@femfreq "but if we laugh at it, it can't be offensive, right? Riiiiight?" -dudebros the world around
Saints Row is not a satire of sexism, it's sexist satire. Same goes for the Grand Theft Auto franchise.
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@femfreq@stillgray That still apply when I have a female gang boss and all-female gang members running around beating the shit out of men? -
@ThatSabineGirl@femfreq@stillgray thank you for that. I really feel like going after saints row for sexism is misplaced criticism. -
There's sexism in SR. That can't be denied. But it's a series that had a trans woman as POTUS when I played it.
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Name another game where a trans woman gets to be president.
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Also my gang boss/POTUS, in addition to being a trans woman, was also an ex-sex worker.
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@femfreq I would characterize SR as a caricature of thug life through a privileged white-male gaze which roots itself in sexism. - 1 more reply
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@femfreq A lot of people give it a free pass because it "doesn't take itself seriously", but the problems still remain. -
@femfreq "Equal-opportunity offender" usually means "punching down in every way possible". - 2 more replies
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@femfreq K yep I gotta disagree with you here on saints row. Strongly. -
@elizabethdanger@femfreq the way they advertised at e3 in 2011 put me off the whole franchise. Incredibly sexist IMO. -
@chainedchaos31@femfreq yeah, whoever was doing their marketing missed the whole point of the game tbh -
@elizabethdanger@femfreq I watched/read some reviews to give it a chance, but the description of the fisting level meant I will never play. -
@chainedchaos31@femfreq see we didn't get that in the au build so I can't speak about that (and I'm glad it's not a thing here tbh)
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@pontelon You should pop into@BoardGameHour today. They're talking about designing games, etc -
@Hokuboku@BoardGameHour Thank you for the suggestion! Had a great time. :)
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