@1 The phrase "false equivalency" is more usually used to point out fallacious logic, like yours.
Totalitarians usually have more basic phrases and stirring rallying cries, like "motherland/fatherland," "glory of our people," "honor our flag/founders/revolution," and "praise be to God."
And this has to become a gender debate instead of what it should be. Acknowledging the efforts of a father to make his daughter happy. But feel free to go on making sure you correct the internet.
My dad hacked The Hobbit for me (at my request) by swapping half of the dwarves' genders when he read it to me at bedtime. Today I am a highly successful dwarf.
I always wanted to play as the little girl too. Or the ape.
I don't see why this has become some sort of gender debate. It is pretty natural for girls to want to play girl characters, an if more games included the option they'd probably sell more games to girls.
As a child, I would often mentally switch the gender of my characters. it would help me identify with them better. I also tended to prefer games where I could play a woman, even if I didn't always choose to do so.
@18: "I don't see why this has become some sort of gender debate. It is pretty natural for girls to want to play girl characters"
She wants to "save the prince". This runs contrary to most cliche'd storylines, so the dad did something to delight his daughter. Why are you confused? You answered your own question.
You could have been playing as the ape this whole time guys!
I always play as a female character when I play games like Skyrim, Fallout, Mass Effect, etc. Not sure why really. I guess I just find it more interesting (even though it really changes nothing) since 99% of video game heros are dudes, and I have to play a guy all the time in real life.
@20,
But I wanted to be BIG ape. The first thing I'd do is eat the princess (or eat the plumber if it was this gender switched version).
I also often played the female characters of games when given the option. I also played dungeons and dragons when I was a kid and almost always played female characters.
Just seemed more challenging (since I would have to role-play my opposite gender) and interesting.
@21: I tried to play a female in D&D once when I was in high school, but my group (all dudes) clearly was not prepared for it, maturity wise. Strangely homoerotic in their desire to "do things" with my character on graph paper.
But then again, they were more the hardcore nerds who never got to touch women, while I was also on the football team and going to parties, so there is that. Keep in mind this was waaaay before being a "nerd" was cool and hip.
@20 I always enjoyed Donkey Kong jr., and looking back, it was rather subversive for it's time- it turned the hero/villain dynamic on it's head and portrayed Mario as an evil zoo keeper who imprisoned Donkey Kong (and ultimately dies when DK Jr drops Donkey Kong's cage and Mario falls to his death)... so ultimately both characters were neither totally good or totally evil. An interesting idea for an NES game.
@23 I'm skeptical that being a nerd is really now all that cool and hip in high school. This seems like an entertainment media trope among those of us one or more decades removed. Pics of cheerleaders going down on skinny, clumsy guys, or it didn't happen.
Yeah, why is this a big deal? It seems like anyone who's bothered by this has a huge chip on their shoulder. Outrage is this twisted fad in America & it's quite boring.
23, I remember those days. We called Tolkein books "Girl Repellant."
I know the video game makers don't care about one 40-something woman, but I won't buy a game that doesn't provide a female character option. It's stupid I know, but there are so many good games with that option (Skyrim, Mass Effect, Fable), that I don't really need to play games like Halo, et al. Even in this old boxing game I used to play at nerd parties (Sega, or old xbox? IDR), there was a female character that I used a lot, and she was awesome.
I tend to lose interest quickly in games that don't have a female character option. Even first person shooters where you never see the character, I lose interest at some point. I still haven't finished Bioshock.
@29,
Yeah, you kinda summed it all up in your first sentence though.
Unfortunately, the audience video game makers DO tend to focus on are somewhat anti-woman and immature. Which is likely part of the reason for a lack of female characters.
But the far left people who really like it are largely assholes too.
And when I see the phrase "false equivalency" it's usually used by a communist or fascist who's been exposed as a totalitarian.
Totalitarians usually have more basic phrases and stirring rallying cries, like "motherland/fatherland," "glory of our people," "honor our flag/founders/revolution," and "praise be to God."
And when I see the phrase "false equivalency" it's usually used by a communist or fascist who's been exposed as a totalitarian."
I appreciate how you've brought up your failure in the same post so nobody else needs to bother telling you how your MRA supremacism comes off.
I don't see why this has become some sort of gender debate. It is pretty natural for girls to want to play girl characters, an if more games included the option they'd probably sell more games to girls.
As a child, I would often mentally switch the gender of my characters. it would help me identify with them better. I also tended to prefer games where I could play a woman, even if I didn't always choose to do so.
She wants to "save the prince". This runs contrary to most cliche'd storylines, so the dad did something to delight his daughter. Why are you confused? You answered your own question.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong….
You could have been playing as the ape this whole time guys!
I always play as a female character when I play games like Skyrim, Fallout, Mass Effect, etc. Not sure why really. I guess I just find it more interesting (even though it really changes nothing) since 99% of video game heros are dudes, and I have to play a guy all the time in real life.
But I wanted to be BIG ape. The first thing I'd do is eat the princess (or eat the plumber if it was this gender switched version).
I also often played the female characters of games when given the option. I also played dungeons and dragons when I was a kid and almost always played female characters.
Just seemed more challenging (since I would have to role-play my opposite gender) and interesting.
But then again, they were more the hardcore nerds who never got to touch women, while I was also on the football team and going to parties, so there is that. Keep in mind this was waaaay before being a "nerd" was cool and hip.
23, I remember those days. We called Tolkein books "Girl Repellant."
I tend to lose interest quickly in games that don't have a female character option. Even first person shooters where you never see the character, I lose interest at some point. I still haven't finished Bioshock.
Yeah, you kinda summed it all up in your first sentence though.
Unfortunately, the audience video game makers DO tend to focus on are somewhat anti-woman and immature. Which is likely part of the reason for a lack of female characters.