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Anita Sarkeesian had launched another video series this week, and the most interesting thing about it is…nothing. Honestly it’s a feeble attempt at highlighting positive female video game characters that don’t play into tropes.

The main reason for the following rant from American McGee is that Anita doesn’t present sound facts. When she thinks does It’s heavily diluted so she can cherry pick her evidence and present it to her audience how she wants.

American McGee posted this rant on his FB page:

“I’m prepared for the SJW flamethrower…

Seriously, isn’t Anita saying this character is acceptable because she’s such a blank slate? I can’t help but think the “woman” in this game might as well be wearing a burka for all the identity she has. If this is “positive” and we (as game writer/designers) are meant to emulate this model… then I imagine the characters in our future games getting some really odd looks as they walk down the streets of virtual Los Angeles, sneak through the corridors of Space Station 009, or try to blend into any world that isn’t a magical fantasy world of pixel make-believe.

To me, real characters, positive characters, have flaws. They’re broken. They have an identity constructed of past events – good and bad. Like real people, they might make poor “life choices” which result in them being shallow minded, skin revealing, homicidal maniacs, who wear women’s lingerie under their space armor.

Or, like the rest of us, they might be who they are, and wear what they wear, because society (the real world) hasn’t left them many other options. If we’re going to tell real stories, it’s best we do that with characters who closely resemble real people.

Pixel burka woman is art. So are real people.” – American McGee, via his Facebook page

I don´t know if it´s just me. But Anita Sarkeesian didn´t exactly sound all that “in the zone” in this video (Robin).

Clearly aiming his sights on Anita Sarkeesian and the SJW army. 9 be question does come to mind when seeing this:

– If Anita Sarkeesian cares about open debate as she says why did she turn down zone many requests to have live discussion on air?

Another question i would ask her friends Randi Harper and Zoe Quinn would be:

– Do you believe that it’s ok to monitor people’s Twitter feed and monitor their followers as a form of cyber stalking? Because that’s exactly what Brianna Wu and Zoe Quinn are supposedly partnering with Rep. K Clark over.

– Whether or not I believe that is a different story, one that can be denied or accepted as neutral. If we look at what’s been happening in the last 2-3 weeks it proves as a self-fulfilling prophecy:

– Leigh Alexander left Gamasutra (or was fired) to form Off world which Isn’t off to a great start

– Zoe Quinn and Brianna Wu are pushing harder in Boston as constituents of Rep. K Clark taking their fight to congress.

– Anita Sarkeesian is searching for a way to hemorrhage more money for an ongoing series people don’t care about with moderated comments.

The feminist army that Anita Sarkeesian formed is crumbling like wet sand, and no one can stop it. It’s self imploding and it’s all because of the facts:

– pure human greed
– False ambition
– Jealousy and clout
– No proper upbringing upbringing or role models

Let us know your thoughts in the comments.

***Disclaimer***
This is a personal opinion of the writer, and it doesn’t necessarily represent the other writers (nor The Gaming Ground´s)
opinions.