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homestuckcharacters: gamersagainstbigotry: This week GAB are...

guardianoftime — Thu, 16 May 2013 06:00:43 -0700

gamersagainstbigotry:

This week GAB are looking at the benefits of gaming. We’ve almost drowned ourselves in discussing race and geek girls - and it’s high time we had a nice break to feel warm and fuzzy.

Lets remind ourselves of not only why we love gaming, but why it can be good for us.

We’ll be posting and linking things like the one above (source: http://visual.ly/gaming-good-you) here, and on our Twitter, Facebook & Website.
And you can share your questions and stories with us by dropping us an Ask.

Merry Gaming :)

Me and my sibilings are homeschooled, and you know what taught my little brother to read/ write? Minecraft. He plays on servers and had to learn how to talk to people on the chats

Do you mind telling the difference between a opinion and a confession?

filiandkilimakeaporno — Wed, 15 May 2013 11:48:10 -0700

Long as you’re not spouting hate at any other groups of players, we don’t care what we get.

Special Guest Edition: The Hawkeye Initiative IRL!

guardianoftime — Wed, 15 May 2013 06:00:44 -0700

thehawkeyeinitiative:

I recently received an email from an anonymous fan sharing how she pulled a Hawkeye Initiative themed prank on her CEO to illustrate a problem with some artwork.
My personal compliments to her and her accomplice on a mission well done; they perfectly took the concept of The Hawkeye Initiative one step farther, and effected actual change. I hope this gives you as much of a laugh as it did me (the artwork is currently my desktop), and inspires you to be unafraid to stand up and take action in your own awesome way.

Now, excuse me while I go play my new favorite mech game. :)
-Skjaldmeyja

AnonymousFan8675309:

I work with an all-female team of data scientists, in the gaming industry. This makes me the professional equivalent of Amelia Earhart riding the Loch Ness Monster.

I love my job. Our company in particular is great. Firstly, our game (HAWKEN) is beautiful and people love it. Secondly, half of our executive branch is female. Half of them are punk rock, and all of them are badassed. Our gender awareness standards, compared to the industry at large, are top shelf. We are talking Amelia Earhart in Atlantis, at a five star resort, getting a mani-pedi from Jensen Ackles. I have it good.

For the last six months of my tenure at Meteor Entertainment, there has been only one thing I did not love about my job. This
picture:

Our CEO loves this picture. It is to all appearances his favorite piece of comic art for the game. He had it blown up poster-sized, framed, and displayed on the out-facing wall of his office. There, it looms over the front room like a ship’s figurehead. It is the first thing workers and visitors see when they enter the building and the last thing they see when they leave. This little lady’s undermeats have been the open- and close- parens to my work world for the last six months.

I loathe this picture.

Why do I loathe it? How, you ask, can I stay mad at a sweet young belle who has so obviously taken a break from her important welding to offer me a piping hot cup of coffee and/or a vigorous hand job? (And probably, given her apparent safety consciousness, simultaneously?) If you don’t already know the answer, you might want to check out things like #1ReasonWhy, and the Bechdel Test, and also this, and this, and this and this, and all these other things. (And while we’re talking you should check out this other bullshit right here.)

So at our office holiday party, while our CEO was having everyone in the company sign it, I stand there grinding my teeth into tiny shards. Until, suddenly, it came to me: a vision.

And so it came to be that I approached Sam Kirk, a wickedly funny co-worker who shared my sentiment. Sam, turns out, is a very talented artist who can be bribed-slash-inspired using a medley of feminist indignation, hysterical giggling, and two $90 bottles of añejo tequila.

A month-and-a-half later, our vision was a reality. I give you:
Bro-sie The Riveter.

I want to make it completely clear that everything in this prank that required actual talent was done by Sam. Find this, and more of Sam’s art, at TheRealSamKirk.com.

We blew (ahem) Brosie up poster sized. We framed him. And then, at 7:30 on Monday, April 1st, we snuck into our CEO’s office and switched them.

I stood in the entryway, dizzy with joy. It was glorious. There Brosie stood, proud, nipples testing the air like young gophers in springtime, the post-apocalyptic breeze gently swaying his banana hammock. Brosie said, loud and proud: “Get ready, world! I am here to lubricate your joints and tighten your socket.”

I basically spend the next few hours having a joy-induced neurological episode.

As the morning progressed, Brosie (ahem) revealed himself to our co-workers. The air resounded with startled, suppressed gargles of mingled joy and horror. Some take pictures. Some instantly turn and flee. Several men blush and grin in vindicated solidarity. Several women ask us for prints. At this point I am in total rapture. This is the moment I have been dreaming about for six months.

Yet somehow everyone in the office manages to keep quiet about it. Until, finally, our CEO arrives.

We hear a loud: “What the hell is this?!” And then all goes quiet. Ten minutes pass. We panic.

We are both suddenly and painfully aware that we have, in fact, just punked the CEO of our company. He is by all accounts an awesome dude. He is also a late-50s ex-army guy who happens to determine our employment futures in an at-will state. Meep.

Twenty more minutes pass. And then our CEO comes up to my desk, taps me on the shoulder, and says this:

“That was a brilliant prank. You called me on exactly the bullshit I need to be called on. I put up pictures of half-naked girls around the office all the time and I never think about it. I’m taking you and Sam to lunch. And after that, we’re going to hang both prints, side by side.”

Ruby Underboob and Brosie the Riveter, together at last

Yeah. That happened.

This wonderful experience has taught me two things that I hope to carry with me for the rest of my career in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) and in gaming. It taught me this:

Lots of men (like Sam) are already sympathetic to the stupid, constant crap women put up with in gaming/STEM, and they are ready and willing to call that crap onto the carpet.

And, most importantly, many of the guys who are behind that stupid, constant crap are totally decent, open-minded human beings who just don’t realize they’re doing it. You know how sometimes you don’t realize how much you and your girlfriend are talking about shoes or menstruation until some dude walks into the room? Well sometimes guys don’t realize how much they’re talking about titties.

We just haven’t been around enough for them to notice.

There is only one solution to that, ladies. Bust out your baby-Gap tee and your protective welding goggles, and let’s turn this damn industry into the environment we want it to be. It’s hard work, and yes, there are a couple genuine assholes along the way. But if Ruby Underboob can brave the occasional droplet of molten metal, so can we.

Speaking from experience, it’s worth it.

—K2

About our CEO, Mark Long:

Mark has a long and storied history with, among other things, research, games and comic art. He’s a partner in the RoqlaRue gallery in Seattle, representing “chick art.” Mark considers himself a feminist activist. He is proud to have created a graphic novel trilogy with Nick Sagan (Carl’s son) that features a female hero so strong, Hillary Swank is attached to star as her.

Mark and I are now in an open dialogue about gender in comics and gaming.

Well you guys do a bang-up job when you do have the time. Keep it up :D

guardianoftime — Sat, 04 May 2013 16:57:30 -0700

Thank you anon~! We do our best! =)

~ Kirvee

you guys don't seem to post as many confessions. Do you just not get as many anymore or are you all busy with school/work/etc?

guardianoftime — Sat, 04 May 2013 16:42:13 -0700

It’s mainly that we’re all busy with rl and such.

Though we don’t get that many confessions in a day anymore than we used to, but we still get some. But since we’re all kind of busy with life, not many get made at once time. But we still try our best to go through them as quickly as possible.

~ Kirvee

Ghost Trick inspired me to start writing again.

guardianoftime — Thu, 02 May 2013 06:00:51 -0700

Ghost Trick inspired me to start writing again.

"he sounds like a sore loser". Bit of an unfair comment isn't it? I don't know about you guys but playing against someone who is so much better than you that you can't even hold your own doesn't seem like much fun to me.

guardianoftime — Wed, 01 May 2013 18:27:00 -0700

1) It’s called joking.

2) Yes, but how do you know if that was the context of the confessor’s confession. For all you know, she could just be naturally good at it and her boyfriend could be a legit shit player. If that were the case, then his refusing to play with her to save his own face seems a little immature and cowardly to me. Especially when the opponent is a girl, you know how many guys act immature when girls are better than them? A lot. Hence my comment.

~ Kirvee

My boyfriend refuses to play Soul Calibur with me anymore,...

guardianoftime — Wed, 01 May 2013 18:01:04 -0700

My boyfriend refuses to play Soul Calibur with me anymore, because every time we do I beat his arse down within 10 seconds.

I tried giving up swearing but then my girlfriend and I bought...

guardianoftime — Wed, 01 May 2013 12:01:21 -0700

I tried giving up swearing but then my girlfriend and I bought Rayman Origins for the Xbox 360. I think I swear more than ever whilst I play that game out of pure frustration.

Persona 4 taught me to always be true to myself, even if the...

guardianoftime — Wed, 01 May 2013 06:00:47 -0700

Persona 4 taught me to always be true to myself, even if the truth is hard to face, and that my friends will help me face them.

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To this day, no matter what the graphics or game play of...

guardianoftime — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:01:08 -0700

To this day, no matter what the graphics or game play of anything has offered, Sonic 3 + Knuckles is still my absolute favorite game ever.

I love the Super Smash Bros Series and it will always have a...

guardianoftime — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:01:31 -0700

I love the Super Smash Bros Series and it will always have a big ol’ spot in my heart. I’ve spent countless hours playing this game with my friends, family, and loved ones, and it has even become the cause of many new friendships. My only reason for buying the Wii was because of Brawl and I don’t regret that decision one bit. With all the character’s from my favorite childhood games, Super Smash Bros will always preserve my childhood and give me the nostalgic rush I got from playing it the very first time 13 years ago.

The combat system and the graphics are pretty darn bad in...

filiandkilimakeaporno — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:00:53 -0700

The combat system and the graphics are pretty darn bad in Summoner, but it’s still one of my most favorite games because the story, characters, and music were just so brilliant to me. Maybe you can consider it a guilty pleasure.

I think I speak for everyone in the Rule of Rose fandom when I...

filiandkilimakeaporno — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:01:15 -0700

I think I speak for everyone in the Rule of Rose fandom when I say that as we got older, the scariness factor of boss!Clara really lowered for us, especially when she spoke. “Hi-yah!”

Still got nothing on those imps though.

If “Guitar Hero: Crush 40 (feat. Cash Cash)” happens, I would...

filiandkilimakeaporno — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:01:23 -0700

If “Guitar Hero: Crush 40 (feat. Cash Cash)” happens, I would get something that would get me back into the franchise again!

“Frogger: He’s Back” and “Pac Man World: 20th Anniversary” are...

filiandkilimakeaporno — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 06:01:06 -0700

“Frogger: He’s Back” and “Pac Man World: 20th Anniversary” are my childhood games, and I shall make my kids play them, too, instead of that COD and Halo stuff nowadays!

This isn't a confession but I'm happy and glad that you spend some time in doing the confessions again. Thank you. <3

filiandkilimakeaporno — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 01:43:21 -0700

You’re welcome!!!

WE'RE BAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

filiandkilimakeaporno — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 01:09:22 -0700

I think my favorite thing about The Legend of Zelda series is...

filiandkilimakeaporno — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 01:08:32 -0700

I think my favorite thing about The Legend of Zelda series is how awesome their storylines are. All of my Zelda games have had many replays because I feel like each time I play them I’m re-reading a favorite book or re-watching a favorite movie all over again. The difficulty of the games rarely has impressed me, but the stories and music will never get old and will never cease to bring joy to my soul, and that is why they will always be among my favorite video games.