The Free Thread *gaming related*

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(03-13-2013 09:44 AM)Hexadecimal Wrote:  I face palmed so bad. I'm sure a lot of you have heard about it, but just in case, apparently because X-Play's Adam Sessler through a fit about it in his review of the latest God of War game a trophy called "Bros Before Hoes" will be changed to "Bros Before Foes". Out of all the questionable stuff regarding women in video games and that's what gets noticed? Huh?

He also didn't like the fight before the unlock which has Kratos stomp a woman's face. Here's the thing, it's not some random chick he did this to. It looked like it was a boss fight; he's done a lot worse to dude bosses. So far the only game I have played where violence against women has bothered me was in Clock Tower 3 where the hammer guy brutally murders a defenseless little girl who was playing a piano. However, it wasn't glorified, so I wasn't offended at all. It was just hard to watch since I don't like seeing kids of any gender get brutalized like that.

Hell, Kratos has killed countless gorgons/harpies/ambiguous gendered monsters, so why is one fury the 'worst thing ever?' Why not go yell about Heavy Rain having the only playable female character being put in various sexualized moments for no reason whatsoever? She had been bound at one point, gagged at another, drugged and almost killed by a osycho who wanted to cut her up, forced to strip for a sleazy Latino stereotype, 'plays' doctor at one point, and is never given proper story segments like the male characters. But, no, Heavy Rain is lauded as one of the best story-driven games of our generation. Personally, I think Sessler should fuck himself.