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Numbers are a tricky thing. I don't blame you for avoiding them,Cary. They seem to cause a lot of unnecessary controversy.

Wiser words have never been typed.

I was mad at that too,Blake. There was no excuse for that kind of behavior.

That's exactly what GTA is. lol. But not everyone likes raunchy grindhouse satire. Regardless, I got the feeling Carolyn liked the game despite being slightly offended at certain parts. I mean it still got "editor's choice" and a 9 out of 10.

I agree. As much as we try to be objective I think a little bit of personal subjectivity always creeps into whatever we're analyzing. It's human nature.

Yar har har! Set sail for adventure little elf lad!

Wish I still had some of the original Transformer toys from my youth. They're probably worth a lot now. By contrast, I started my obsession of Transformers with the cheesy 80's cartoon. lol. Y'know, when Megatron turned into a gun and Sound-wave turned into a boom-box casette player. Got times,man!

Yeah,it's truly unfortunate. I think we all want to see gaming as being progressive but it still has a nasty under-belly. We should at least be beyond the "Gurl gamer?! Make me a sandwich,hurrrrr!" stage. And a gamer being gay or transgendered shouldn't be a big deal either.

I'd understand the rage if Carolyn was snarky and venomous throughout the review and gave the game a 5 out of 10. But instead it seemed like she still loved the game despite it having some content that offended her. Aka, she didn't let her personal preferences completely ruin the experience. At least to me, that's keeping things "professional".

I'm usually on the side of gamers but when many of them pull the dumb-ass card all I can do is this.

"Editor's choice,Gig. People are raging over a review that was "Editor's choice". I'm close to giving up,man. lol. Also,let's be honest. GTA is a great series but one of its' longest running gags is doing hookers than running them over to get money back. I realize GTA is violent against men too but I think it's safe to say there is a certain amount of "virtual misogyny" going on in many of Rockstar's games. (And even some misandry too) Though Red Dead Redemption itself seemed to have some rather awesome portrayals of women.