Monobrow
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I sent one in. Hell of an application lol.
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Also gamepad support has been vastly updated in version 1.03.
So there's that!
<3
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Okay I'll bite.
I used to have a more feminine handle way back in like 2001. One day after a hiatus, I forgot the password to that handle. So I just decided to make a new name instead, this time, not gender specific, kind of as an experiment to see how this community would react to me if they thought I was one of the dudes.
I chose Monobrow because I once got in a semi srs bzns strange argument w/ a dude in an AOL chatroom in like 2000 over him using the word "monobrow" over "unibrow" and I thought "Wow I need to stop being so serious over the internet", so I went w/ Monobrow. Also I thought it was cute.
The end.
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#1 on Bandcamp, yeah!
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Cheers!
This long-awaited release from Dave Harris is pretty damn killer. I just got done listening to it and I have to say that it's just about the shiniest, beautifully spaced, atmospheric album I've heard in quite a while. Love the chords, and the raw feelings it gives. Immersive and expanding of your mind and soul. Also rainbows everywhere.
First Tiny Barbarian DX OST release and now this, in one day. We're spoiled out of our minds!
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because as she also made cringingly clear, nobody would care if a man died in a video game. because, you know, that happens all the time so it's okay.
I'd like you to expound on how this exactly correlates to the above point.
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If you change max payne to mia pain and her husband and daughter get killed, it's the EXACT SAME GAME. they literally wouldn't have to change anything else.
I think it should be noted though, that this still mostly happens to male characters and not the other way around.
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Male power fantasy is a dumb phrase Anita made up. It is the way she chooses to see things because she sees men as being powerful and having ownership of some kind over women. Talking about "male power fantasies" or "female power fantasies" is completely ridiculous and laughable. I think the only game with legitimate power fantasies were games like "Black & White" and if I recall that game had gender neutrality.
I think you might need to look a little deeper into what makes people tick. *_*
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Star Trek II is an apt example (in more ways than one).
A major plot point of that movie is about how Kirk believes himself better than death. How he was able to beat the "no-win scenario" by cheating, and that Kirk simply didn't believe in the "no-win scenario."
By the end of the movie and Spock's death, Kirk realizes that he "knows nothing:"
"I've cheated death, tricked my way out of death, and patted myself on the back for my ingenuity. I know nothing."
He makes the realization that there ARE no-win scenarios, and this time, his friend paid with his life for his arrogance.
Despite the flashy ship battles in Star Trek II (tame by today's standards), most of the action occurs between the people, and inside of the people.
This is true for most Star Trek films (the latter two being obvious exceptions). Star Trek was always about a humanist exploration of not only space but of the human condition and all of its possibilities. The resolutions found at the end of TV episodes were not as much "oh good, we saved the world/galaxy/universe," as much as it was a resolution or exploration of a major moral/ethical question.
The new Star Trek films have shot that aspect out the airlock and opted for more a "big explosions in space" approach. It certainly sells movie tickets, but it is a great perversion of Star Trek's roots.
There's nothing inherently wrong with liking the new Star Trek movies. But as Cerrax pointed out, they are terrible at carrying on the Star Trek legacy.
Well said.
Also relyanCe I can't believe you used the word "sheeple" in reference to someone's well thought-out opinion. Come on. Not all "haters" hate on things because they are popular or popular to hate. These are valid criticisms from people who obviously have thought about what Star Trek means to them, and what they feel these movies did not deliver.
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It's amazing
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2) There were many things that blew people's minds in FFVII. Its plot wasn't one of them.
Yes it was though, especially at the time. It was very narrative, extremely character driven, and had lots of symbolism, etc. etc... Previously, other FF games had elements of these but were not nearly as explored. FVII was a big step forward, and unfortunately IMO was their last big step.
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Oh yes! Thanks dude for the bump!
Check it out guys!
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Ari did a speed run of Metal Slug 5:
You can find it here:
It wasn't accepted to SDA because they read the OCR encyclopedia dramatica article and took it seriously when he offered them a better website cuz they thought OMGZ hacks. Dunno if its the fastest time anymore but it was at the time it was made.
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Just for this, I'm totally referencing it in my song
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But the second you link the two up, you've transgressed beyond ANY reasonable doubt, because you're obviously saying that in order to succeed in tech, you need to be hot. It couldn't POSSIBLY be that you're saying, "Hey, check out these hot chicks who are also successful in IT!" - there's zero room allowed for that interpretation. It's clearly, categorically, without question, a manifesto stating that being hot is a prerequisite for success in IT. Right. Absolutely persuasive, and unarguably insidious.
A bit caustic there *_*... but I just want to say that I think the entire point is... Well, I don't see that many "hottest IT guys" links... It just isn't done that way. I'm not sure if a list like that would ever be taken seriously, and would most likely be a spoof, and if you make the list, it would be an office joke, not a notch on your portfolio. Thus, again, for whatever reason, the title brings to the table that same sense of objectification by being placed on a list in a way that men in the same field probably would not. If the person who writes it is aware enough of the double standards, then shouldn't it be okay to point it out? And if they aren't, well... Shouldn't it be still pointed out? It seems very common, "hotness" is discussed time and again about a woman who happens to be a gamer, or is in a more male-oriented field... So when the time comes to post about up-and-coming female tech... There it is again. "How hot is she?"... Leaving it up to the readers to rate her appearance, regardless of the intent. Maybe some of them will do it anyway... But the article insures influence.
You're right, it COULD be that they are just saying "Hey check out these hot chicks that work in IT"... But the decision to go to the effort of making a list comes with "hot" and "women" in the title, could come from societal norms saying it's okay to do so, even on a subconscious level. Readers will READ this more if I say "women" and "hot". I don't know many women myself who are comfortable with being rated on something that they never asked to be rated on in a field unrelated to what they do professionally.
If your point is, that the article exaggerates, and therefore demonizes, well... I'm just wondering if the intention (insidious or not) matters here. Either they are aware enough and ignore that little voice saying, "hey that might be offensive" or they didn't really think about it, why? Well being raised in Patriarchy does that too... Either way it's a problem and still produces victims (in this case women who may feel objectified and alienated from their professional peers, or women who feel they need to capitalize on their hotness ((either way))) and if we sat down and talked to the person who made the list about it, well usually it's probably more along the lines of, yeah they were probably struck with the thought at some point that it might be offensive, but somehow justified it anyway, or just didn't care as long as the article got more hits and results. You can't ever quantify that, and since I don't think anyone of us knows the person that did it...
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Got my computer up and running finally. Nothing stopping me now!
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Edit: never mind
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Just an FYI. Both Thunderf00t and TAA are widely regarded as trollbait anti feminist atheists and TAA is super MRA to the point of telling a guy rape victim on reddit that he hopes he's raped again (and was very sexually explicit) because he though the victim was a woman. These guys arguments usually unravel pretty quick on their own but IMO they're like the angry Rush Limbaughs of the net. TF was kicked off some main atheists site for this very reason.
This is just to say, these guys kinda have an agenda and bone to pick and their audience appeal is to that angst group. There's a LOT of bias and straw men swinging. I've seen them repeatedly posted as go to responses so I wanna address this. They're not trying to be objective. Might as well have posted Kent Hovind's response.
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I started watching them when they first started but don't watch them much.
What surprised me was when I came home for Christmas me 7 year old niece was watching them.
My sister tries to screen them to make sure they don't curse. I've noticed some LPers are aware of their audience and rarely let it slip. I do wish though that some would let you know if their LPs are pg material.
I also surmised that's where she learned the phrase "awesome sauce" which she used exclusively during the holidays lol. She also said "I hurd u like Mudkips" to me innocently while playing Pokemon. Imagine the look on my face. I showed my sis awkwardly the meaning to give her an FYI of the culture so she's more able to screen. But lol.
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I don't think of sexism w ffvi characters eithe, mostly because the characters do have tropes but also break those molds a little, sometimes unpredictably. Terra was weak and sappy but that was because of her past and completely within character. It was thematic, if a bit simply played out. Though I do guess that her being SO sappy was easier for her to get away with as a female. I found her slightly annoying because of it sadly. Locke was also sappy but they troped him up w the adventurer anyway. His character was kinda in limbo too. He was more feminine but considered strong and commanding. They give him a past where he's a guy trying to save women over and over. Tongue in cheek maybe?
I thought the interactions between Terra and Celes were interesting. Terra reached out to Celes I believe first out of everyone but Celes coldly brushed her off for being too forward.
For all their complexity there probably is sexism but for its time ffvi was very forward thinking.
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Edit. Moved to the other thread. Reading that I forgot which thread I was in lol.
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What do you guys think aboot RPGs like Baldur's Gate, Fallout, etc... the ones that let you play as male or female with no practical difference between the two. Do they move forward from the gender imbalance in games, or is it a bit of a cop out? Like, here's a world, make whatever character ya want, we don't care.
I don't think they are a copout because their aim is USER experience. My only qualm is there has still been bias on male roles in more subtle ways. If done well gender neutrality is great and has vast possibilities. But IMO one large shortcoming in dated games like baldurs gate 2 were female romance options. They sucked. I edited the game to change to a male halfway through to get the more interesting romance.
As these games become more sophisticated so will the possibilities.
I don't think they exist to balance anything. If they did I could see your copout thing. But I don't think that should ever be the point. The point should be content and more interesting user experience in the fantasy.
Become a comic artist or editorialist/reviewer for a game journalism editorial website.
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Hey!
Actually the solution is, hire more people. lol
Edit: I went for writer, but I can prob do artist as well. I probably should have linked some of my artwork (it's not comical though so I didn't really think it would fit).