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Michael Chandra: I know. I disagreed with the pretense that people did. It's not an all-or-nothing situation.02/03/2015 - 12:50pm

Andrew Eisen: Michael - Just to be clear, no one is claiming the damsel in distress trope should never be used at all.02/03/2015 - 12:04pm

E. Zachary Knight: I could easily make a profit selling the figures individually but the base would be worthless on its own. But my kids would be really excited to play the game finally.02/03/2015 - 11:56am

E. Zachary Knight: So, I picked up a bunch of Skylanders Giants figures and a base at Goodwill for $5. There are 8 or 9 characters (not at home so can't count). I would need three more figures and a copy of the game to be "complete". Should I complete it or just sell them?02/03/2015 - 11:55am

E. Zachary Knight: Craig, as far as I can tell is that the "anti-gamer" stuff is really just "stuff I don't agree with was said about games I like".02/03/2015 - 11:45am

Craig R.: The 'ethics' (ie, harrassment and worse) of women has been non-stop for months. But the antigamer? Please, somebody find me the 6-month old anti-game campaign02/03/2015 - 11:24am

Craig R.: I'm just wondering where the hell all this supposed "antigamer" stuff is that karp ranted about02/03/2015 - 11:22am

Michael Chandra: I have yet to see a single FemFreq video so I can say in all sincerity it's a nice coincidence. :)02/03/2015 - 10:34am

E. Zachary Knight: Michael, and your example mirrors the very same example story line Anita gave when talking about how to play on the damsel in distress trope and turn it into something positive.02/03/2015 - 10:24am

Michael Chandra: Ah, just noticed EZK's shout. The example I just gave is exactly one where the interactions and decisions indeed play into the fate. :) It would have been a good plausible damsel.02/03/2015 - 10:12am

Michael Chandra: Still, finding out she had knocked out the Magelord and his guards and escaped by herself? Totally awesome and worthy of the character. Made me smile. :)02/03/2015 - 10:11am

Michael Chandra: The story that built up to that scene was quite decent, so I didn't mind that much, especially since it wasn't the MC that was going to rescue her, MC was going to rescue someone else.02/03/2015 - 10:10am

Michael Chandra: I was playing Suikoden Tierkreis and Chrodechild was taken captive by the Magelord, who intended to force her to marry him so he'd drop the false treason charges against her men.02/03/2015 - 10:10am

E. Zachary Knight: Michael, I agree with you there. If the interactions and decisions of the character play into their fate, and thus the fate of the player character, it will work out. But if things appear to happen outside their character, that is when it falls flat.02/03/2015 - 10:09am

Michael Chandra: Cracked had an article today on this. An inventive girl who tries to save her sister gets turned into the damsel while suddenly her brother does all the work she did in the book.02/03/2015 - 10:09am

Michael Chandra: So yeah, for a single given example it may seem like nitpicking. But it's so much a trope and unfortunately its frequent use is in part due to the way people think strong women don't sell.02/03/2015 - 10:07am

Michael Chandra: Now you want to call that nitpicking, go right ahead. But I see this way too often in manga, anime, tv shows, books, movies, games and more. And it's starting to annoy me.02/03/2015 - 10:06am

Michael Chandra: But when a character who is supposed to be able to kick ass, kicks ass but is overwhelmed and taken captive, and I got to go save her, that's already much better.02/03/2015 - 10:05am

Michael Chandra: When a character who is supposed to be able to kick ass, gets disabled without even a scene and the 'hero' has to save her, that's a problem to me.02/03/2015 - 10:05am

Michael Chandra: Y'know, I can dislike a Damsel-in-Distress plot device WITHOUT claiming there should never be a damsel in distress. It simply should be believable.02/03/2015 - 10:04am

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Submitted by Arnold (not verified) on Fri, 04/06/2007 - 23:20.

That is the guy from Behind Enemy Lines; I recognize the scene and the jacket.

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[...] [Via GamePolitics. Thanks, Pedro Monscooch ] [...]

Submitted by Christian Burdulis / TBA* (not verified) on Fri, 04/06/2007 - 15:22.

@ Brokenscope

The rumor is that the look of the GTA character IS based on that guy.

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Submitted by Brokenscope (not verified) on Fri, 04/06/2007 - 14:03.

Hehe i knew he sorta reminded me of the guy in behind enemy lines.

Submitted by Wardo (not verified) on Fri, 04/06/2007 - 13:29.

Someone had a lot of time on their hands.

But it is pretty neat.

Submitted by somerguy (not verified) on Fri, 04/06/2007 - 09:12.

My only guess with politicians going crazy about games based in thier area is very simple really. What if the next game to be a hot coffee media circus is based in their hometown? Thats just a worst case...I suppose with some of the bad media games are getting politicians don't want any of it heading their way. Though if thats the case they still look like idiots for protesting...

Submitted by CyberSkull (not verified) on Fri, 04/06/2007 - 07:41.

Great clip. I just don't understand how the NY pols can be legitimately upset when soo many violent movies and TV shows take place in NY.

OH! I know! They can be upset because there are no film crews brining in money.

Giant robot spider monkey cheese.

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