alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 11 days ago"Women love video games," Dressmaker dev says, there just aren't enough games for them: "We were definitely targeting women from the get-go"www.gamesradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1249arrow-down13
arrow-up1246arrow-down1external-link"Women love video games," Dressmaker dev says, there just aren't enough games for them: "We were definitely targeting women from the get-go"www.gamesradar.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squarediocesegoldmine@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·edit-210 days agothe game is cool but it would be so sick if we could leave this gendered language behind in gaming. as a nonbinary person this is so fucking stupid.
minus-squareMulligrubs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-210 days agoWhy ever would we do that? Binary people make games. Non-binary people make games, and they use gendered language, too. It has never been left behind, and it never will be.
minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·10 days agoI know, right? And “combat” reminds me too much of actual violence. I prefer “kerfuffle” or “spot of unpleasantness”.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·10 days agoOh we can’t say “kerfluffle.” Reminds me too much of feathers and I’m a mammal.
the game is cool but it would be so sick if we could leave this gendered language behind in gaming. as a nonbinary person this is so fucking stupid.
Why ever would we do that? Binary people make games.
Non-binary people make games, and they use gendered language, too.
It has never been left behind, and it never will be.
I know, right? And “combat” reminds me too much of actual violence. I prefer “kerfuffle” or “spot of unpleasantness”.
Oh we can’t say “kerfluffle.” Reminds me too much of feathers and I’m a mammal.