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Topic	Why are social issues such a big deal in gaming?
Zeus 08/06/17 3:27:04 AM #17:	Elekta posted... I don't have to read about them in my piano or literature. I mean I guess literature is progressive, but if it's good then people usually recognize it as good and if it's bad nobody hears about it. In board games it's somewhat about despo guys getting more girls to share their hobby, if anything. If science it's slightly about getting more girls in the field, because culturally it's been harder to get them in so a little extra encouragement is given. But in video gaming it's about trans-homo-obesity-race-etc everywhere. They even get to classic games. Like I don't want a topic about if it "should" or "should not" be in there, but I just want to know why it's so much bigger in this hobby of mine than other hobbies. What? wwinterj25 posted... I have no answer for this. Well, I'm not sure there was a cohesive thought in that long ramble which makes any kind of answer tough. Volke44 posted... People play video games because they have nothing better to do. People with nothing to do have a lot of time to complain. Except the status quo is what's being complained about, something that has nothing to do with gamers but instead outside forces who dislike the current state of gaming. TheCyborgNinja posted... My guess as to why social issues and gaming have becoming interwoven? Entitled crybabies are largely interested in the hobby, and they either have a warped world-view from a coddled upbringing or are gross to look at and think it'll get them a date by doubling down on "the issues." I would say these descriptions do not apply to the majority of gamers, but rather an extremely vocal minority that has managed to successfully lobby an agenda via threats or by infiltrating the development and journalistic sides of the industry. It's sort of like those busy-body PTA moms that have nothing better to do but be catty and dedicate themselves to stupid things most people aren't interested in. Somehow, they manage to turn it into a moral issue where "join us or look bad" comes into play... What? Sensual_T_Rex posted... Because some people are ass hats and insist on crapping on other peoples fun. I got into a discussion on something similar on a Warhammer 40k site. The jist was the person I was talking to said we war gamers need to talk about feminism in war gaming because it's an important issue. I said no its not important in terms of the game in the same way politics or opioid addiction isn't relevant. And blah blah blah for about an hour before I realized the person I was talking to was just complaining for the sake of complaining and not worth the time or trouble. Yeah, that's the kind of nonsense that seeps into stuff thanks to well-intentioned idiocy by clueless wannabe allies. (Not that the actual allies' stuff looks any better half the time.) --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| In Zeus We Trust: All Others Pay Cash <cite>Zeus posted [p:884271169] in Why are so... [t:75642031]...</cite> <quote><cite>Elekta posted...</cite> <quote>I don't have to read about them in my piano or literature. I mean I guess literature is progressive, but if it's good then people usually recognize it as good and if it's bad nobody hears about it. In board games it's somewhat about despo guys getting more girls to share their hobby, if anything. If science it's slightly about getting more girls in the field, because culturally it's been harder to get them in so a little extra encouragement is given. But in video gaming it's about trans-homo-obesity-race-etc everywhere. They even get to classic games. Like I don't want a topic about if it "should" or "should not" be in there, but I just want to know why it's so much bigger in this hobby of mine than other hobbies.</quote> What? <cite>wwinterj25 posted...</cite> <quote>I have no answer for this.</quote> Well, I'm not sure there was a cohesive thought in that long ramble which makes any kind of answer tough. <cite>Volke44 posted...</cite> <quote>People play video games because they have nothing better to do. People with nothing to do have a lot of time to complain.</quote> Except the status quo is what's being complained about, something that has nothing to do with gamers but instead outside forces who dislike the current state of gaming. <cite>TheCyborgNinja posted...</cite> <quote>My guess as to why social issues and gaming have becoming interwoven? Entitled crybabies are largely interested in the hobby, and they either have a warped world-view from a coddled upbringing or are gross to look at and think it'll get them a date by doubling down on "the issues." I would say these descriptions do not apply to the majority of gamers, but rather an extremely vocal minority that has managed to successfully lobby an agenda via threats or by infiltrating the development and journalistic sides of the industry. It's sort of like those busy-body PTA moms that have nothing better to do but be catty and dedicate themselves to stupid things most people aren't interested in. Somehow, they manage to turn it into a moral issue where "join us or look bad" comes into play...</quote> What? <cite>Sensual_T_Rex posted...</cite> <quote>Because some people are ass hats and insist on crapping on other peoples fun. I got into a discussion on something similar on a Warhammer 40k site. The jist was the person I was talking to said we war gamers need to talk about feminism in war gaming because it's an important issue. I said no its not important in terms of the game in the same way politics or opioid addiction isn't relevant. And blah blah blah for about an hour before I realized the person I was talking to was just complaining for the sake of complaining and not worth the time or trouble.</quote> Yeah, that's the kind of nonsense that seeps into stuff thanks to well-intentioned idiocy by clueless wannabe allies. (Not that the actual allies' stuff looks any better half the time.) --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| In Zeus We Trust: All Others Pay Cash</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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