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by icycalm » 17 Aug 2009 17:29
by Run.Forrest » 18 Aug 2009 15:53
by To The East » 18 Aug 2009 17:48
Run.Forrest wrote: It seemed worth mentioning here that a Japanese girl managed to succeed at a male activity (playing videogames). If videogame reviewing is also a male activity, then Clare Edgely managed to do this as well... Women are now succeeding everywhere in the domains of men, aren't they?
Nietzsche wrote: In the three or four civilized countries of Europe women can through a few centuries of education be made into anything, even into men: not in the sexual sense, to be sure, but in every other sense. Under such a regimen they will one day have acquired all the male strengths and virtues, though they will also of course have had to accept all their weaknesses and vices into the bargain: thus much can, as aforesaid, be extorted.
by JoshF » 18 Aug 2009 17:57
By letting them do things they want to do? You're missing the point of civil rights, which is to remove social barriers not biological ones.To The (Middle?) East wrote:Yes they certainly are thanks to the efforts of the socialists (ie. slave/christian moralists) to turn women into men over the last 200 years.
by To The East » 18 Aug 2009 18:33
Nietzsche wrote: even into men: not in the sexual sense, to be sure, but in every other sense.
by icycalm » 18 Aug 2009 19:01
Run.Forrest wrote:It seemed worth mentioning here that a Japanese girl managed to succeed at a male activity (playing videogames).
Run.Forrest wrote:Women are now succeeding everywhere in the domains of men, aren't they?
Run.Forrest wrote:But if gender distinction has any meaning, males must be better than females at performing male activities.
Run.Forrest wrote:After all, if females can perform as well as males in a so-called male activity, it must not actually be a male activity.
Run.Forrest wrote:then what remains of the difference between male and female?
Run.Forrest wrote:Imagine war technology that allows a woman to wage war every bit as well as a man does
Run.Forrest wrote:and childbirthing/childrearing technology
Run.Forrest wrote:Can homosexuality be the technology of "attracting and securing a powerful man?"
Run.Forrest wrote:If men and women can and will be equally good at all things
Run.Forrest wrote:then what is the point of any gender distinction at all
Run.Forrest wrote:except to have "variety" in the human species?
Run.Forrest wrote:I suppose all this indicates a debasement of instinct.
Run.Forrest wrote:The solution here seems to be that we need to
by icycalm » 18 Aug 2009 19:58
JoshF wrote:How do you excel equally?
by kingofcrusher » 20 Nov 2009 02:44
Though the plot is inscrutable high-fantasy stuff, the game world’s central premise is inventive.
by Worm » 29 Jan 2010 18:35
Jenn Frank wrote:You see yourself in your own periphery, in an orange jumpsuit, darting past. It’s terrifying, real uncanny doppelgaenger stuff here.
....
Surprise! You are a chick.
THAT IS UNSETTLING.
It’s unsettling even if you really are a chick, but probably also if you are a dude. Because, when you spatially align yourself so that you can observe your own avatar, she is staring off to her right or left through a space/time vortex, ostensibly gazing right back at you. And (this is the horrific part), you and she are standing in exactly the same spot and moment in space and time, eyeing each other. I don’t think there’s a stranger existential moment in the history of gaming.
corbenfrost wrote:women traditionally have more lower body strength then men do, one need look no further then the last olympics to see that
by icycalm » 30 Jan 2010 13:41
The Head of John the Baptist wrote:if this is true, then how come my girlfriend is better at galaga than i am?
Zatoichi Jones wrote:i'm sure he'd say it has something to do with the amount of dicks she's sucked
he'd also say it in all caps
by Nybble » 30 Mar 2010 17:05
Leigh Alexander wrote:whenever people consult me as an expert on hentai and/or rape games i feel like my parents must be so proud i found my niche :P
by icycalm » 18 Apr 2010 13:52
Street Fighter IV is one of my favorite games of last year, but like all games, it’s becoming embarrassing. I’m an adult with a lifetime of real, painful experiences behind me, and the best the industry can manage is a set of action figures with intricate move-sets. I’m not knocking the pleasures of the game; I absolutely enjoy the psychic chess match of a good round of SFIV. But what am I looking at? What am I engaging? These bikini girls and green monsters, sumo wrestlers and broad cultural stereotypes. Is the announcer’s screams of, “THE STRONG WIN AND THE WEAK LOSE! WHICH FIGHTER WILL PROVE THE OLD AXIOM TODAY!?” supplementing my intelligence? Is Street Fighter enriching my brain? Is it a protein, or is it perhaps, mercury?
by icycalm » 18 Apr 2010 13:58
I wrote:Because this isn't just some half-assed attempt at the RTS genre -- this IS the worst such game you've ever played. How bad exactly is it? It's so bad that even if you try to come up with ways in which it could become worse, most of them will end up making it better. That bad.
by icycalm » 18 Apr 2010 14:03
Aparagus soup is one of my favorite dishes of last year, but like all dishes, it’s becoming embarrassing. I’m an adult with a lifetime of real, painful experiences behind me, and the best the industry can manage is a little soup with intricate ingredients. I’m not knocking the pleasures of the soup; I absolutely enjoy the psychic-sensual involvement of a good portion of asparagus soup. But what am I slurping down? What am I eating? These asparagi and asparagi juices, egg yolks and stereotypical soup ingredients. Is the waiter's screams of, “DINNER HAS BEEN SERVED!” supplementing my intelligence? Is asparagus soup enriching my brain? Is it a protein, or is it perhaps, mercury?
by abe » 18 Apr 2010 19:34
Famvir is one of my favorite genital herpes medications of last year, but like all genital herpes medications, it’s becoming embarrassing. I’m an adult with a lifetime of real, painful genital herpes experiences behind me, and the best the industry can manage is a temporary solution to my genital herpes. I’m not knocking the relief of the genital herpes medication; I absolutely enjoy the relief of a good genital herpes relief of Famvir. But what am I looking at? What am I engaging? These pills and white and yellow boxes. Is my screams of "OH GOD MAKE IT STOP IT HURTS SO BAD!!!" supplementing my intelligence? Is Famvir enriching my brain? Is it a protein, or is it perhaps, mercury?
by icycalm » 18 Apr 2010 22:14
by aaden » 18 Apr 2010 22:41
Tight Ass Twinks 7 is one of my favorite gay pornos of last year, but like all pornos, it’s becoming embarrassing. I’m an adult with a lifetime of real, painful experiences behind me, and the best the industry can manage is two sweaty guys and a set of intricate sex-toys. I’m not knocking the pleasures of the pornography; I absolutely enjoy the anal soreness of a good round of fisting. But what am I looking at? What am I engaging? These twinks and bears, fetishes and gay stereotypes. Is the bottom’s screams of, “UNNNGHH YEAH BABY FUCK MY SLUTTY ASSHOLE HARDER!” supplementing my intelligence? Is Tight Ass Twinks 7 enriching my brain? Is it a protein, or is it perhaps, mercury?
by icycalm » 19 Apr 2010 00:06
Heather Campbell wrote:Street Fighter IV is one of my favorite games of last year
Heather Campbell wrote:and the best the industry can manage is a set of action figures with intricate move-sets.
Heather Campbell wrote:[is it] supplementing my intelligence? Is Street Fighter enriching my brain? Is it a protein, or is it perhaps, mercury?
by icycalm » 19 Apr 2010 00:45
madato wrote:Now, to respond to your main argument, that games do not have the attachment of film. All I have to say to that is. You’re a pseudo gamer. A console-only gamer. A casual gamer. A novelty-gamer. A mainstream gamer. You haven’t played competitive games. You haven’t mastered your skills in any game. You’re a couch gamer. You probably haven’t ever pwned someone in counterstrike. And even if you did, you wouldn’t enjoy it. Because you are not a gamer. You will play and then go back to rewatching films. You liked the novelty of games, and it wore off for you. And you are projecting the disappointment to the rest of us gamers.
by JRGBruno » 06 May 2010 20:41
by icycalm » 06 May 2010 22:54