Comments on: A Hegelian Moment

By: Amit

Amit — Sun, 18 May 2008 06:51:51 +0000

Sorry, guys. I was just joking around. I guess the intended tone didn’t really come off.

By: Julian Sanchez

Julian Sanchez — Sun, 18 May 2008 06:35:18 +0000

Well, it’s more annoying when it’s a double misapplication of the law. The original law, recall, was a prediction of a Hitler/Nazi reference, so really a “violation” would be the failure to make such an allusion. But everyone fudges that. The really weird thing is that Godwin’s Law is about *comparing your opponent* in a debate to Nazis. Which, obviously, I’m not doing.

By: Clyde Mays, Jr.

Clyde Mays, Jr. — Sun, 18 May 2008 00:39:13 +0000

Does anyone else fucking HATE everyone who calls someone else out for violating “Godwin’s Law” in blog comments?

By: Amit

Amit — Sat, 17 May 2008 03:49:57 +0000

And a Godwin’s Law violation. You’re looking at doing some real time here.

By: Amit

Amit — Sat, 17 May 2008 03:48:16 +0000

Nazi’s? Okay, hands away from the keyboard. That’s first-degree apostrophe-abuse, buddy. You know I could run you in for that?

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 15 May 2008 03:19:53 +0000

“I know this is a crazy, crazy thought, but perhaps something can be both misogynistic and art. It can even be misogynistic and… good art

By my reading Samhita’s post was not denying that assertion but affirming it..

By: southpaw

southpaw — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:39:53 +0000

What mystifies me is the narrow mindedness of the critique. The game doesn’t just permit violence against women; it permits violence against everyone from a police officer to a helicopter pilot to a baby in a stroller. It devalues all human life, not just the lives of women or authority figures. In short, GTA is more than misogynistic; it’s misanthropic. And as long as the dystopian vision falls equally upon all involved, I’m not sure what the big fuss is about.

By: Clyde Mays, Jr.

Clyde Mays, Jr. — Wed, 14 May 2008 02:13:15 +0000

I’ve been playing GTA IV for hours at a time for over a week now, and I love it. Misogynistic? Probably. Fun? For sure. Truly, the Parts of the game most likely to be considered misogynistic (e.g., hookers, strippers) are the lamest parts.

By: tde

tde — Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:24 +0000

Screw her.

Let her create her own video game.

By: lemmy caution

lemmy caution — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:11:04 +0000

I agree with Psyche. Samitha was responding to an article that attempted to deflect feminist criticisms of GTA by calling GTA art.

If someone says “triumph of the will isn’t fascist propaganda, it is art”, you can rightly respond “It is wrong to justify pro-fascist propaganda by calling it art”.

What feminists were objecting about earlier versions of GTA is that you could have sex with prostitutes which improved your health then kill the prostitutes to get your money back. The perverse game incentives were disturbing.