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France considers cracking down on sexism in video games
France considers cracking down on sexism in video games
The French government is considering several measures aimed at combating sexism in video games, according to a report published this week by Le Figaro. Axelle Lemaire, the French Minister of Digital Affairs, met with representatives from the French video game industry last month to discuss the set of measures, Le Figaro reports, which include financial incentives and labels for games that give a "positive image of women."
theverge.com




the SJWs have finally done it. the minister even cited ANITA SARKEESIAN.
video games are over.
SJWs are finally here to take away the video games. Only by not actually taking them away and just kind of... putting labels on them or offering money to ones that aren't sexist.
YOU SAY THAT NOW BUT ANITA WAS CITED WHICH MEANS WE'RE ONE STEP FROM FEMINIST FREQUENCY BEING STREAMED INTO OUR BRAINS 1984 ORWELL AUTHORITARIAN FASCISM BUZZWORD BUZZWORD BUZZWORD
WHERESANITASBEES
If only they didn't have that enormous tantrum about her, proving her necessity, she may not have acquired the mana she needed to cast the world spell that slayed gaming forever.
PEOPLE OF EARTH, LEND ME YOUR SPIRIT
probably means that they'll have found a new woman to hate. :(
Thus allowing people who don't like it to not buy it.
I assume our Gamer friends will be absolutely thrilled.
we all know the title is the only part they'll read, and then they'll watch a youtube shouty man talk for thirty minutes about it--one who will have also not read the article or will selectively quote it to make it seem nefarious and evil.
Oh my god the drama this produces is going to be so fucking juicy.
Also, probably way easier to give money to positive portrayals than to police negative portrayals... Ya know, because sexism is indemic to video game writing.
Maybe Ubisoft will finally have a reason to ship Beyond Good & Evil 2, then