Nobody Reads This

You may have spotted the Kotaku article talking about some feminists who’re complaining about GTA IV citing it as misogynistic, amongst many other false claims.

The whole story wreaks of a Fox-news broadcast with the kind of experts who got their degrees out of cereal boxes and primed themselves on a topic from uncyclopedia but after leaving a small comment on Kotaku I decided I would leave one on the article itself, found here.

However … They’re moderating their comments so I don’t really expect it to get authorised so here was my comment:

I will admit up front that I came here redirected by Kotaku not to hurl defensive abuse around but to simply say that this article reflects badly upon you as a feminist website.

Setting aside for a moment how patently absurd the vast majority of your claims are and how little basis they actually have in fact I always find it personally appalling when “Feminists” cry out about such things.

GTAIV is a product to be consumed by Adults and features some extremely offensive and gratuitous scenes. At some point in the game all ethnicities, genders and stereotypes are poked fun at because it’s a parody of the real world.

The world, you may have noticed, is not a friendly place and sadly trash posts like this give feminists a bad name and drive away entire audiences of people who probably need to hear the message most.

God only knows that Women are exploited on a regular basis … But you picked the wrong game to target in an obviously shameful attempt to ride the Fox-news Bandwagon to hits.

Congratulations, you made a fool of yourself and your fellow bloggers.

DOA:XBV, Leisure Suit Larry, Soul Calibur, <Any Japanese Game> … These are titles you should consider actually talking about.

The fact they blathered about GTA IV says quite enough.

Regards,
JamesR.

Where are the men with their arms in the air about the fact that 99% of street thugs in GTA IV are Men? I mean … Thats blatantly sexist!?