literally the goal of feminism is to do away with gender roles. what reason is there to hate that?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow---AaOIEo

i literally cannot fathom how people are so up in arms about this. the only thing you can virtually be upset by is the dudes who started the kickstarter going back on their promises. if the actual premise of a video game of a cute female robot killing other cute female robots irritates you, there's something wrong with you. if you want to blame this dina chick for the fact that she got a sweet job handed to her, you're an idiot. you shouldn't be mad at HER for nepotism, you should be angry at the moron that hired an unqualified individual. PS this happens all of the time in the gaming industry. plenty of males who have never played a game in their life working there. people who act like THAT'S the thing that makes them mad is just desperately grasping for straws so that they can continue shitting on a feminist agenda. (and i think we all know how much gamers love feminist agendas. nothing quite like angry manchildren and high schoolers who have a hardon for "retro" shit they didn't play when it was popular being totally reasonable and unbiased in their criticisms of this dana lady.)

in my eyes, there's only a small number of dudes who are upset by promises being broken. most of the people who are angry ARE sweaty, entitled misogynistic nerds. i hate to throw around stereotypes, but nearly every single person i see get mad about this is writing up some hate-filled bullshit on reddit and gets upvotes by other, less articulate sweaty, entitled misogynistic nerds, and ALL of it is either unfairly pinning blame on dina, using the "broken kickstarter promises" as an excuse to bash her "agenda", or just bluntly shitting on the very concept of a megaman game with female robots.

oh, and if i'm not wrong, backing the project does not mean you have a say in the art direction of the game. you literally CANNOT get mad about the fact that this chick came in and decided to flip flop the genders because nobody ever said you had a say in it to begin with. you're just throwing internet tantrums to absolutely no avail.

there's like no organization to this post, i'm just rapidly typing out of sheer rage. i never identify as a gamer because the stigma against them is palpable, and "debacles" like this one tells me i'm right every time i say "i play games" instead of "i'm a gamer".

irrelevant, she's a pr manager and an art designer. lots of males in the game industry who don't play the games they help make.

it sure isn't. good thing it's not her fault. but wait! it's convenient for you to blame her for getting a free job and having the AUDACITY to accept it! i guess it is her fault now.

i'm like 3 minutes in and he hasn't said anything constructive. it's not hard to make a concise video about a topic like this. this dude loves his voice too much.

christmas music and carols. :D

thank you kevin c:

e: this thread right now http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eVUboiavc0&t=9s

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heather "the cool" cooley needs a hat pls

I have an integrated hd 4k and I barely get playable fps with an i5 3210M and 8 gigs of ram (1366x768). /shrug

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three dog VA is basically confirming Fallout 4 tbh

i did

holy jesus that's like 6 -frags per minute. new record?

First, my favorite motivational image. Speaks for itself.

http://i.imgur.com/wSSP9Iw.jpg

Second, be aware of what's called "the spotlight effect." If you don't know what it is, look it up. Once you know what it is, don't let yourself fall victim to it. I know it isn't as easy as telling yourself "nobody cares" over and over again and *poof* your confidence skyrockets. But really. Nobody cares.

Third, a list of things that, in my eyes, are three big things to work towards in order to be confident.

1) Looks. Get fit and stay fit. Learn how to dress well (it's not hard and doesn't need to be expensive). Do things with your hair (men's haircuts are easy; short on the sides, tall and high on the top).

If you said personal appearance isn't of concern to you because you think it just isn't significant then you need a reality check. If you said it's not a concern because you already feel very comfortable with yourself physically, then keep it up.

This is one of the toughest steps for a lot of people. Dressing well tends to strike people as shallow or daunting or expensive, but it doesn't have to be any of those things. Having nice hair is seriously just going to the right barber and knowing what you want. Getting in shape's probably the biggest hurdle. I'm still working on finding the discipline to put on some pounds.

All of that said, don't try to use just looks as a confidence booster because some days you'll just hate how you look and your day will already be pretty shitty. Speaking from experience. This is not a good place to be.

2) Find a hobby you're passionate about and proud of. Not having anything to love doing is pretty goddamn shitty. Not being proud of what you do love doing is also pretty shitty. I don't feel particularly proud that I'm above average at playing video games so I've been trying to pick up instruments to play in the meantime. Just have a hobby that you like doing, that you're good at, and that you're proud of. A great way to absolutely crush your self confidence is to meet a friend who can play like four instruments and juggle and do magic tricks, and all you can do is play video games.

3) Get the hell out of your comfort zone. This is extremely difficult for me especially, and it's the #1 culprit for my social anxiety. I'm confident where I'm comfortable but as soon as I try something new then I just collapse. I purposely go out of my way to do as little as possible that's outside of what I find most comfortable and that's a terrible, terrible mindset. Nobody ever got good at something by not doing it, and you'll never learn to be social and confident if you just go to classes then go home every single day.

Now it might seem weird to describe things like "asking someone you just met if you can hit them up on facebook" or "go to a party even though you don't know anybody there" as things that you can be good/bad at, but I believe it's fair. Yeah, for extroverts, that just comes naturally. But introverts just aren't inclined to do stuff like that, so we struggle a little bit more.

And just some fundamental stuff.

- When you walk, act like you've got shit to do even if you don't. Chin straight, shoulders back. Take long strides. Walk with determination.

- Know how to laugh at yourself. The big difference between somebody doing something wrong and laughing it off and somebody doing something wrong and stressing out over it is monumental. Don't be the latter.

- Learning how to better carry a one-on-one conversation (which seems to be what you're really struggling with) just comes from experience, I think. If you never talk to people outside of those you're comfortable with, well, you'll never get good at it. See above.

I don't know what else. That's all I can think of. I'm struggling with confidence issues and social anxiety right now. This is the stuff I'm working towards right now because I'm sick of hating myself.

Good luck man.

why does everybody like playing on skial actually? i mean i'd imagine they like to shit on bad players but since every good player goes to skial to shit on bad players then the good players just end up bashing heads.

http://www.youtube.com/feather_beta

there, now you can pretend youtube comments don't exist AND that this ass-tastic update never happened at the same time.

e: on another note I think it's kind of funny when people in comments sections link to petitions and post giant rants about how much the new comment system sucks because those are two things that they wouldn't be able to do with the old comment system which didn't allow links or >500 chars. it's got some perks honestly. the only things that sucks about it is how hard google is trying to push g+

please tell me this was a fluke and lan will be more exciting than this.

I think you read the thread wrong because people are still tearing Phrakture a new one