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Jonathan Mclntosh @radicalbytes Aug 6 Devs say it's up to players to decide if internment camps are good or bad?! No The question itself is political! CBC News @CBCNews Deus Ex: Mankind Divided promo art criticized for evoking Black Lives Matter movement ift.tt/2aWg4L5 12 37 Jonathan Mclntosh @radicalbytes Aug 6 Game developers like to pretend their narratives, scenarios and mechanics are politically neutral but that's never really the case 12 33 Jonathan Mclntosh @radicalbytes Aug 6 Sometimes when game designers set up "player choices," the choice itself is immoral because it shouldn't be up to the player to make it. 5 Jonathan McIntosh @radicalbytes Aug 6 Game designers want players to have "fun" regardless of what "moral choices" they make. As if psychopathic killer is just a "play style." 26 Jonathan Mclntosh @radicalbytes Aug 6 There're no significant consequences to immoral player choices. Maybe different weapons, paths or cutscenes but nothing that hinders "fun." 13 Jonathan Mclntosh @radicalbytes Aug 6 If game designers want to include player choices with meaningful consequences they must be willing to significantly de-power the player Jonathan Mclntosh @radicalbytes Aug 6 If game designers are not willing to de-power players then their "moral choice" mechanics are reduced to basically meaningless "play style." 2 Jonathan Mclntosh @radicalbytes Aug 6 Meaningful "player choice" is severely limited (or non-existent) if the primary way players engage with the game world is by killing stuff

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Sargon of Akkad Follow 0Akkad This is why you never go #Ful!McIntosh, compadres. #GamerGate #NotYourShield 匐Jonathan McIntosh @radicalbytes Sh "Why #GamerGate Already Lost" badassdigest.com/201 4/1 0/1 5why. @badassdigest Vla Why GamerGate Already Lost Misogynist gamers sent terror threats to Anita Sarkeesian, but their own actions prove their undoing 5UFFRAGISTSON THE WAR PATH JUMP ONHIM 641 HE IS ONLY A MERE MArN FAVORITES 106 118 10:26 AM- 16 Oct 2014 わt3 ★

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Jonathan Mclntosh @radicalbytes 20m Blizzard is trying to provide character diversity without alienating their straight male fanbase. They want their cake, and to eat it too わ2 Jonathan Mclntosh @radicalbytes 1m There's a big difference between what individuals might find attractive and HOW characters are designed. I'm only talking about the latter. 2 5 In reply to Sean H Jonathan Mclntosh @radicalbytes 8nm わ Jonathan Mclntosh @radicalbytes 27m It's good Blizzard is responding to demands for diversity. Maybe try designing some characters that make straight dudes super uncomfortable Gorbles I'm not going to say much more. My main point is it's important for games and comics to be OK with making male fans uncomfortable Jonathan Mclntosh @radicalbytes 32m It should go without saying that queer women do not exist for straight men. The comic book and gaming industries must have missed the memo Jonathan Mclntosh @radicalbytes 10m sigh* l see that decades of straight dudes setting the standard for what's "sexy" in media has made this nuanced conversation impossible わ7 5 5 Jonathan Mclntosh @radicalbytes 38m Sadly, games and comics creators consistently design their gay female characters so their straight male fans can also find it "totally hot. わ3 In reply to Ron Jonathan Mclntosh @radicalbytes 13m @rdb1191998 It's not bad. The problem comes when straight men design queer characters for other straight men to find hot. 10 Jonathan Mclntosh @radicalbytes 46m Gamer hate incoming in 3.. 2...1 In reply to Sean Jonathan Mclntosh @radicalbytes 17m @N_Ver Sean Both are designed for the male gaze 9 Jonathan Mclntosh @radicalbytes 47m You know Blizzard, maybe don't make your 1st openly lesbian character in Overwatch be one that's specifically designed for the male gaze わ25 Jonathan Mclntosh @radicalbytes 17m Thing is, really challenging media representations does require making entitled straight dudes super uncomfortable. At least initially 箩24 t 2 5

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