Thanks Final Fantasy for introducing RPGs to North America
I have no words.Let me come out with it now: my favorite Final Fantasy characters tend to be the classic cheerful and energetic archetype, like Aeris, Selphie, and Vanille. It’s usually because I bring a lot of myself into games, and want to relate to someone in a fantasy world. Before I really looked into gender studies, I didn’t realize how problematic these characters were in respect to women’s portrayal in games overall. While I have that perspective now, I still look back at my connection to them with fondness. It wasn’t until recent conversation with peers that I tested my defense of these women; their reception is mostly negative or dismissive because they are seen as hyperactive and hyper-feminine, perceived to serve the very narrow interests of hegemony.
My gaming tastes were partly defined after I gained my first CRPG as a gift shortly after gaining my first PC, when I was 10 years old. The game was Betrayal at Krondor, the first CRPG I played.
I pity those who had Final Faggotry instead.
First games i had on the pc (had a amiga before), was a pirate cd full of all the sierra, dynamix, cocktel arts games.
Needless to say, the overload of awesome left me marked forever.
And this, not his lack of vagina, is why Gabe won't ever be in the center of a shitstorm like the one engulfing Hamburglar Herpler.Instead of acting butthurt over the interwebs, Gabe simply...
Not just any sewers, phasetick sewers. Fucking ragequit quit.SEWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERS
Not just any sewers, phasetick sewers. Fucking ragequit quit.SEWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERS