Someone has put up a screenshot of the announcement as the site is down:
Notch also put up an explanation of why he's doing it:
http://pastebin.com/n1qTeikM
This might have been true ten years ago, but not today. 48% of people who play games are female, and sales of "core" games are shrinking. Trying to expand the market for games is one way to ensure publishers survive.
Now, someone will point out that women currently play mostly casual...
No need to take you seriously when you seem to believe that a dick is required to create or play games.
Anyhow, it seems the threats continue in the "real" world:
So, it's bad to stereotype "gamers" as a bunch of angry nerd-virgins, but it's OK to stereotype women?
No hypocrisy in that argument at all :rolleyes:
http://www.develop-online.net/news/kim-swift-s-rallying-call-against-industry-sexism/0113713
Not that it'll make any difference to those who insist the threats were faked:
https://twitter.com/Nero/status/510485248992608256
Wonder how long it'll take for someone to accuse the FBI of collusion to "ruin" gaming.
Missing the point - the trope is "women as background decoration", but...
LOL - those who want her to shut up always claimed they were faked anyway, so this won't make any difference to them. It'll just result in another round of conspiracy theories.
Fortunately some devs seem to be paying attention, so there's at least some hope for improvement.
It looks like the G2 survived the same test for about one hour longer than the 2014 X?
But yeah, bigger screens need a bigger battery - I'm surprised Motorola didn't repeat what they did with the Maxx.
It's shitty when they're reused over and over. And that's his point, lazy writing ends up with the same shit being used again and again. Just like the bumbling husband on TV, it's old.
Right, because there's a real shortage of heterosexual "relationships" in those games.
The difference...
Thought I'd check whether it'd be worth taking anyone off my ignore list given the conversation has been relatively civil recently. Guess not.
For those whose first language isn't English, note the wording: "the mouth breathers harassing her". In other words, if you're participating in the...
Going to quote you out of sequence for clarity:
Neither did I, and it's why that specific text was quoted and bolded.
Precisely. Avoiding tropes makes for better games. Something the mouth breathers harassing her seem to think she's against. Either that, or they're happy with shitty...
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