John Bilbo
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Now that's a cool poster!They should take it it to there next level and have 2 MOMS!
Now that's a cool poster!They should take it it to there next level and have 2 MOMS!
I mean he is literally white. White and red.He's greek, so I don't know what you'd count that as. None of this matters anyway.
Nah, need to even the score for all the sexy wahmen depictions throughout the ages, etc.Now do one with a dad bod you cowards
how are they supposed to save the world when theyre busy cooking me a delicious thanksgiving dinner?Mothers are almost always absent.
Isn't that the lady who turned Carol Danvers into a vegetable?author of article
clearly needs a DADDY
And yet somehow...a thesis is born. Higher education is a fucking crock (mostly)This "daddening of video games" isn't really happening on a widespread level at all. The article mentions three games over the past 10 years with a (kinda) common theme between them. That is hardly a trend.
Gone are the days of the lone protagonist in video games, fighting his way toward glory or to save the love of his life.
Now, several video games centre around a rugged father figure whose sole mission in life is to protect his offspring.
She's clearly never heard of Jr. Pac Man, Donkey Kong Jr., or Jumpman Jr.U of A master's student examines the 'daddening' of video games
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Gone are the days of the lone protagonist in video games, fighting his way toward glory or to save the love of his life.
Now, several video games centre around a rugged father figure whose sole mission in life is to protect his offspring.
This new storyline is evident in video games like Red Dead Redemption, The Walking Dead and The Last of Us. The live-action series of The Last of Us is currently being filmed in Edmonton and Calgary.
Kaitlyn Ensley, a digital humanities student at the U of A, had this new storyline as a subject of interest for her master's thesis.
Ensley said she believes what video-game journalist Stephen Totilo called the "daddening" of video games stems from developers' own personal experiences.
The fathers in all these video games share common features; straight, white, brawny men — a consequence, Ensley said, of game developer leads being straight, white men.
The dads often have traumatic pasts that stem from their careers in the army, police or other militia.
They seek redemption while putting their lives on the line for their only child in a dangerous post-apocalyptic or dystopian — or some sociopolitical-disaster — world.
There is also a redemption arc where the dad figure is trying to redeem a past mistake, sometimes to do with his kids, Ensley said.
In The Last of Us, the protagonist takes on responsibility for a young girl after his own daughter dies.
Mothers are almost always absent.
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Well...CBC talking to a digital humanities masters student gets you this level of reporting...From the very first few sentences it makes no sense.
Those days are GONE, because out of a sea of thousands of games, SEVERAL games have this?
People do not even think about what they are writing down.
All white men in costumes....She's clearly never heard of Jr. Pac Man, Donkey Kong Jr., or Jumpman Jr.
And yet somehow...a thesis is born. Higher education is a fucking crock (mostly)
I feel offended by devs not representing dad's accurately (i.e. fat, slow, and/or possibly balding).Now do one with a dad bod you cowards
I have all that plus the 12 below the belt.You other dads don’t have a rippling eight pack abs and 20 inch biceps?
Clearly lacked a masculine father figure.
If Metroid Dread was made in the west, then it'd be about a 49 year old Samus trying to raise her witty, back-talking Metroid baby.
The fathers in all these video games share common features; straight, white, brawny men — a consequence, Ensley said, of game developer leads being straight, white men.
Speak for yourself dad.I feel offended by devs not representing dad's accurately (i.e. fat, slow, and/or possibly balding).
Daddy dom?Perhaps Mario is the father of Princess Peach? We were wrong all along.
So are straight-up racist comments allowed on Gaf or...because of course you would never quote the name of the countless white feminists or whatever behind those articles right?Article by Kashmala Fida Mohatarem
Its almost like the Gen X kids who grew up playing games in the 90's are now very likely to be parents, and games where you're protecting a child is more relatable to them.
My ex-girlfriend’s college roommate majored in “Post Modern Female Thought”. She got pissed when I asked her which fast food restaurant she hoped to work at someday. Twenty years later, she works at a Culver’s.
Also subjecting it to trans-metroid surgery and posting it on Federation Force TwitterIf Metroid Dread was made in the west, then it'd be about a 49 year old Samus trying to raise her witty, back-talking Metroid baby.
Well you bitch like a feminist so I'm quoting you.So are straight-up racist comments allowed on Gaf or...because of course you would never quote the name of the countless white feminists or whatever behind those articles right?
calm down bud. all he's trying to say, is that its really fucking hard to shoot a gun while wearing oven mittsSo are straight-up racist comments allowed on Gaf or...because of course you would never quote the name of the countless white feminists or whatever behind those articles right?
Its not an article being shit out...it's a digital humanities masters fucking thesis...Or I'm like, shit, I don't want to parent or protect anyone in my games, I have to parent enough in real life, I don't wanna do that on my time off!
Anyway it's a dumb premise, there are so many games released these days it would be easy to cherry-pick a few examples and shit out an article calling out a "trend" for clicks.
RE Village came close.Yeah. Do what Lynch did in eraserhead instead and we might have something.
Its not an article being shit out...it's a digital humanities masters fucking thesis...
That it's a deeper issue than shitty click bait articles when drivel like this can be considered masters level research.Your point?