Claiming that the gaming community is unwelcoming and threatening to women is absolutely ridiculous .
Three time WWE Diva's Champion AJ Lee who has been hailed as the " geek goddess " in WWE was the first woman to win the THQ Superstar tournament
Feminist icon ( yes I meant that ) and the biggest living music star Beyonce endorsed Nintendo and it was awesome.
Zelda Williams was named after the princess of the Legend of Zelda franchise by her father Robin. Do you know what the response was to her commercials with him ? People cried and were truly giddy knowing that he named his daughter after the incredible and powerful princess of Hyrule.
Penelope and Monica Cruz both endorsed Super Mario and Professor Layton games in Europe and no one complained.
Gabby Douglas was immediately called to endorse Nintendo and the new Super Mario Bros game after becoming the first woman of color to win the All Around gold medal. I would also like for people to understand the importance of this photograph by the way.
The women of Girls Aloud also endorsed the Nintendo DS with no issues .
Infact here is a list of women who endorsed Nintendo , a company that people claim is sexist and bigoted towards women.
Beyonce Knowles Sarah Hyland Utada Hikaru Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Gabby Douglas Zelda Williams Kim Cattrall Liv Taylor Nicole Kidman Diane Agron America Ferrera Penelope Cruz Monica Cruz Girls Aloud Olivia Newton John Carrie Underwood Hanna Griffith
Lupita N'yongo captured the hearts of millions when she revealed she played Final Fantasy 8 growing up , instead of people raising eyebrows and insulting her people were excited because she was one of us.
Utada Hikaru , this woman right here is the one that made us shed tears with " Simple and Clean " / " Hikari " the english and japanese themes for Kingdom Hearts .
Yoko Shimomura , the woman who gave us Guile's epic theme hit it out of the park with " Dearly Beloved " a song that always brings fans of the Kingdom Hearts series great joy no matter the incarnation.
I am posting this because it is so important for people to know .
Stop defining the gaming community by a few people's experiences , it is becoming hurtful and vile .
Gamers are spread out across countries , we come in all shapes and sizes , there are millions of us all around the world but you choose to define us by a small margin .
Why don't you take a moment to play games , appreciate them , and make friends ... because all of you people who are convinced gamers are hateful and unwelcoming are so wrong.
Pay attention once more women of different age ranges and ethnicities were mentioned above .... to the people who think otherwise I wonder what your response is ? that they are exceptions to the rules ? I named more women here than those who claimed to have been harassed for being girl gamers ... just let that sink in.
Please do no sit and think these women suffer from special snowflake syndrome because they do not.
- Sincerely , a strong black woman who has been gaming since her childhood
I don't care what anybody says , if you ask any person who is truly into video games in the age range from 25 - 40 years old they will tell you that the gaming community was NEVER this divided … NEVER.
I can't believe someone who doesn't even play video games divided the community.
Honestly look back at your childhoods , while yes video games were marketed more towards little boys everybody was playing them , they even marketed the color Gameboys in pink because little girls were playing them as well , not to mention that exclusive Pikachu Gameboy that came along with Pokemon Yellow …. no boy over the age of 10 years old was walking around with no Pikachu Gameboy ( especially with Jigglypuff and Togapi sticking out )despite the fact that they were the ones always getting in trouble for school for playing with Pokemon cards.
Contrary to popular belief the gaming community never said " NO GIRLS ALLOWED " that idea was never in place . Just like boys and girls all ran home from school and woke up on Saturday mornings to watch the same popular cartoons we were all playing the same video games and getting along just fine for the most part.
In the damn Beethoven movie you see Ryce , Emily , and Ted playing Super Mario Bros 3
Fuck you know what the first video game I owned … I mean that was actually mine ??
I shared most of my video games with my siblings but my mom asked me what I wanted for my 13th birthday and I told her I wanted Street Fighter Alpha 3 , we went to the store together to buy it , a dude sold it to us and it was easy as pie. When I got this game I talks amongst the gamers in my class who were male and female about it and we had a grand ol time.
When 5th generation gaming began , while previous games featured female protagonists from past consoles we saw a huge influx leading ladies who are still relevant in the year 2014.
Resident Evil , Tomb Raider , and Parasite Eve are all incredible games that appealed to boys and girls , and hell ya'll know damn well girls thought Leon was hot as fuck even with his Nick Carter haircut.
Now it's the year 2014 …. and this is what gaming has been reduced to
Anita Sarkeesian doing nothing but stir shit and pitting men against women in the gaming world .
I honestly believe something is very wrong with this woman because she doesn't play video games but she created a huge controversy , picking fights with people and then recoiling to act as if she is some kind of victim . I'm amazed that Anita goes through this much trouble to try and convince people that she actually plays video games …. I mean it worked considering how many people donated money to her campaign which makes the situation even more sad.
I do believe there is sexism in video games however Anita has not addressed it , all she is doing is grasping for straws and saying things to enrage her videos … in other words she's just seeking attention.
It's very clear what kind of girl Anita was growing up , she was one of those girls that wanted boys to roll out the red carpet for her just because she played a level in Super Mario World and when they they told her to fuck off she got mad and 15 years later she's still not over it.
Now I know people keep saying that " if you ignore her then she will go away " …. I feel like we can't ignore her anymore .
I understand that Anita will never change the video game industry considering how there is not market for what she is requesting , however there is a great amount of tension in the community and she is one of the people responsible . The gaming industry is so afraid of standing up to this woman , despite her claiming she needed kickstarter money to play video games and do research only for her to steal Let's Play footage and take things out of context to make her arguments seem valid. Also she's receiving an award for being nothing but a professional victim.
Despite what Anita and her missionaries want to believe , video games ARE entertainment and escapism from the real world . No one wants to hear this but … sorry ….. video games are not meant to be political . I would also like to take a moment to say that gamers have every right to be frustrated at this woman , we have been putting up with the whole " blame video games for all the wrong " crap since Mortal Kombat was released and we have every right to be sick of it.
The fact that a misinformed non factor is actually being worshipped for doing nothing but divide the gaming crowd is just beyond me , we have to do better .
Before I go I would like to let you all know that I am working on a response to Anita's crap , It's taking forever but you know I don't have 160.000 to help speed up the process XD !!! But seriously I've just been busy with real life stuff but this video is coming soon and the good news is that I don't think it will easily be ignored by Anita and her party .
