That if you're a journalist then you should get your facts straight first. And if you don't then you should at least be able to admit that you were wrong about certain things even if you do still stand by your overall opinion. If they can't at least do that then we're just in a situation where games journalism where they can say anything they want regardless of whether it's true and get away with it because apparently there's no reason to admit when they're wrong.
If only he'd do that.
The points made by the XSEED translator are valid, but they still don't justify the nature of this mini-game. The specifics aren't the meat of the pudding - it's the overall gist that feels creepy as fuck: It's a mini-game where you pick up women by staring at their tits and buying them stuff while orgasmic moaning noises play. The fact that the X-ray glasses are 'optional DLC' doesn't mean everything is A-OK.
The point I wanted to make with this video is simple: Suda 51 has been respected as an auteur for many years, but the nature of his recent work no longer earns him that kind of status. You might argue that this stuff is knowingly subversive, but that doesn't escape the reality of the situation: His games primarily pander to an audience of fap-happy teens. The fact that X-ray glasses are pre-order DLC makes this situation abundantly clear.
Oh, nevermind.
GAF's vicious to feminists, and the posters that say mean things about established social theories need to be put in their place, even thought the actual subject of the thread was a flawed analysis of an optional mode in a video game. That's what we're arguing about, gosh darn it. Discussions evolve, and they'll keep going even when they lose their legs in the process.
I'm trying to avoid straying too far from the original topic, because these sorts threads tend to be characterized by some of the least honest discussion on GAF. Both sides have a nasty habit of reading what they expect to read in the arguments of people who don't agree with them, and once that starts happening, it's impossible to engage other people as human beings. Most of the digressions are based on someone reading the most aggressive possible message in another person's post, and then getting defensive about it. It sucks, yet it keeps happening over and over.
It's noble to try and correct all the viciousness and dogpiling and so on, but it feels really futile to me. I think it's more productive to focus on finding what our common ground is and where our disagreement comes from in this particular case, instead of trying to change people's minds about feminism.