getting hyped as fuck, looks so fun. |
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| Snowman | Apr 4 2014, 03:38 AM Post #838 |
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Yay, Persona 4 is officially coming to the PSN store for PS3 on Tuesday, April 8th. Now I can talk about getting it and then not get it because of all the other stuff I'm supposedly playing. |
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| Romanticide | Apr 4 2014, 03:43 AM Post #839 |
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| MilkAndCookies | Apr 4 2014, 11:16 PM Post #840 |
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sadjan stevens playing the world's saddest song on the world's saddest banjo
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http://www.gamespot.com/articles/5-year-old-cracks-xbox-one-security-by-discovering-simple-flaw/1100-6418774/ BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THE XBONE FOLKS |
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