Vainamoinen

Anachronox — Sunder This is everything but a spectacular level. The airport part is even fairly repetitive. But it's all about establishing a wonderful atmosphere of tranquility and about the quirky exposition of an all scientist planet. In preparation for an emotional impact right at the end of the Sunder segment, of course. And of course, it introduces one of my favorite game characters ever as well.

I'll say, much of that cultural appropriation stuff still is a book with seven seals for me. That's why I'm keeping that mouth shut for most of these parts. And no cornrows for me, folks. I do like those.

For those shying away from "Vain" (yeah, there are a few, while I have no problem with the abbreviation), I readily accept just "V" or possibly "Väin" for the purists. When he wanted to get rid of that hairdo, his marketing people had already designed the now iconic Bob Ross logo, of course with the perm. The PBS show wasn't just something he 'could' do for free out of the philantrophy the guy oozed out... these shows were the most effective advertising of his products you could think of. And they weren't exactly demanding on him: He recorded an entire season of "The Joy of Painting" in two days IIRC. I only knew of Bob after he died. I still miss him. He should be around somewhere painting happy trees.

Careful, careful. Bob Ross hated his afro. The sole reason he started to wear it was because he once thought it'd be a hairdo that's easy to manage. As it became part of his public image immediately, he just couldn't get rid of it. I love Bob Ross! Especially when he cleans his brush. Oh geez, yeah, the unethics website. If needed, tell me how I can help. Things may well up again rather quickly, as the anniversary of The Eron Post approaches rapidly. Sure enough, many of us will find ourselves debating the very same things as last year and find that the actual gamergaters have stuck around all the time. "SJW" goes beyond that. "SJW" is a group without particularly fixed traits. As a gamergate supporter, you find some supposedly negative trait and then just slap the label on it. On Monday, I've been accused of employing "SJW tactics" for "stating opinion as fact". Now that was new to me. The guy had invented an SJW characteristic out of the blue. Rest of the mob just goes with it. The insult is in the term, but I have the impression that gamergaters are just plain winging it when it comes to meaning. The strength of the insult is that you can fill it with new meaning daily.

Yes, of course this thread 'should exist'. It's about a cultural phenomenon that has not ceased to exist yet. By name, of course, this thread is about one of the smoke screens of a certain movement that is dying down right now. But as we've established previously, the movement had formed way before it was named on August 28th, 2014, and the underlying problem was present years before August 16th, 2014 set its panties on fire. The movement will survive longer than the hashtag, the problem will survive for decades to come. So...

Commended for linking to to Kate Beaton. Who makes another important point in her commentary: Strong female characters aren't necessarily feminist. The false SJW-MRA dichotomy is something I encountered fairly recently: Clearly establish dichotomy and disdain, add a few question marks for show, profess lack of knowledge, profess lack of interest but walk away with pointed finger... yes, of course, you know whose rhetoric that is. An interesting theory. Eventually, you'd be able to identify gater culture by their slur. However, I saw strong occurrences of SJWT/SJWT rhetorics ("SJW this, SJW that", basically tirades about the cultural infiltration with SJW and the losses our media suffers through their influence) during the Sad Puppy Hugo hijacking. Which is either due to the prevalence of this vocabulary in related cultural suicides... or possibly due to gamergaters 'helping out' the puppies. Kudos to Irene Gallo for describing this occurrence in fitting words, by the way. I have the highest respect for that lady, because she's obviously not just spectacular at her job.

@namman: Quote in context, please.

Do they, like, say all the three words or do they just spell the letters...? It's so hard to imagine for someone outside of the US... And, just because it made my day not so long ago:

I don't think so. Gamergate giving up their #1 cardboard enemy concept? Not happening. The SJW is at the very heart of gamergate's 9/11 truther type conspiracy theories. It's been there from the very beginning, with three mentions in Totalbiscuit's kickoff pamphlet alone. In my experience, the SJW is just about the only concept that keeps the gamergate discussions going e.g. in German gaming communities – while on the whole, gamergate perspectives are rather bound to the U.S. political spectrum. The concept of the SJW carries as well as the Jew did in Nazism. In conversational intent, it is similar to the n-word: If people interested in the issues use it for themselves, it doesn't in any way reduce the insult it carries when others use it as a slur. Besides, the whole idea of a Warrior plays into gamergate's war fantasies (literature and film have shown that no war is necessary when aficionados know their shit). That's why I'm using Bard in the meantime. And as to the entirely overused term social justice, it's a bit difficult for the people deceptively waving the flags of video game journalist ethics and free speech to claim that ANOTHER group would be all about the social issue outrage. The gamergaters, it bears repeating, are their own SJW.

Yes please. And of course, moddy has interpreted my post absolutely correctly.

Coooooool down. There's really no need for a breach of the peace. I like the peace! It's one of the reasons I come here. Yes, the problem with criticizing Sarkeesian's appearance is that it has been, throughout TvW history, been used to ignore the points she brings forward. And that's why this particular comment, which combined one bad reason to ignore her points with one bad conspiracy theory to achieve the same, may have struck one chord too many. As Rock Paper Shotgun guy John Walker famously notes in his Ms. Male Character comment expectation FAQ: I'll leave it at that and hope the thread continues as hoped for... ...has anyone been on Derek Smart's twitter lately...?

I started out in May 2013 criticizing "those earrings", or rather her eyebrows, not really with an idea about what direction the series is heading into. I was much too slow to march to the right side. Never again.

I'd post a gif in response to that, but it's already there. You go and brush up on your Mrs. Male Character knowledge, @BadHat!

The posting of this gif here is completely inevitable. I will treasure this.

What... did he...??

Wait, the reaxxion writers were paid (or: meant to be paid)? I always thought that would be child labor...? Grown men wrote this? Better save that "How to spot SJW games" article. One day when I got The Vanishing of Ethan Carter for less than one Euro, I may find the game guilty as charged even on that fifth and last count.

reaxxion is closing down - that's the largest commercial gamergate news outlet if I'm not mistaken. God I hope they don't archive those articles.

Hmmmm. I would have much preferred Crimson Skies. But, well, whatever franchise Weisman can entangle from Microsoft & Co's greedy tentacles enough to ensure a DRM free sales version on Humble or GOG...

And the reason for finding patreon use so darn interesting is obvious enough... As I've said before, gamergate has massive problems inventing themselves a sensible/applicable concept of "corruption". Finding corruption is mostly sniffing out trails of money, so gamergate invents trails of money (the Tale of Tales/Sunset case a few pages back is exemplary in that respect). If they didn't invent that money, they'd have to understand one day that they're attacking dirt poor journalists, starving indie game developers, hobbyists and not for profit organisations exclusively.

Exactly.

Race and to some extent gender systemically determine education/class. And poof goes the argument. Yes, I know, I know, the Pakistani in Totalbiscuit's neighbourhood were all filthy rich people, sure, all right. I don't give a single wank about the "perfect equality" of the 1%. So racists and misogynists respect money? Biiiig surprise.

Because that's an all new article on a gamergate website. Of course, Totalbiscuit has authored the ridiculous original version of that pamphlet last year, and as we all know, he's not really gamergate. So interesting where his brainfarts eventually turn up, and at what time. And of course, just like the original, the article is an imbecilic treatment of political issues while gamergate is about diversity problems in game narrative and ludology... and the traitorous behaviour of formerly mere game fanzines, I hear. It can be used as a bludgeon, it can be used to call out and slap labels on individual, private persons to organize hate against them. Aaaaaand that has got to stop, naturally.

From the urban dictionary: ...see what happened there? It's quite obvious that all the shorthand terminology developed to not start a discussion about the issues at version 0.0 every single fucking time is hijacked. Yes of course that's working, phenomenally well. And exactly that is the cowardly weaponry of gamergate supporters. Disrupt, ridicule, memeify. Sure to make any discussion insensible. Only yesterday, a gater threw Pokemon memes at me... I guess it's a form of gamer argument.

Oh, the harrassment is alive and well. That's the problem. The harrassment will go on unchecked, it's just that no one will call it gamergate any more.

Too great not to share. This movement is so dead I don't even. https://hailtothegynocracy.wordpress.com/2015/08/01/the-sarkeesian-effect-starring-lorem-ipsum-bombs-at-gamergate-in-atlanta/