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From the "About Us" blurb: The Border House is a blog for gamers. It's a blog for those who are feminist, queer, disabled, people of color, transgender, poor, g
by koningrobot 15y ago
From the "About Us" blurb:
The Border House is a blog for gamers. It's a blog for those who are feminist, queer, disabled, people of color, transgender, poor, gay, lesbian, and others who belong to marginalized groups, as well as allies.
From the article:
But more importantly, she’s talking about making games more inclusive and suggesting that people play games for different reasons and in different ways. This is at the heart of why the misogynerds are so angry: the industry is changing, it’s been changing for a long time, and it’s no longer the sole domain of misogynist nerds like them.
- rmc 15y ago… and? I don't understand what you're trying to say?
- orangecat 15y agoThe article starts out reasonably, but by the end it's making the same sort of baseless and hostile stereotypes that it was justifiably attacking. If you do like combat in games you're an "arsehole", and if you don't like the trend of skill-free "social" time sinks, you're a misogynist.
- koningrobot 15y agoThat first they get on the high horse of respecting everyone, and then they slam a particular minority. They even came up with a condescending word for it: misogynerds.