Dear Gamespot Admin, could you please stop blocking my comment/ THIS COMMENT.
I've been trying to post this for like past 30mins to no avail. Why is it being continuously blocked??
Anyway, what I said like half an hour ago: I do believe Gamespot remains true to providing mostly fair reviews, although these will never be totally unbiased for obvious reasons, I still think some crucial points need to be addressed regarding this review in particular.
It would also be nice if Feedbackula wouldn't turn it’s back on this issue and perhaps focus on some comments voicing a genuine and perhaps justified concern for a change. Johnny says at the end of the GTA V episode that he doesn't know where the show is going and he doesn't know how good he feels about the thought that maybe over the course of the show’s history he’s been an abettor in providing the interwebs with a platform that encourages rampant and depraved trolling behavior… Well here’s a thought: how about fostering actual constructive discussion? :-/ From the way I see it alongside all the garbage there have been numerous well-versed and intelligent comments. Why not bring these to bear instead?
So in this spirit, I would like to share that I believe a 9 / 10 overall is a fair score, but it should be pointed out that this review focuses on a misplaced feminist agenda. It's "profoundly misogynistic"? As if the game's general comedic misanthropy wouldn't give rise to any number of noteworthy political, ethnic or moral controversies. You state this as if it were the issue of most pressing concern… as some singled-out revelation, as if the topic of "women in GTA V" needs to be addressed specifically.. How so?? Have you even been to LA lately!?? I would even go so far as to say the game provides a rather honest and quite accurate portrayal of the excessively shallow and dumbed-down, fashion, gossip & celebrity lifestyle obsessed So.Cal. female crowd, who sadly enough, constitute quite a large majority I might add. These girls, who can name you the first, last & middle initial of every fashion designer, celebrity and X-Factor contestant this side of the pond, but couldn't define Women's suffrage for you to save their lives. ‘Complex female characters’… Pffffffft!! Those chick’s are about as complex as their little Yorkshire terriers. What about Maude? Now there’s an unorthodox and complex female character!
This game is an in-your-face social critique. It is a masterpiece of contemporary satire. It’s a dark look under the hood of modern American West-coast society and indeed Western societies in general. No one is safe from scrutiny nor is anyone innocent in the world of GTA V. Men of all stripes: young, old, jocks, geeks, celebrities, bankers, environmentalists, hicks, gangsters, gang-bangers, sociopaths and politicians... those from the political left as well as right are all portrayed in totally unapologetic extremes, as are many of the women. These extreme character representations, be they men or women, have become a cornerstone of GTA games. To focus on some convoluted gender-centric issue here, just because of a few scenes with a little good ol' fashioned sexist mockery is really short-sighted in my opinion. It should be mentioned that the market these days is bubbling with plenty of games providing strong and multifaceted female characters. Perhaps not as many as you would like to see just yet, but times are a changing – without the need for you to blow your women’s activist trumpet at every game that may harbor any semblance of anti-feminist sentiment, thank you very much.
Dear Gamespot Admin, could you please stop blocking my comment/ this comment. I've been trying to post this for like 30mins. Why is it being continuously blocked??
I second Niieru's comment with regards to providing fair reviews, although these will never be totally unbiased for obvious reasons, I still think some crucial points need to be addressed regarding this review in particular. It would be nice if Feedbackula wouldn’t turn it’s back on this issue and perhaps focus on some comments voicing a genuine and perhaps justified concern for a change. Johnny says at the end of this episode that he doesn’t know where the show is going and he doesn’t know how good he feels about the thought that maybe over the course of the show’s history he’s been an abettor in providing the interwebs with a platform that encourages rampant and depraved trolling behavior… Well here’s a thought: how about fostering actual constructive discussion? :-/ From the way I see it alongside all the garbage there have been numerous well-versed and intelligent comments. Why not bring these to bear instead?
So in this spirit, I would like to post my comment, one which I attempted to post in the comments section the GTA V Review several times to no avail (it was blocked for some reason):
I think that 9 overall is a fair score, but what's this focus on some misplaced feminist agenda? It's "profoundly misogynistic"? As if the game's general comedic misanthropy wouldn't give rise to any number of noteworthy political, ethnic or moral controversies. You state this as if it were the issue of most pressing concern… as some singled-out revelation, as if the topic of "women in GTA V" needs to be addressed specifically.. How so??
Have you even been to LA lately!?? I would even go so far as to say the game provides a rather honest and quite accurate portrayal of the excessively shallow and dumbed-down, fashion, gossip & celebrity lifestyle obsessed So.Cal. female crowd, who sadly enough, constitute quite a large majority I might add. These girls, who can name you the first, last & middle initial of every fashion designer, celebrity and X-Factor contestant this side of the pond, but couldn't define Women's suffrage for you to save their lives. ‘Complex female characters’… Pffffffft!! Those chic’s are about as complex as their little Yorkshire terriers. What about Maude? Now there’s an unorthodox and complex female character!
This game is an in-your-face social critique. It is a masterpiece of contemporary satire. It’s a dark look under the hood of modern American West-coast society and indeed Western societies in general. No one is safe from scrutiny nor is anyone innocent in the world of GTA V. Men of all stripes: young, old, jocks, geeks, celebrities, bankers, environmentalists, hicks, gangsters, gang-bangers, sociopaths and politicians... those from the political left as well as right are all portrayed in totally unapologetic extremes, as are many of the women. These extreme character representations, be they men or women, have become a cornerstone of GTA games. To focus on some convoluted gender-centric issue here, just because of a few scenes with a little good ol' fashioned sexist mockery is really short-sighted in my opinion.
It should be mentioned that the market these days is bubbling with plenty of games providing strong and multifaceted female characters. Perhaps not as many as you would like to see just yet, but times are a changing– without the need for you to blow your women’s activist trumpet at every game that may harbor any semblance of anti-feminist sentiment, thank you very much.
9 overall is a fair score, but what's this focus on some misplaced feminist agenda?? It's "profoundly misogynistic"?? Have you even been to LA lately!?? I would even go so far as to say the game provides a rather honest and quite accurate portrayal of the excessively shallow and dumbed-down, fashion, gossip & celebrity lifestyle obsessedSo.Cal. female crowd, who sadly enough, constitute quite a large majority I might add. These girls, who can name you the first, last & middle initial of every fashion designer, celebrity and X-Factor contestant this side of the pond, but couldn't define Women's suffrage for you to save their lives. ‘Complex female characters’… Pffffffftt… those chic’s are about as complex as their little Yorkshire terriers. What about Maude? There’s an unorthodox and complex female character for ya! lol!
This game is an in-your-face social critique. It is a masterpiece of contemporary satire. It’s a dark look under the hood of modern American West-coast society and indeed Western societies in general. No one is safe from scrutiny nor is anyone innocent in the world of GTA V. Men of all stripes: young, old, jocks, geeks, celebrities, bankers, environmentalists, hicks, those from the political left as well as right are all portrayed in totally unapologetic extremes, as are many of the women. To focus on some convoluted gender-centric issue, just because of a few scenes with a little good ol' fashioned sexistmockery is really short-sighted in my opinion.
We have plenty of games with strong and multifaceted female characters. Perhaps not as many as you would like to see just yet, but times are a changing– without the need for you to blow your women’s activist trumpet at every game that may harbor any semblance of anti-feminist sentiment, thank you very much.
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