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Very true, judging a whole set because of the actions of a few is retarded but, and I hate to admit this, to some degree we all do it. Usually about something that severely pisses us off. I'm about to do it again and speculate that one thing that pisses off many a hardcore geek is that they have the same highly sexed energy as other guys (perhaps even more so as they might be prone to have very active imaginations in lewe of following 'fantasy and imagination games' etc) but have very little success with 'hot' girls or even girls in general. People tend to be the most hostile to what they feel the most frustration with. Of course this doesn't make it right but more often than not it swings around too far. I absolutely agree that feminist issues in gaming should be challenged and discussed but many a guy who is into Hentai or even just gets a chubby from playing RPG's with big boobed women, it's a little niche that they can fall back into and it's the labelling they recieve because of it. So many times I ve heard the insult 'basement virgin' thrown at guys who are geeks and dare stand up for their 'hobby'. Plus thats the true beauty of 'geekiness' you don't have to prove shit to anyone. That's what being a geek is about, a devote love of something that only you and a few others in world care about, if women and men alike feel they have to prove they are geeks, then their not geeks.

Stereotypes are like guns, they have a useful purpose, and can be used very effectivley but in the worng hands someone is going to get hurt. It's pretty obvious that not everyone who wears a 'hoodie' is dealing drugs, not every man who enjoys porn likes 'degrading women' not every politician is in it for the money (well mostly). Stereotypes are born from some element of truth, thats why they exist but they also need an audience and enough exposure to be recongised. When those two things happen, aspects of that 'culture' are picked out and emulated but fundematal differences still apply. Exposure leads to mutations of the original idea/ stereotype, a great example of this can be seen in feminism. When the Suffragettes 'started' the movement they main aim was for more rights in voting, look at feminism now, it covers a wide range of beliefs and ideals. Geek culture is no different, it originally started out as a passion/ obsession for a subject not many people would give a shit about, a craving for information and knowledge on quite often obscure topics. The masterbation factor was a side product, all that time alone and quite often unrelatable social context/ situations meant that some douch put two and two together to make a very round four. There are two types of men in this world.... wankers and liars. It's just a convenient way for people to take the piss out of them. I understand why 'true' geeks are pissed off, all of a sudden 'hot girls and boys' are talking they are geeks themselves like it's cool, but still wouldn't give a 'true geek' the time of day. What these true geeks are saying to the world is...... 'fuck you hypocrits'  

now you tell me!

I think trolls on sites like these forget a few key points, one of which being that Pixlbit has a much smaller staff base than say IGN. I’m sure that (and correct me if I’m wrong here by all means) reviews here on Pixlbit just don’t have the time to do several play throughs and explore all the possibilities a game has to offer. A standard rule of playing the game on it’s standard setting ensures a fair and balanced approach to all reviews, and quite frankly you’d have to be a bit of a tool to just read one review when you plan on buying a game anyhow, the internet is a free resource so I try to read as many reviews on a game of interest as I can.    

Then I can safely count you NSW boys and girls as normal!

I'm not sure it's the same in WA, I ve only been here for four months now and it's been all over the news since I got here.

After Edward Snowdens revelations about US intelligence I would say that Microsofts 'eye in the sky' is a major concern too Ben, some people claim to 'over react' but Microsoft has to be the richest company in American History so to say that there is the potential for a team up with the NSA (at least on some level, Microsoft is far too big for Bill Gates to know everything that is happening!) isn't too far of a stretch as far as I'm concerned.

What I really like over here in Aus is that it’s still not technically illegal to buy alcohol and give to a minor, any minor you like, without the parents knowledge! Talk about wrong priorities. I don’t get why violence is more acceptable than sex either, usually both parties enjoy sex more than a fight, unless it’s rape of course (or as some might say, a cuddle with a struggle)

Microsoft are increasingly bitter due to the realisation that it was not them that could ultimately decide what the future of gaming was. I actually understand their desperation to innovate and push technology to the next level (Apple are great examples of this, I’m not a huge fan of them regarding their policy decisions but have to admit the I pad, I pod movement has inspired many) In truth I think they are right, the future is very much ‘on line’ but their bedside manner was all wrong, particularly over the concept of online only. In-fact their policies as far as I’m concerned would have lead to much more piracy, not being able to loan or buy second hand would have led people to taking advantage on their ‘online only’ setup. You can’t disguise monopolisation on this scale and I think to claim other wise is pretty absurd. Their idea about sharing games was clearly an afterthought as were all the explanations, they purposefully left it vague to gauge the reactions of the public, and in my opinion to ‘see what they could get away with’. They can piss and moan all they want, I don’t buy it!

Super star wars as a platformer still but with some serious HD treatment.