My bad. They didn't show her face during those scenes. Still, seems like they didn't show her reactions to the more juicy bits.
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Feminists play GTA for the 1st time
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mcz117chief
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Delusibeta
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Would watch Clickhole's version.
Fratboys play GTA for the 1st time
"Oh, this is disgusting"
"You don't treat women like that"
Inferno313
Banned
While, yes, that's EXACTLY what this video is. Understanding that GTA is satire doesn't mean you can't have negative opinions towards it from a feminist perspective. It may be satire, but it's a piece of satire in which all the men are given complex lives and goals and all the women are shrill, superficial, and obnoxious.
TwEE-N-Toast
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Some of those reactions were a bit cringe worthy. The girl in grey seems a bit confused.
BinaryBear07
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I expected so much more.
Nintendojitsu
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As clickbaity as it is, they do bring up some rather glaring points about most modern videogames.
Yeah, aside from her opening and closing remarks I think they only show her face once. I actually had the same thought as you and had to re-watch the video and pay close attention to the voices because they way its edited does make it seem like they didn't show any of her reactions.
Regurgitated
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It's almost like a satire of American culture where women are treated worse than men. Weird. Anyway, the way buzzfeed did this was obviously just to stir things up. Hardly worth a proper discussion.
Kenzodielocke
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It was fun, but they should always add that you don't have to beat up one female character in the game.
keltickennedy
Member
Oh...so they just went to a strip club and picked up a prostitute. Yep, that's all the game.
Oh boy...
Oh boy...
Are there any GTA side characters who aren't shrill, superficial and obnoxious? GTA only makes you give a shit about the character(s) you're playing and they haven't had a female protagonist yet.
Hi ;D
Yes, feminists enjoy things.
Dragon Puncher
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I hate videoes like this and all the "teens/children react" videoes. It just plays of super fake every single time.
Here they obviously directed them towards the things that would give the biggest reaction. It didn't seem like they any had a chance to get a feel for the tone of the game before being blasted in the face with 3D boobs and prostitutes. Terrible.
Here they obviously directed them towards the things that would give the biggest reaction. It didn't seem like they any had a chance to get a feel for the tone of the game before being blasted in the face with 3D boobs and prostitutes. Terrible.
As much as I had low expectations coming in, I thought the on-the-fly commentary, alongside the candid, relatable "oops" moments made it come across in a way more people would listen to than might otherwise. I guess I don't like the subtext that feminists wouldn't have played it already, but that's layering on assumptions. I didn't like how it wasn't them reacting to the game as a game, but they were directing them to incidental points for a reaction.
Shuggananas
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"I'm not gonna do anything sexist in this game so i'm just gonna be dead"
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TheAbsolution
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Why does it seem like there is two separate companies within Buzzfeed? There's one that produces good journalistic content and then there's this part. I don't get it.
gta is horrible and despite this being a shallow take and a bit insipid they are correct to identify that it's sad how influential and formative it is among teenage boys trying to find themselves. terrible messages about people and the world, even if the relentless cynicism is trying to be satire it just feels like cheap pandering with little attempt to subvert any element.
Since we're talking about the YouTube comments for a video related to feminism, "female players" needs quotation marks.
The available activities in GTA5 range in morality from neutral to bad. I think stuff like this would have less of a point if there were more constructive things to do (what happened to fire fighter/ambulance missions??), even if the bad stuff still got more media attention.
Corronchilejano
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Buzzfeed and GOOD journalistic content? Where?
Mango The Magician
Banned
Video was tame, still confused on what's the major issue though, it's GTA it not having prostitutes would be weird, I mean, maybe I don't know also have some male prostitutes or a game where you play as a girl or something.
Also, that comment about how much time they spent on the girls body, well I feel the need to point out that from the looks of it, it was just a generic body, probably the same as the one used for several non-prostitute npcs, so they probably didn't spend that much time on it.
Also, that comment about how much time they spent on the girls body, well I feel the need to point out that from the looks of it, it was just a generic body, probably the same as the one used for several non-prostitute npcs, so they probably didn't spend that much time on it.
SolidusDave
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I completely ignored the gamergate etc. stuff.
Would voicing her opinion (i.e. "it's just a game") get someone banned on GAF?
Sounds reasonable to me but apparently the whole mess is a super touchy subject here.
But I co-sign the lack of strong female story characters, although there were a few in other GTA games (at least I remember GTA3, though her role makes the player hate her...). The new multiple character thing would easily allow even a playable female protagonist (didn't fit with the story of GTAV though).
JohnnyHustler
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I thought so too. Other than the blogger, who almost bordered on a caricature with how she reacted to it. The rest was pretty rational.
Oh and the woman in the black top made me laugh with "Well, I want to show her a good time." That was pretty funny.
SolidSnakex
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How would you define a good character in GTA? GTAV in particular is a game that paints everyone ins a very negative light. They're all terrible people to a much greater degree than in previous games where you could at least see where someone like CJ or even Niko were coming from initially. There's none of that with Michael, Franklin and Trevor. They're just terrible people that are extremely fucking greedy.
Rex Griswold
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You can play the entire game without doing anything that a reasonable person would call sexist.
nikos
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Which is ridiculous considering I've probably put hundreds of hours into the game, have been to the strip club once and forgot prostitutes were even a thing.
xenorevlis
Member
Yeah man. All us 45+ million teenage boys playing GTAV to find ourselves. Wait...
luckygodzilla
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Inferno313
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A strong character doesn't necessarily mean a noble character, it means a well written character. The trio of GTA V at least have fleshed out back stories, they go through a character arc, they occasionally express feelings. They're not the strongest characters in gaming, but they're fleshed out to some degree. None of the women in the game get anywhere near the same treatment. They're all one-dimensional cliches and plot devices.
Feminists are normal women.
Veritigo_X
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One of them condemns the fact that you can beat a prostitute to death but at no point does the game make or even encourage the player to do that. They did that on their own accord...
You misunderstood my comment completely.
I meant that they weren't bashing every bit of content in the game and one seemed to like the game.
Netherscourge
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That wouldn't get you banned on GAF.
Spewing a sexist agenda would probably do the trick though.
This is more "lets see what happens when we have __(outspoken self-proclaimed feminists)___ play ___(a game that would present a completely opposite and possibly offensive stance to everything you believe in)___sensationalism."
Seems like they're looking for shock value more than anything else.
ValkyrUser
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That lady is being REALLY unreasonable.
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"If anyone has ever went to a strip club you know you're not supposed to touch girls"
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Technically, you're not supposed touch girls but.... life comes at you fast and depends upon where you're at. I'm not condoning touching strippers but ...*EDIT, *EDIT*, *EDIT*, *EDIT* and *EDIT*.
The women in glasses did not seem amused by the is game at all.
I'm with them in regards to the lack of female portrayal and think they should boycott this game. Rockstar loves awareness about their products and such a campaign helps spread GTA V.
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Technically, you're not supposed touch girls but.... life comes at you fast and depends upon where you're at. I'm not condoning touching strippers but ...*EDIT, *EDIT*, *EDIT*, *EDIT* and *EDIT*.
The women in glasses did not seem amused by the is game at all.
I'm with them in regards to the lack of female portrayal and think they should boycott this game. Rockstar loves awareness about their products and such a campaign helps spread GTA V.
Every character outside of the main three are one-dimensional cliches or plot devices. Every male side character is as slight of a character as every female side character.
So high up on that horse.
The Albatross
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Not entirely true... Kendyl from GTA:SA is a strong, reasonable, get-shit-done female character in the game, and her role is pretty important throughout the entire story. She was probably the most reasonable, positive non-protagonist in the whole story.