In what I suppose isn't a surprising move in the current climate, there has been an outcry on the internet over the new Red Dead Redemption. Not for any important reasons, just that the developers might not include women as playable character in a fictional game. This outrage is all from a fucking teaser trailer, so let's see what bollocks these morons have come up with this time.
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http://www.themarysue.com/red-dead-redemption-2-confirmation/
http://www.themarysue.com/rdr-2-trailer-released-i-guess/
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In case you haven't quite caught onto the message of these articles, yes this is a tantrum over a single picture that teases the release of a game next fucking year. We haven't even seen a shred of gameplay yet, but predictably the feminazis of the internet think this is sexist. Just extraordinary. Even more extraordinary is how we're complaining about women being excluded from the second game, but also complaining that they were included in the first. I'm struggling to find anything to suggest that this is a genuine critique to try and improve the quality of video games, because this is just another excuse to claim someone is being oppressed somehow from such a trivial issue. What's even more inexcusable is the huge assumption that women have been left out of the game entirely when we know jack shit about the actual contents of the game. You're basing this pathetic whinge on a teaser trailer. You even admit you know absolutely nothing about the contents of the game, so what's the point in this so called 'journalism'? And more importantly, how the fuck am I supposed to take this kind of shit seriously when you come out with crap like this? There is however an apparent justification for this random whinge, as the author will now explain:
No the stories of real life female outlaws are absolutely great, really they are interesting. However, I hate this kind of revisionist argument. The ancient demographics and societal roles of the given time period should be used to influence characters in a game, not dictate them. Obviously the term 'trend' is unknown to this writer, who prefers to cherry pick information instead of actually providing an insightful view of the times. Never do we get an explanation of why developers Rockstar would craft a character specifically male, because instead the argument is just a pathetic cry for attention. John Marston for the record was an entirely fictional character from the first game. What the role of female outlaws had in the Wild West is irrelevant because that's not who the developers center their game around. This is a bit like saying there's historical evidence that disabled people had a role to play in the Wild West, therefore disabled people have to be catered to in this game. For that matter why isn't the main character a talking fucking horse; they had a huge role in the time-frame this game will be dedicated too. Or here's an ever better thought: How about we stop comparing different people who have never cohabited and actually critically analyse what the developer intends their game to be? That might be what a journalist of arts would maybe try; especially not try and dictate a FICTIONAL GAME.
The author then tries to back this argument up by claiming that featuring female characters would be their personal preference. Just because something is what you would like doesn't mean you should be able to enforce demands on the developers you self centered asshole. Art is best when creators don't pander to the lowest common denominator, so maybe we should actually give them a fucking chance before branding them with the damning title of 'sexists'. I would have assumed this social justice moron would have loved a game that shows the unjust society in which the Old West was founded on. That's certainly what the original did with its two main female characters, Bonnie MacFarlane and Abigail Marston, who were both empowering women growing up in what was depicted as a man's world; in fact that's a heavy theme surrounding their beautifully crafted stories. Apparently that's not good enough for this moron because context is irrespective when blindly crying sexism in video games, and it's much better to just force women into roles out of a sense of morality rather than artistic integrity.
Do you know what? I'm not actually angry about this situation, because not only is it the most predictable article ever, but to be honest it's more plain laughable. The thing that does piss me off however is is how this gender based nonsense would be used to prevent people from enjoying what could be the greatest game of all time. The first one was just that, absolute perfection in a video game that portrayed a perfect depiction of the American West in all its brutality and beauty. If we start dictating what can and can't be featured in video games then we reject this idea of developer integrity, degrading video games from a work of art into didactic simulations that pander to pressure groups by shoehorning elements in for absolutely no reason. Deciding what characters should and shouldn't be present in a game is the job of the developer, not some political activists. Maybe these political activists could stop whinging and make their own version with a full female cast. Let's just say the competition between those two franchises would be interesting to watch unravel, although I have a strong feeling it would be a very one sided contest. Until that day arrives however, expect plenty more of these pitiful articles to keep cropping up all over the internet.
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