George Kamitani (Vanillaware) Vs Kotaku.
George Kamitani (Vanillaware) vs Kotaku.
Leviathan.Comeatmebro said: »
I'm not going to censor myself, we all know the two groups that rabidly champion these causes. It's the same in every thread. I'm just saying what a large portion of readers are thinking.
Siren.Kalilla said: »
That this thread is stupid and should die already? >.>
this thread only exists because of the aforementioned groups trying to blow something that's at worst tasteless design into a huge social issue
Leviathan.Comeatmebro said: »
I'm pretty sure the woman being objectified in this thread is an object, by most definitions. Just saying.
Made of zeros and ones and on top of it, by a guy who lives on the other side of the globe.
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I would like to point out that I've mostly complained about the physics of her boobs more than champion anything.
I'm gay, that makes me an expert on boob physics.
I'm gay, that makes me an expert on boob physics.
Is her magic "in-line" with your understanding of physics?
Fenrir.Sylow said: »
I would like to point out that I've mostly complained about the physics of her boobs more than champion anything.
I'm gay, that makes me an expert on boob physics.
I'm gay, that makes me an expert on boob physics.
You're less likely to get slapped for pinching them!
Leviathan.Comeatmebro said: »
I'm not going to censor myself, we all know the two groups that rabidly champion these causes. It's the same in every thread. I'm just saying what a large portion of readers are thinking.
no one is telling you to censor yourself
why do you think i am bothered by it when people say dumb things within earshot
quite the contrary, my friend
As my previous posts indicated, I'm far less offended by unrealistically-boobed game characters than I am by the white knights who don't realize how hypocritical they are.
Some objectify women as potential sex-toys. The white knights are objectifying women as fragile, empty-headed porcelain baby dolls that require protection from society and ourselves. I'd like to think I'm more than just a victim waiting to be victimized. To either side that's all I seem to be. At least the perverts are a little more honest about what they are and what they want.
Some objectify women as potential sex-toys. The white knights are objectifying women as fragile, empty-headed porcelain baby dolls that require protection from society and ourselves. I'd like to think I'm more than just a victim waiting to be victimized. To either side that's all I seem to be. At least the perverts are a little more honest about what they are and what they want.
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Fenrir.Camiie said: »
At least the perverts are a little more honest about what they are and what they want.
Then again, there is pervert and pervert.
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Another post from Kotaku regarding this:
http://kotaku.com/the-artist-behind-dragons-crown-explains-his-exaggerat-482450927
http://kotaku.com/the-artist-behind-dragons-crown-explains-his-exaggerat-482450927
Dear Mariane,
I understand that you like to read garbage like Kotaku.
Would you kindly stop posting links to it?
Sincerely,
Lye
I understand that you like to read garbage like Kotaku.
Would you kindly stop posting links to it?
Sincerely,
Lye
Lye said: »
Dear Mariane,
I understand that you like to read garbage like Kotaku.
Would you kindly stop posting links to it?
Sincerely,
Lye
I understand that you like to read garbage like Kotaku.
Would you kindly stop posting links to it?
Sincerely,
Lye
No. :\
If a mod see it as not appropriated, the thread will be locked. Fair enough, huh ?
Edit: And no I don't like Kotaku. I am just linking this because I like the Vanillaware/Atlus stuff and they did mess with it.
Fenrir.Camiie said: »
As my previous posts indicated, I'm far less offended by unrealistically-boobed game characters than I am by the white knights who don't realize how hypocritical they are.
Some objectify women as potential sex-toys. The white knights are objectifying women as fragile, empty-headed porcelain baby dolls that require protection from society and ourselves. I'd like to think I'm more than just a victim waiting to be victimized. To either side that's all I seem to be. At least the perverts are a little more honest about what they are and what they want.
Some objectify women as potential sex-toys. The white knights are objectifying women as fragile, empty-headed porcelain baby dolls that require protection from society and ourselves. I'd like to think I'm more than just a victim waiting to be victimized. To either side that's all I seem to be. At least the perverts are a little more honest about what they are and what they want.
That's what I'm gathering from both of your posts.
This thread was cancerous by page 2.
Fenrir.Mariane said: »
Lye said: »
Dear Mariane,
I understand that you like to read garbage like Kotaku.
Would you kindly stop posting links to it?
Sincerely,
Lye
I understand that you like to read garbage like Kotaku.
Would you kindly stop posting links to it?
Sincerely,
Lye
No. :\
If a mod see it as not appropriated, the thread will be locked. Fair enough, huh ?
Edit: And no I don't like Kotaku. I am just linking this because I like the Vanillaware/Atlus stuff and they did mess with it.
K. You're not invited to my birthday party anymore.
Cerberus.Tikal said: »
So, women are sex-toys, or fragile, empty-headed porcelain baby dolls, and men are perverts, or white knights who are only standing up for you to get into your pants?
That's what I'm gathering from both of your posts.
That's what I'm gathering from both of your posts.
Then you need to gather a little harder. White knights objectify women as helpless damsels (the empty headed porcelain doll) they need to save. What they seek to gain from doing so is largely irrelevant to me. Perverts objectify women as potential sex partners or eye candy (the sex-toy). Neither side really treats women as the complex human beings we really are. If you need it any clearer than that, then I don't know if I can help you
I'd just like to point out male feminists aren't white knights.
It was a parallel. You're upset that you're subjugated into two trite and inaccurate categories (one more than the other), and then you're doing the same thing to men. Consider how you compare the two extremes as "both sides," inferring a duality of black and white. That's hypocritical.
I can speak up about women being marginalized in video games as an over-sexualized and simplified demographic and not be a white knight. It's poor taste, shitty writing and a corner-cutting art pitch. It's got nothing to do with wanting to impress/save a woman.
I can speak up about women being marginalized in video games as an over-sexualized and simplified demographic and not be a white knight. It's poor taste, shitty writing and a corner-cutting art pitch. It's got nothing to do with wanting to impress/save a woman.
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Cerberus.Eugene said: »
I'd just like to point out male feminists aren't white knights.
Cuz thats just racist!
Cerberus.Tikal said: »
It was a parallel. You're upset that you're subjugated into two trite and inaccurate categories, and then you're doing the same thing to men.
At no point did I do that. I said white knights and perverts. I didn't say "men." If I meant all men I would have said all men.
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Consider how you compare the two extremes as "both sides," inferring a duality of black and white. That's hypocritical.
I never said there were only 2 sides. I was speaking about the particular extremes. I never said there weren't others. You can read between the lines all you want, but don't insert things that aren't there.
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I can speak up about women being marginalized in video games as an over-sexualized and simplified demographic and not be a white knight. It's poor taste, shitty writing and a corner-cutting art pitch. It's got nothing to do with wanting to impress/save a woman.
Good for you then. I obviously wasn't speaking about you. Congratulations. You can stop being defensive now.
Fenrir.Camiie said: »
As my previous posts indicated, I'm far less offended by unrealistically-boobed game characters than I am by the white knights who don't realize how hypocritical they are.
Some objectify women as potential sex-toys. The white knights are objectifying women as fragile, empty-headed porcelain baby dolls that require protection from society and ourselves. I'd like to think I'm more than just a victim waiting to be victimized. To either side that's all I seem to be. At least the perverts are a little more honest about what they are and what they want.
Some objectify women as potential sex-toys. The white knights are objectifying women as fragile, empty-headed porcelain baby dolls that require protection from society and ourselves. I'd like to think I'm more than just a victim waiting to be victimized. To either side that's all I seem to be. At least the perverts are a little more honest about what they are and what they want.
i really just do not get a frame of mind that assumes an ulterior motive every time somebody stands up for justice
what a hateful world you must live in
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I never said there were only 2 sides. I was speaking about the particular extremes. I never said there weren't others. You can read between the lines all you want, but don't insert things that aren't there.
so if you aren't applying this label to anyone actually taking the position in question in the current discussion, why even mention it at all
stop being such a coward
ScaevolaBahamut said: »
Fenrir.Camiie said: »
As my previous posts indicated, I'm far less offended by unrealistically-boobed game characters than I am by the white knights who don't realize how hypocritical they are.
Some objectify women as potential sex-toys. The white knights are objectifying women as fragile, empty-headed porcelain baby dolls that require protection from society and ourselves. I'd like to think I'm more than just a victim waiting to be victimized. To either side that's all I seem to be. At least the perverts are a little more honest about what they are and what they want.
Some objectify women as potential sex-toys. The white knights are objectifying women as fragile, empty-headed porcelain baby dolls that require protection from society and ourselves. I'd like to think I'm more than just a victim waiting to be victimized. To either side that's all I seem to be. At least the perverts are a little more honest about what they are and what they want.
i really just do not get a frame of mind that assumes an ulterior motive every time somebody stands up for justice
what a hateful world you must live in
@Cam: Reading Eugene and Scaevola's posts, they're using the same context that I am about you drawing a two-sided, dualistic scenario. If that wasn't your intended inflection, fine, that kind of thing happens, but I'd suggest conceding or clarifying your points more carefully in the future.
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One twisted thing I learned growing up, not every one is who they say they are. Some people can walk the walk, talk the talk, and play the game with an ulterior motive waiting for the moment to strike. The reality is, there are some cunning people in the world, and not everyone who stands up for "justice" does so with the best intentions for everyone else.
leaving aside the abject social worthlessness such a profound inability to trust in another's good faith sets you up for a lifetime of, it does not necessarily follow that this skepticism of motive must be expressed in a way that perfectly reinforces the sexism the alleged white knight is railing against
like, you could accuse me of railing against sexism because i hope to get paid to write anti-sexism articles for kotaku, and that would be quite a bit more realistic than the logic of white knighting
ScaevolaBahamut said: »
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One twisted thing I learned growing up, not every one is who they say they are. Some people can walk the walk, talk the talk, and play the game with an ulterior motive waiting for the moment to strike. The reality is, there are some cunning people in the world, and not everyone who stands up for "justice" does so with the best intentions for everyone else.
leaving aside the abject social worthlessness such a profound inability to trust in another's good faith sets you up for a lifetime of, it does not necessarily follow that this skepticism of motive must be expressed in a way that perfectly reinforces the sexism the alleged white knight is railing against
like, you could accuse me of railing against sexism because i hope to get paid to write anti-sexism articles for kotaku, and that would be quite a bit more realistic than the logic of white knighting
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i am just saying the unexamined life is not worth living
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Presumptuoussssss.
in what way?
somebody who thinks i only do what i think is right because i am trying to stick my dirty *** in them does not strike me as "likable"
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I don't think it was ever point-blank said he was a white-knight, but rather that could be a reason behind his tangents. No one will truly know except the author what their objectives are. You can take what he says, sure, but this is the internet and to believe everyone is 100% truthful on it is folly.
no, you take a person's arguments at face value and argue them on the merits
doing what you suggest is a good way to make sure nobody takes you seriously, ever
Fenrir.Camiie said: »
Cerberus.Tikal said: »
So, women are sex-toys, or fragile, empty-headed porcelain baby dolls, and men are perverts, or white knights who are only standing up for you to get into your pants?
That's what I'm gathering from both of your posts.
That's what I'm gathering from both of your posts.
Then you need to gather a little harder. White knights objectify women as helpless damsels (the empty headed porcelain doll) they need to save. What they seek to gain from doing so is largely irrelevant to me. Perverts objectify women as potential sex partners or eye candy (the sex-toy). Neither side really treats women as the complex human beings we really are. If you need it any clearer than that, then I don't know if I can help you
I understand what you're saying and how you're talking about a sub set of people.
I wouldn't say all perverts objectify women, but I guess that depends on what one defines as a pervert.
Not to mention there's a lot of other things to be said, but I just woke up, and I need to run and get formula...
Cerberus.Tikal said: »
Fenrir.Camiie said: »
As my previous posts indicated, I'm far less offended by unrealistically-boobed game characters than I am by the white knights who don't realize how hypocritical they are.
Some objectify women as potential sex-toys. The white knights are objectifying women as fragile, empty-headed porcelain baby dolls that require protection from society and ourselves. I'd like to think I'm more than just a victim waiting to be victimized. To either side that's all I seem to be. At least the perverts are a little more honest about what they are and what they want.
Some objectify women as potential sex-toys. The white knights are objectifying women as fragile, empty-headed porcelain baby dolls that require protection from society and ourselves. I'd like to think I'm more than just a victim waiting to be victimized. To either side that's all I seem to be. At least the perverts are a little more honest about what they are and what they want.
That's what I'm gathering from both of your posts.
I don't know where you draw that conclusion from.
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