Morons of the Internet: Medusa Magazine (Part 7)

Although this Medusa Magazine I've been dissecting recently is most probably satirical, I thought I'd milk it's stupidity some more by having another rant just in case there are any idiots that think these articles constitute a good argument. This time we have every morons favorite punching bag; video games. What horrors are video games doing now you ask? Well apparently they're now appropriating black culture. Jesus-fucking-Christ.
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https://medusamagazine.com/grand-theft-auto-appropriates-black-culture
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To me the most shocking thing about this paragraph is that this woman has a boyfriend. Is he a blowup doll? I can only imagine how thrilled he must be to be with some overbearing harridan that bans perfectly normal behaviour because of a false pretense that video games cause misogynistic behaviour. They don't, and you have no evidence to prove otherwise. I'm also astonished that despite you keeping your lover on a leash you never once caught him playing a game he's clocked hundreds of hours on. That sounds a little suspicious to me, and probably indicates this tale is fabricated evidence to support your claim.

Apparently the Grand Theft Auto series is now a rape simulator, which is odd, considering rape isn't a theme in any of the games I can recall. But I suppose with this level of intersectionality every single fucking action committed by men is rape whether virtual or not. GTA's diverse open world does indeed allow players to assault women and minorities, but you can just as easily assault white men as well. Surely you would love to assault virtual men, or do virtual video game NPC black lives matter as well? The bottom line is that Grand Theft Auto never forces the player to kill endless minorities, like say the racially charged classic 'Ethnic Cleansing'. If the player wants to act like a racist cunt in a virtual environment then that's their fault and not the developers, who certainly don't reward this kind of behaviour in game.

In any case Grand Theft Auto is a work of fiction, and should never be mistaken for reality. One of my favourite activities in GTA is running people over in the most entertaining way possible, but this does not mean I would ever dream of doing that in real life. Do I therefore criticise the game in the way this writer does? No of course not, because I have a sense of perspective. You may well think you have taught your captive boyfriend about the virtues of equality and tolerance, but I find that hard to believe considering he's not allowed the basic human right to play whatever fucking video game he wants. If he dares to try and enjoy his life he's instantly slapped down with some good old fashioned intolerance. What a fucking role model you truly are.

Fucking hell, this is like the opening chapter of 'How To Be An Oppressive Asshole'. This poor fucking guy. In the slim chance he does read this, I implore him that unless he really fucking loves that woman he should just leave her for someone who doesn't treat him like a dog. This isn't a normal fucking relationship. Most partners don't keep Big Brother style tabs like the ones this psychotic bitch keeps on you.

As for the actual argument, well there really hasn't been one so far. For the record Anita Sarkeesian is not a game developer. She's never developed a game in her life, but instead made her name as a piss poor critic who likes to misrepresent the video game industry in order to shoehorn her narrative into her moronic videos funded by narrow minded followers such as yourself. In the past she's even admitted that she knows fuck all about 'masculine' games such as Grand Theft Auto, so she's hardly an appropriate source in this argument. I really would like an explanation of everything bad Grand Theft Auto does, as just saying you don't like something isn't a very compelling argument. Still, let's analyse this apparent cultural appropriation:

The picture you supplied with this article is of the character Trevor from Grand Theft Auto V, so I can only assume that's the game in the series you're referring to here. If that's the case then what your saying is complete fucking bollocks. Trevor is just one of the three protagonists in the game, another being Franklin who certainly isn't a white male, but actually an African American. This isn't the only time in this paragraph that you try and claim the game contains elements that simply don't exist. The only place you find strippers is in the strip club, and if you even touch them, yet alone rape them, you get thrown out by bouncers. Secondly, it would be impossible for the player to gun down children when aside from major characters there aren't any included in the fucking game. Thirdly, there's no ultimate goal apart from following a storyline. None of the missions have anything to do with gentrifying black neighborhoods or outcompeting black competitors. I literally have no idea where you got all this shit from, but I can't even remember any black antagonists, yet alone fucking competitors. It's becoming evident that you haven't played a fucking second of this game.

Then there's my other major issue with this paragraph: All this cultural stuff you're referencing is entirely optional. The game doesn't force you to play hip hop music, which is a relief for me, and it certainly doesn't force you to murder or even coalesce with prostitutes. Neither does the game force you to act like a common thug, or even play as a white male for that matter. Turns out the only racist idiot here is YOU. And in any case I wasn't aware that being a petty criminal was part of traditional African American culture. If I was part of the African American culture I'm not sure I'd be too worried that these negative traits were being appropriated in a fictional video game, but rather that it actually occurs in reality. I do love how this argument suggests that the primary sin this game makes is appropriating black culture, and not the brutal and trivial approach to mass murdering and criminal behaviour that has been referenced throughout this article. Good old feminists getting their priorities straight once more.

Not surprisingly the article ends with a final dose of complete bullshit. How the fuck you can conclude a video game contributes to white supremacy by using this shitty article to back that up is beyond me. Take your fucking tin foil hat off and stop saying big long buzzwords that you think constitute an actual argument. Also, careful recommending Germaine Greer to your captive boyfriend. She's been disowned by your tolerant intersectional feminist community for claiming that trans women aren't actually biological women. Turns out you've been out virtue signaled by your own kind dear. Still, none of this changes the truly pathetic argument on display here that shows a complete narrow mindedness to ignore a diverse multicultural game in the name of tolerance.