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Off Topic / Re: Tumblr Megathread - ghostbusters remake with all-women cast rumors

« on: August 08, 2014, 07:39:54 PM »

Personally I can't say whether designers can only write about what they know. I don't imagine Shigeru Miyamoto based Mario off of his crazed drug trips in the seedy part of Tokyo. For games where story is the driving element, I can see how the designer's gender would be more relevant. But for simpler gameplay driven games, there's no need to have the experience of being a female/minority. You can just make the main character a different race/gender and that'd be that. This is a good first step because as we diversify gender/ethnic representation in video games, women and minorities will feel less alienated by the medium and become interested in game design.

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Off Topic / Re: Tumblr Megathread - ghostbusters remake with all-women cast rumors

« on: August 08, 2014, 07:22:58 PM »

still not worth 15 bucks

not saying it's a good game.

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Off Topic / Re: Tumblr Megathread - ghostbusters remake with all-women cast rumors

« on: August 08, 2014, 05:28:54 PM »

The first game is a story about a lesbian girl. It's not like it's an FPS or a fighting game or an adventure with a LGBT main character that yells about heteronormativity/cisnormativity every time they kill somebody. It's not shoehorned into the game, it's a story about a lesbian individual. That's fine.

As for the second game, it's satire. Something to do with how women are loveualized in media. This is an example of somebody creating a game based on the main character's loveuality. Not what I'm asking. I'm asking for some stories/movies/games where the main character(s) happen to be LGBT/minorities, and while it is part of their identity, it isn't overstated.

I'm not asking for like 80% of protagonists to be POC or LGBT or whatever. But it should be at least fairly accurate to real life. It seems like 70-80% of main characters are white when white people are probably 30-40% of the population. Just mix it up a bit. IMO a character's race/loveuality/gender should be totally random unless it has some tie in to the story.

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Creativity / Re: Game Design Megathread

« on: August 08, 2014, 03:50:46 PM »

That looks really cool man. Good job.

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Off Topic / Re: Tumblr Megathread - ghostbusters remake with all-women cast rumors

« on: August 08, 2014, 03:49:36 PM »

I definitely feel like minorities/women are definitely really downplayed when it comes to comics/movies/video games

This Ghostbusters remake will probably be stuff because it's a 30 year old classic they're attempting to remake, but I hope it isn't stuff because the cast are women. People need to be shown that women/minorities/LGBTQ+ people can have lead roles without being overloveualized/made to be a stereotype

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Games / Re: Twitch is ruined.

« on: August 08, 2014, 03:18:00 AM »

Nobody watches the loving VODs anyway. This isn't a big deal.

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Off Topic / Re: what are your loveual special interestes/turnons/whatevers & dislikes/turnoffs

« on: August 07, 2014, 09:41:30 PM »

yeah we do. childofdarkness

also like that's weirder than half the stuff here

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Off Topic / Re: Tumblr Megathread - ghostbusters remake with all-women cast rumors

« on: August 07, 2014, 09:35:58 PM »

"hey guys, everyone knows the good ol' ghostbusters, right? and everyone is waiting for another one?"
"yeah"
"how about we make it, except change the main cast to consist entirely of women and call people upset about the change misogynists?"
"that's a great idea!"
*20 news articles later*
"why did you change the entire cast"
"ugh. #its2014"

i don't see the big deal. if they had come out and said "THAT'S RIGHT THEY'RE WOMEN. TAKE THAT MISOGYNIST PIGS! SHOUTOUT TO ANDREA DWORKIN" there'd be a problem. but if they're remaking it with women it's obviously not a shot-for-shot remake. it sounds more like a reboot. what if women were the ghostbusters? this is probably one of many changes they'll make to create a new story.

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Off Topic / Re: What do you want to work as?

« on: August 07, 2014, 08:49:21 PM »

Software Development, Web Development, Mechanical Engineering, or Robotics (with game dev as a hobby)

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Off Topic / Re: Tumblr Megathread - ghostbusters remake with all-women cast rumors

« on: August 07, 2014, 08:46:20 PM »

how is it an attention gimmick?

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Games / Re: Counter Strike: Global Offensive Thread v2 - OP by KelBlock

« on: August 07, 2014, 03:03:40 PM »

says the king of lame

anyway yes im saving for it
if i get really good grades i can make enough money to get a REALLY nice knife. maybe like, a $150 one.

:^(

you shouldn't buy knives unless you have lots of cash and nothing to use it on
if there are better things you could be buying, i would just buy like 20 keys and try that instead

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Creativity / Re: Lucky Luke Goes Clubbing

« on: August 07, 2014, 03:44:01 AM »

good job badspot

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Creativity / Re: BROCKRAND COMICS

« on: August 07, 2014, 02:51:08 AM »

the stock photos tho

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Games / Re: Counter Strike: Global Offensive Thread v2 - OP by KelBlock

« on: August 07, 2014, 02:45:40 AM »

knives are lame
you're lame

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Drama / Re: So, what've I missed?

« on: August 07, 2014, 02:39:05 AM »

I don't understand why heed's post was deleted. He was trying to be level-headed. Apparently opposing views are not allowed? I must've missed this rule.

forgot to include this