Comments | chiyo_no_hikari: Angry Feminist Gamer Gets Angry! In other news, the Pope is Catholic.

chiyo_no_hikari

Angry Feminist Gamer Gets Angry! In other news, the Pope is Catholic.

Oct 30, 2008 15:56

So, uh, remember the last time I got pissed at my Social Psych class for bashing video games?

Yeah, um. I kind of did it again.

( I didn't throw anything at the screen during class today, and I count that as a victory. )

psych out!, video game madness, i hate everything!, this are serious post

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little_serenity October 30 2008, 22:27:25 UTC

Dude, I need to call you, and we need to have a little chat about a lady named Lara Croft and her 'fascist' tendencies. >_< AAAAGH, THE PEOPLE IN MY FEMINIST ART THEORY CLASS ARE DUMB!!!

chiyo_no_hikari October 30 2008, 22:46:10 UTC

...fascist? I'm not all that thrilled of Lara being the number one most recognizable female character in the gaming world, but I don't think I'd call her a fascist.

Call me tonight? My pile of Japanese is actually a little smaller than usual, so I should have time to talk!

little_serenity October 30 2008, 23:18:24 UTC

Okay! I have a dinner-y Halloween-thingy from 5-7, and then I'm taking a friend to Goodwill for a last-minute Halloween costume (hahaha........ the cosplayer in me was too appalled at the lack of costume on freaking HALLOWEEN), but after that I should be able to call you~

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chiyo_no_hikari October 31 2008, 03:12:24 UTC

It's called "Game Over", and it was, admittedly, kind of interesting...as a historical piece. The games it used as examples were laughably old, and they referenced the fact that video game violence could never be put in context because video games could never be used to tell a story!

Cue me wanting to smash in the projector.

magi_sammy October 31 2008, 00:17:05 UTC

First of all - excellent letter.

Second of all, I believe this fact to be true: the world is out to get gamers. I will not deny that violent video games have an effect on desensitizing children. However, all games are rated appropriately, and if a ten year old is playing a game labeled for a seventeen year old, I fail to see how the game or its creators are at fault.

Funny you should mention uber old school crap games from the 90s. Because in the past five or so years, the crime rate has actually decreased as video games have gotten more popular and more graphic and realistic.

Video games are not the cause. I think they're more of a catalyst.