Saints Row Dev Responds to Feminist Frequency Critique

More typical biased reporting. Please provide real proof to the "death threat" that made poor little Anita run and hide. People who actually do investigate things have cast some serious doubts on the validity of the tweets. A more realistic and accurate account would be that her latest video was bombing with hardly any views upon release but then suddenly Anita is back in the spotlight thanks to another death threat that had some really opportune timing. The woman that hates damseling really cannot stop playing the role of a damsel herself.

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Please Volition, Don't listen to this garbage! You are one of the few games that let people play as women in a fun game! I beg you, don't ruin saints row and it's unique blend of comedy, action, and fun! I made up an awesome super cool female protagonist and yet, these feminists don't even give you credit for allowing something that should be considered cool! PLEASE READ AND DON'T RUIN SAINTS ROW!

uuugh i guess saints row is dead last i check the attacked everything they could in that game heck you could run around naked and increase the sizes of everything on your avatar man or woman. i guess you could add male hoes but then no one would do the missions.

The next Saints Row is going to be so reserved and bland.

While I agree with the IDEA that women should not be sexualized, this will never happen until women stop sexualizing themselves!

"Just because I'm dressed this way does not make me a wh0re!" Which is true, Gentlemen, that is true. Just because they dress a certain way doesn't mean they are a certain way.... All right, ladies, fine. You are not a wh0re. But you are wearing a wh0re's uniform.” - Dave Chappelle

While I agree that it's not right to sexualize all women in all video games, I don't think it's necessarily wrong to portray sexualized women. After all, women sexualize themselves when they dress up for a night out. That's a huge problem that I have with the feminist movement in general. It seems that it often wants things both ways. On on hand, a woman wants to be treated as an equal, and on the other hand, she bemoans the death of chivalry when a man doesn't hold the door open for her.

Obviously I'm speaking in generalities, and specifically of the feminist movement and not women in general. But the point is that women often dress themselves to look and feel sexy. It's wrong to ignore that and act like all sexualized depictions of women in video games are wrong.

When are you going to upload your next sexy Jessica Nigri cospay video, Gamespot?

Sarkeesian is a terrible and pretty offensive representation of women

The argument doesn't get better by repeating it all the time.

LOL what was he supposed to say? F Anita?

"I think that we shouldn't be portraying senseless abused women"

Meanwhile, male characters will continue to die in horrible, over the top and sometimes humiliating ways in the always disproportionate ratio to female characters. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Someone from gamespot ask IO Interactive how they feel bout feminist frequency gleefully misrepresenting their game Hitman Absolution in her last video.

Someone with no credibility shouldn't be calling other people out.

chicks should not be offended by pixels.

Guys play video games. Girls do to. But the game is what they should be focused on, not the fact that boobs are there. Developers make games for people to play, i wouldn't play saints row if all the chicks were educated working women that wear kakis and black and white blouses, **** that, i play saints row cuz its flat out ridiculous, tit jiggling, zany mayham. and above all its fun.

Bet she never made mention that guys can be "sexually objectified" the same way in these games. If she did, then colour me surprised

RIP Saints Row 2009-2014

Whether you think Ms. Sarkeesian is right, (she is and provides a lot of information to back it) she has a right to voice her opinion. Go a head, check the US amendments. She post on HER site on HER youtube channel. YOU are the ones looking for those videos. The backlash for her voicing how she feels is ridiculous and Steve Jaros is right that "it's a sad man that can never be self-reflective." She has a right to say what ever she wants and shouldn't fear for her safety just like you can post here and not worry. The comments like "the less I feel she should have a say involving women in video games" or "they're doing it because she's a liar and a con artist" (not sure what shes lying about) that remind me of those people who hold up signs from 60 years ago saying "whites only." Now, I'm not saying you two feel this way, just saying that it is comments like that come from people who are afraid or don't like change (again not saying you two think that.) The idea of something new scares people, whether that be minorities using the same bathroom as Caucasians or women being allowed to vote or gay marriage being legal.

Women interfering with artistic visions of game developers, that's ultimately what this comes down to. Do women get upset about painters that paint nude women? Do women get upset when they see men sexualized in the covers and within the pages of romance novels?

Women wouldn't like it if men banded together and tried to dictate the content of stories and the covers of romance novels that they don't read, so why is it o.k. for non-gamers to band together to try to dictate the content of games?

And if there's a lot of women interesting in AAA games (not just mobile), then they need to get into the industry and make the games they want. Just like romance novels, women write those, they didn't try to force like Tom Clancy to write romance novels instead of military novels he wants to write.

This is sad. Why do developers care what this charlatan says?

I love that it's so easy for people to say the right thing. Rarely is it easy for them to actually do them!

There-in lies the real problem!

I get she isn't a gamer, I get she lied about even playing the games in her videos as shown by hidden tapes from her talks, she stole the material and even takes things 100% out of context like the gears of war references in earlier videos but there are still two problems, A. even if they are false death threats are childish and B. yes there is a problem with women in games and media. :/

I always wondered why people take what she says as close to the vest as they do. For everyone to claim she is such a terrible person, they sure give her all the free publicity in the world. Ever think that just ignoring her and letting her have her opinion as a much better idea? Because, really, it doesn't hurt you at all guys, so stop acting like a bunch of spoiled children. She isn't going to take away your games, and I think having more gender balance in video games is only GOOD for us as consumers. Mostly because it can give us new stories and experiences instead of the same usual crap we tend to get.