Gaming Company Drops Streamer for Calling Men Trash, Says It's 'Extremism'

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you think 2014 is “classic”? heh, that’s cute.

Maybe “classic” in the sense that it’s being recycled from an earlier discussion:

Wonderful profile of Anita Sarkeesian, the feminist games critic who made an army of shitty manbabies very, very upset

In terms of industry marketing categories, there’s not a whole lot of diversity in that list. I see: three games in the sports category that reflect pro sports’ exclusive focus on male players; two games targetted toward younger children; and five action titles, four of which had male protagonists (as I recall, Destiny had more choices; meanwhile, GTA 5 has three protagonists, all of them male). Do women age 13+ play these games? Certainly. Are they marketed toward women age 13+ and developed …

The problem is not with the medium in and of itself:

Wonderful profile of Anita Sarkeesian, the feminist games critic who made an army of shitty manbabies very, very upset

Yes, because the industry has made socially awkward adolescent boys of all ages – known arseholes* – its top priority for 35+ years. It’s as if the wine industry made alcoholics its core market. It’s not a mystery why the community using that product is dominated by jerks. [* I speak as a former one myself]