Honestly, I consider myself an outsider to the video game industry. The system I play most often is my Game Boy Advance. My brother got me a PS2 but I have not played it in about 2 years. So from the outside looking in, every time I see modern video gamers behave, and then inevitable backlash over "anti-female" sentiment or "anti-gay" sentiment or "anti-whatever" sentiment, all I can think of is that this is an extension of the "Bro" subculture which young men have adopted in this country. This sort of joke is part in parcel with that mindset. I mean, why else would you practice to plastic a plastic toy musical instrument for a video game instead of, you know, learning to play an actual musical instrument? Because that would mean you can't act like a teenager in your 30s anymore.
On Thursday, June 13, 2013 2:33:06 PM UTC-4, cwpreston wrote: > How did anyone ever think that joke was a good idea? > On Jun 13, 2013, at 2:15 PM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]<javascript:>> > wrote: > > Apparently, yes. > > Especially if you can express that sentiment in some sort of rape joke > format. > > > On Wednesday, June 12, 2013 12:37:49 PM UTC-4, cwpreston wrote: > >> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/vkV9GXiyxCI/ >> >> so basically their response to those that don't have a reliable always-on >> internet connection is eat it? > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> > . > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
