Posts by Steppenwolf

  • SAMPA // A near-future sci-fi city in Unreal 4

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    Sigma: They are pretty simple actually. I'm not stressing myself too much on how "physically correct" they are, but instead I'm focusing on getting them to look "right" (which doesn't necessarily mean "accurate" if you get what I mean). I think you would benefit more from checking this out: http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1019260/T…nd-Rendering-of


    That's something i've been wondering for a while if physically correct is even desirable for some stylized settings because i always remember that back when movies were made with practical effects they used lard and hairspray and whatnot to make surfaces more shiny. For them it was important that the edges pop on film not that it looks like real life.

  • Tropes vs Women in Video Games

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    Alright, then can you give me evidence to the contrary?


    Anita has no authority to decide what is healthy sexuality and what is not. Period. Stay the fuck out of peoples bedrooms! That goes to homophobes and people like her alike.


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    Yeah, you're right, seeing women as sub-human is completely healthy, regular behavior, and the concept of sexual health (in a conceptual sense, not actually talking about STDs and stuff) is a complete myth.


    You like Anita make shit up. I don't even know what mental hoops you jump through to come to the conclusion that sexualized depictions make women subhuman in the aficionados mind. Ther's a thousand fetishes and things people get of to. BDSM is pretty popular or so i heard (among males and females) but surely a women being a submissive slave for sexual pleasure is completely sick in your mind and even more sick the people who jerk off to such depictions. The biggest crime however is to look at big breasted fictional characters in video games.


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    Just like that anti-gay propaganda (or any propaganda, or societal norm), eh? Surrounding people with a concept such as the objectification of women has had a very concrete effect upon people, simply look at the extremely defensive (many times creepy) reaction to these videos, or the #yesallwomen twitter thing a little while back.


    It's the same old "video games turn people into psychotic killers"-argument recoined to fit the feminist agenda. Correlation does not imply causation. Like killers who played games had issues to begin with so have misogynistic gamers or girls who feel objectified by depictions of sexy game characters.

  • Tropes vs Women in Video Games

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    I wouldn't exactly compare her thinking on what is healthy sexuality on propaganda, her reasoning is backed up by studies, which she references in the video.


    Confirmation bias


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    I could say that eating only cheetos is a healthy diet, but that simply isn't true.


    False equivalence


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    Of course people in video games aren't real, but their portrayal does have real world consequences


    Bullshit

  • Tropes vs Women in Video Games

    I see as always we get the circular argument going. Say what you want but to me video game characters arn't people. Period.

    And Anita Sarkeesian wanting to decide for others what is "healthy & normal sexuality" goes hand in hand with shaming everything that she doesn't approve off. Not sure what else to tell you if you can't see that. It's not different from the twisted and paranoid thinking behind Russia making anti "gay propaganda" laws to protect their youth from "filthy, degenerate and dangerous" influences.

  • Tropes vs Women in Video Games

    Wow you have completely missed my point. And here i thought i couldn't have marked it more clearly as sarcasm (except for putting actual sarcasm tags on it).


    My point is that shaming people for their sexuality is a bad thing. Imagine for a moment Anita's video was about gays and the things that they find erotic. It would be a scandal in this day and age and rightly so! Remember the "they eat da poo poo"-video?


    But apparently it's A-OK to shame heterosexual males for having sexual desires and preferences BECAUSE RAPE CULTURE.The undertone of all these videos is "How dare you pig disgusting men to get turned on by that filth!". And she comes of as so misguided because she identifies herself with sexualized female depictions. It's so ridiculous. Of course a gay men who checks out some random pics of muscular male bodies does NOT think of me. That would be so absurd. But it is how Anita's thinking process works going by her videos.

  • Tropes vs Women in Video Games

    I'm planning on making a video series about shaming and exposing homosexuals and the things they like. It's gonna be a hit in the progressive and liberal circles of tumblr and the internet at large.

    Thing is i really CAN'T STAND IT that when one of the homosexuals checks out pictures of random muscular and sexy male bodies that he thinks of MY penis and doesn't appreciate me for the strong, smart and indipendent person that i am!

  • Eyes wide shut : A visual descontruction

    Ah i remember a discussion i had about this film on mapcore because to me it's visualy stunning but someone else thought it looks like cheap TV movie.


    It's a bit of a shame you used the cropped version because the film is 4:3 in original and i like that version a lot more. I have the cropped bluray and hate it.


    If you wonder what makes the visuals so special other then Kubrick's famous framing then it's for sure the lighting. All light sources are in the frame. There arn't many movies who do this. If you watch it without color you will also notice that the frames are illuminated similar to an old black & white noir, which is accentuated in the 4:3 version.

  • GTA V

    There arn't many games where i would ever consider to buy for multiple platforms or even replay the game but GTA 5 is one of them. So not sure what the point of a broader discussion is because to me it's just an curiosity. Also i sold my PS3 copy and PC copy hopefully isn't as expensive as console version so in the end i will have paid 60 altogether for both version. The game is easily worth that.

  • Just Another Normal Sunday In Montreal

    How i hate such drums and the douchebags who play them. One of the few things that totally kill my zen. Ther's this annoying "samba"-band in my town who plays under my window all day long everytime when there is an event, which feels like at least once a month. No surprise a while ago they were assaulted by someone who lost his mind over this torture.