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Where does this perogative for creators being required/expected to "show a little social responsibility" come from?
The whole purpose of my entertainment milieu is that it has pretty much abstained from trying to be socially responsible about anything. My movies are full of black men who say motherfucker and nigger incessantly (Tarantino movies), my music says bitches ain't shit but hoes and tricks, and my video games, well, not the ones I play (maybe a couple) I can chainsaw a woman in half and watch the entrails of her body parts bounce against the concrete with REALISTIC PHYSICS! And every time, in every genre, someone's stepped up. I asked this to Arbit but I'll put it to you:
Gloria Steinem says I shouldn't read American Psycho even though I am prepared to say it's culturally significant and belongs in the American canon.
Tipper Gore says I shouldn't listen to N.W.A. even though N.W.A. came out of the same sort of atmosphere in the late 1980's that Ferguson, Missouri is right now.
Anita Sarkeesian says I shouldn't play GTA V because.... well let's let her say it.
“GTA V has little room for women except to portray them as strippers, prostitutes, long-suffering wives, humorless girlfriends and goofy, new-age feminists we’re meant to laugh at. Characters constantly spout lines that glorify male sexuality while demeaning women, and the billboards and radio stations of the world reinforce this misogyny, with ads that equate manhood with sleek sports cars while encouraging women to purchase a fragrance that will make them “smell like a bitch.” Yes, these are exaggerations of misogynistic undercurrents in our own society, but not satirical ones. With nothing in the narrative to underscore how insane and wrong this is, all the game does is reinforce and celebrate sexism. The beauty of cruising in the sun-kissed Los Santos hills while listening to “Higher Love” by Steve Winwood turns sour really quick when a voice comes on the radio that talks about using a woman as a urinal.”
What? Every GTA story ends up like Goodfellas. The protagonist is lucky to be walking away from it at the end. GTA V is no different. You get three choices, one of which is basically a bullshit cop-out. The other two are "Kill your friend".
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Roberta Williams: first interactive digital smut peddler by Mr. Kool 12/03/2014, 7:20pm PST 
The two best parts by fabio 12/03/2014, 11:59pm PST 
Let me explain something to you by #ItsAboutEthicsinGamingJournalism 12/04/2014, 12:46am PST 
Re: Let me explain something to you by Mysterios Lollerson 12/04/2014, 6:20am PST 
Ignore this guy, never stop posting new guy by WITTGENSTEIN 12/04/2014, 6:38am PST 
You should also thank me. NT by Mysterio Lollerson 12/04/2014, 12:03pm PST 
Why are you Jsoh? by WITTGENSTEIN 12/04/2014, 12:28pm PST 
Fiction created by guys contains stuff that guys like?? NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO by Eurotrash 12/04/2014, 6:32am PST 
Creators bothering to show a little social responsibility? NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! by #ItsAboutEthicsinGamingJournalism 12/04/2014, 8:27am PST 
What about the all the outrage at Other M's story? by Mischief Maker 12/04/2014, 8:52am PST 
Re: What about the all the outrage at Other M's story? by Cannibal Dave 12/05/2014, 1:06pm PST 
What fun is earnest discussion? by Worm 12/05/2014, 1:45pm PST 
You realize you read like a dumb uptight broad who is mad about nothing, right? by Worm 12/04/2014, 8:54am PST 
I sure hope it's a girl by WITTGENSTEIN 12/04/2014, 8:59am PST 
Good! I'm glad we understand each other. by Eurotrash 12/04/2014, 9:03am PST 
POLITICALLY CORRECT?!? by #ItsAboutEthicsinGamingJournalism 12/04/2014, 1:46pm PST 
All the replies tearing you multiple new assholes, and you desperately latch by Eurotrash 12/04/2014, 3:01pm PST 
Tearing me a new asshole? Hardly NT by #ItsAboutEthicsinGamingJournalism 12/04/2014, 3:55pm PST 
I know you are but what am I? NT by Pee Wee Herman 12/04/2014, 4:17pm PST 
Well they would be, if you were able to comprehend logic pertaining to actual by Eurotrash 12/04/2014, 11:51pm PST 
Okay, see now here's something we can actually discuss I think! by WITTGENSTEIN 12/04/2014, 9:08am PST 
Re: Okay, see now here's something we can actually discuss I think! by Worm 12/04/2014, 9:42am PST 
Gears of War 3 multiplayer, also GOW: Judgment maybe? NT by WITTGENSTEIN 12/04/2014, 10:31am PST 
Re: Okay, see now here's something we can actually discuss I think! by Eurotrash 12/04/2014, 12:07pm PST 
This is obviously piss-shaming, plain and simple. NT by Fuck you Anita. 12/04/2014, 12:22pm PST 
Keep waggin' that finger you whiny failure. by It's a mystery! 12/04/2014, 8:46am PST 
Be the porn you want to see in the world NT by Entropy Stew 12/04/2014, 8:49am PST 
Google false equivalence and male power fantasy faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag NT by Dave Willis from Shortpacked 12/04/2014, 11:09am PST 
Wow a WHAT ABOUT THE MENZ?!?!? post by #ItsAboutEthicsinGamingJournalism 12/04/2014, 3:58pm PST 
Do you ever use your penis? NT by Mysterio 12/04/2014, 5:00pm PST 
I think his penis was last seen getting the same tattoo as seen on Trevor's neck by Eurotrash 12/05/2014, 12:03am PST 
It's not about being "THE MENZ". by Why would you spell it like that? 12/05/2014, 8:40am PST 
Sorry if I'm not bowled over by the Nth regurgitation of by #ItsAboutEthicsinGamingJournalism 12/05/2014, 11:46am PST 
Why are you still spelling it "MENZ"? by Mysterio 12/06/2014, 8:37am PST 
Way to get hung up on a Z by #ItsAboutEthicsinGamingJournalism 12/06/2014, 9:19am PST 
"Let's focus on that instead of anything importnat" by GOOD IDEA 12/06/2014, 10:42am PST 
Why don't you go fuck NT by #ItsAboutEthicsinGamingJournalism 12/06/2014, 10:57am PST 
If it's totally expected, how about answering why it's wrong? NT by blackwater 12/06/2014, 2:31am PST 
Ha ha you're literally fighting for the rights of CARTOON IMAGES by fabio 12/04/2014, 4:28pm PST 
I would love a Sarkeesian review of Night Trap. Or maybe by this guy. NT by WITTGENSTEIN 12/04/2014, 8:08pm PST 
I would love a whole #ItsAboutEthicsinGamingJournalism game review section by Starting with RapeLay 12/05/2014, 8:51am PST 
This is an amazing idea! by The Happiness Engine 12/05/2014, 5:15pm PST 
WAHHH WE HAVE A RIGHT TO HAVE FUN WAAAHHHH by #ItsAboutEthicsinGamingJournalism 12/04/2014, 8:44pm PST 
I'd be fine for having all my games taken away if it wasn't all crypto-artfags by Worm 12/04/2014, 9:19pm PST 
Here's another parrot point of yours by fabio 12/04/2014, 10:07pm PST 
I'm starting to suspect this is ICJ trying to provoke topical content by Eurotrash 12/05/2014, 12:12am PST 
Nah by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/05/2014, 8:22am PST 
Bonus feminist safe space inside by fabio 12/06/2014, 12:59am PST 
Holy shit, I loved that game by Eurotrash 12/06/2014, 10:47am PST 
Re: Roberta Williams: first interactive digital smut peddler by Mr. Kool 12/05/2014, 7:38pm PST 
Old Man Murray, the original internet misogyny by fabio 12/05/2014, 8:02pm PST 
Roberta accepts lifetime achievement award, shrugs by fabio 12/08/2014, 11:17pm PST 
Video game shows are cringeworthy. by Fuck Art 12/09/2014, 6:07am PST 
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