Back Manoffriendship in his quest to convince the male mass effect gamers that Mass effect is no misogynistic and hopefully give gamers the red pill.

Hamakua · 2012-04-23T09:38:27+00:00

First of all. The situation in which you can punch the reporter is optional.

Second. The main character of the series can be either a man or a woman and all but a handful of situations are scripted exactly the same.

Third. In the third game the actions concerning this reporter in the first and second have a resolution.

Fourth. There is a second reporter, also female, that you essentially "befriend" because she isn't looking to editorialize or spin your actions (the reason the other reporter gets punched).

PellagiusTheSane · 2012-04-23T12:27:23+00:00

I've played all three Mass Effect games. Punching the reporter is actually just a renegade choice running gag because she tries to spin your heroic actions to be very negative. You get fed up with the "gotcha" questions and have the choice to punch her.

How is the game misogynist when you can have a super strong female protagonist (who is arguably more popular by the way) that saves an entire galaxy? My Shepherd in all three games has been the same woman. The voice acting is better. Nothing to see here.

ExpendableOne · 2012-04-23T15:01:57+00:00

Apparently punching one female character is worse than beating the hell out of male characters, killing thousands of male characters, pushing a man off a building, electrocuting a male pilot, burning a male krogan alive and executing a bunch of other male characters point blank.

hardwarequestions · 2012-04-23T08:57:25+00:00

I have no idea what I just watched.

Was the video satirizing feminists or something else?

primaloath · 2012-04-23T09:35:55+00:00

It's a really well-designed film as far as I can tell, though I don't particularly like the black propaganda element. I upvoted but wished that it would address the taboo against punching women (which I am thoroughly against when it comes to evil women) in a more serious manner.

burritosandbeer · 2012-04-23T11:41:12+00:00

S I feel like I missed some kind of shitstorm about this. After watching this video, I have to assume there was controversy about punching the reporter, so I'll go with that. And my response is WTF? What is sexist about that? Person acts like a douchebag in game 1, and receives her just dessert in game 2. Also, might I stress, the punch out can only occur by player choice. The choice comes with 'Renegade' points, implying via the game's alignment system that the act is inherently evil. None of this adds up to 'promoting violence against women'. 'Promoting excess violence' maybe, but calling the idea gendered is insanity.

Title	Back Manoffriendship in his quest to convince the male mass effect gamers that Mass effect is no misogynistic and hopefully give gamers the red pill.
Author	Manoffriendship
Upvotes	0
Comments	9
Date	April 23, 2012 8:11 AM UTC (14 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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