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Posted March 11, 2013
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ET3D: Of course it's biased. :) This doesn't mean that it's not true to an extent. Games aimed predominantly at males tend to have this bias, and male gamers also have this bias. I've seen people argue that adding support for playing a female in the new Torment is a waste of money.

How would you have balanced this video?
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Siannah: Watched it, enjoyed it, agreed somewhat but yes, too much bias.

How to make it better? Rather simple to do so - add in a few pieces where it's been done better. Even if it's just to an extend, for example Lara Croft which set new heights regarding "sex sells", but at least gotten the strong woman as main char part right. Or Metroid revealing the main char being a woman as a "surprise ending".
Nothing in that department at all, makes it look as a fundamentalist point of view. I hope they do better in part 2.
That's pretty much my complaint. She didn't do a very thorough job of investigating the matter and she left out some pretty obvious angles to consider. Which came off as rather like the sorts of men that she claims are trying to oppress her.

If you take a look at some of the criticism she's gotten, it's something that she and her supporters seem to angle for in order to get attention or are incapable of addressing constructively. Sure, trolls will be trolls, but it's hardly just trolls that take pot shots at her.

I'm not surprised, American Feminists tend not to use the word "Feminism" because it's been so tainted by women like this, using it to further their own ambitions rather than for any sort of legitimate human rights ambition.
Posted March 11, 2013
Damn it, should of funded Tropes vs. Orks instead...
Posted March 11, 2013
In case anybody passed on The Capri Connection because of their DRM'd downloads, they've thankfully gone DRM-free.
Of course, most probably passed because they've never heard of the games, but who knows.
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Posted March 11, 2013
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ET3D: Thanks. I enjoyed watching that. I'll be waiting for part two. Now I'm off to save a damsel or two.
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hedwards: Tried watching it and the bias is pretty obvious. I'm not really surprised, I wasn't expecting it to be balanced, but ignoring the flip side of the coin the undermining of male confidence and value without comment really undermines the progress.
It's pretty easy to argue too that the villain is nearly always male, but course people tend to ignore that.
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Posted March 12, 2013
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McDon: It's pretty easy to argue too that the villain is nearly always male, but course people tend to ignore that.
She probably looks at that as a negative, too. It shows that the power struggle is between men with women just being pawns.

Frankly I don't mind the bias in this case, because it's obvious up front, and I think that what she showed did have a point. Sure there are exceptions, and she even mentioned this, but I still think that the basic premise is true.

On the other hand, I agree that a more balanced report could be more interesting. It's clear that when the target demographic of a genre is women then women protagonists become the norm. That's the case for hidden object games. And clearly women fiction has tropes of its own, which aren't necessarily any more healthy than male ones.
Posted March 12, 2013
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McDon: It's pretty easy to argue too that the villain is nearly always male, but course people tend to ignore that.
You might as well argue that female villains in fiction are more common than female criminals in reality.
Posted March 12, 2013
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Siannah: I hope they do better in part 2.
Me too. I'm glad someone is trying to make a report about usage of female characters in games but Part 1 was almost exclusively focused on consoles and two console franchises.

So, new Kickstater projects you say? :) I'm taking a break from crowd-funding websites until I reap some rewards, though.
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Posted March 12, 2013
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Siannah: I hope they do better in part 2.
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Mivas: Me too. I'm glad someone is trying to make a report about usage of female characters in games but Part 1 was almost exclusively focused on consoles and two console franchises.

So, new Kickstater projects you say? :) I'm taking a break from crowd-funding websites until I reap some rewards, though.
You should check out Ominous if anything. Nice rpg, and minimum requirement is 1 dollar to get the game. Very basic initial goal which is very attainable.
Posted March 12, 2013
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letsmaybeLP92: You should check out Ominous if anything. Nice rpg, and minimum requirement is 1 dollar to get the game. Very basic initial goal which is very attainable.
Thanks for the tip. I set reminder but really, I've backed 9 projects in Gaming section and I want to receive a finished product of some of them first before donating money again.
Posted March 12, 2013
Backing:
Whispering Willows
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/daevo/whispering-willows-horror-puzzle-game-for-ouya-and
Puzzle/horror adventure game, to be released in 5 chapters.

This one is fully funded with 55 hours to go.

Bloom:Memories
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1376061185/bloom-memories-one-of-a-kind-action-adventure-rpg
One of kind Action/Adventure RPG

It has an ambitious goal which is a little over 1/5th funded and closes in 37 days so not sure if they're going to make it.
Posted March 12, 2013
There Came an Echo is needing 15k with 8 days to go
Posted March 12, 2013
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Zeewolf: I absolutely love the idea of Shackleton Crater. I enjoy the multi-stage approach, and the individual stages looks awesome (MULE, SimCity _and_ Seven Cities of Gold? Hell yes!). Plus, it's a set on the moon! How cool is that (answer: very).

But ... they're doing so much wrong with the campaign. An very high goal for something this different, totally insane stretch goals (the first one, at 1.5 million (!!) is an extra copy of the game for everybody? wtf? talk about missing the point!), the PC-version is too expensive, the 500$ tier gives you "industry anecdotes, tips and stories on how one man shaped the industry as we know it" ... yeah, that sounds like it's worth the $250 step up from the last tier.

So basically, they don't stand a chance.
Indeed. I´ve backed because I really enjoyed the project idea, but I see no way this will be funded.
Not much sucess recently: Empire Eden won´t be funded, the same for Shackleton Crater and Civitas is the only one with some hope.
Posted March 12, 2013
Torment has crossed the $2.5 million mark


The Ultimate Shaker Bottle - Umoro One™

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/504104509/the-ultimate-shaker-bottle-umoro-onetm


Twofivesix: A Videogame Arts + Culture Conference in Brooklyn

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/killscreen/twofivesix-a-videogame-arts-and-culture-conference


SOCCKET: The Energy-Harnessing Soccer Ball

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/unchartedplay/soccket-the-energy-harnessing-soccer-ball


Tucson, Arizona CHESS & SCIENCE FESTIVAL & All-Girls Chess Tournament

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/249675593/1st-chess-and-science-festival-and-all-girls-chess


Deadwood Studios USA board game by Cheapass Games

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cheapassgames/deadwood-studios-usa
Posted March 12, 2013
Dice connoisseurs take heed! Artisan Dice (who had a previous very successful d6 KS) now have a second, offering polyhedral dice in a variety of woods and metals:

Artisan Dice Does Handcrafted Polyhedrals (May 1)

Shroud of the Ancients has added the following to their FAQ:

"The offline single player version of the game for those who purchase it through KickStarter will not use any form of DRM. We had been holding off on committing to that because we don’t know what our final distribution system (Steam, GOG, etc) is going to be and some of them use DRM. We may have DRM of some sort on post-KS sales but we’ll commit to keeping KS versions DRM and “phone home” free for the single player version once launched."
Posted March 13, 2013
The Veronica Mars Movie Project - $2.2 million so far

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/559914737/the-veronica-mars-movie-project


Tornado Chasers documentary

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tornadochasers/tornado-chasers


Nomad™: The Go Everywhere Espresso Machine™

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/uniterra-nomad/nomadtm-the-go-everywhere-espresso-machinetm
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General discussion (archive)Crowd-sourced (Kickstarter, Indiegogo, etc) projects worth taking note of.(3394 posts) (3394 posts) 
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