So they are complacent with it very well. If you are complacent with Nazis, to me, you're a Nazi. I don't give a shit. What's the saying that the Germans have? Like there are six guys at a table in a bar and one of them is a Nazis, therefore there are six Nazis at the table? Yeah, that.
Well, my thinking was that I wasn't sure, actually. I just liked their proportion better. They were nice looking. It was almost a running gag for me and my friends that I would always play women.
There were exceptions, like if it was a character that was speaking it would depend on the voice, for example in Far Cry 6. I picked the male model because I preferred his voice over her. Or if the female model is like overly sexualized with over the top sized ass, ridiculous sized boobs, a distinct lack of clothing compared to men... No thanks. I want to play as a woman, not play as a "made for horny 14 years old by horny men-children" version of women. No thanks. That kinda thing. But that's about the only exceptions.
If I have the option in an RPG, it will be female. I'm gonna play Cyberpunk soon, you can bet your ass it will be a feminine type character. I played Mass Effect, Fem Shepard all the way. That GTA 6, for as little as I am excited by it for many reasons, I'm still very excited that one of the main characters is a woman.
I've always had a preference for playing women. I don't have a problem playing any character at all. I can always immerse myself in them. It's rarely an issue. But if I can, I like to play something that I identify myself with more, qnd that's always been more the case with characters that are fem coded.
They are usually smaller. Usually thinner than male models. They have a more rounded face. And they tend to have long hair. All of this always fitted much more with who and what I was. I never had much muscle. I was never that tall. My voice, even as I grew into an adult, was never the typical male voice. It always had a bit of femininity in it. I have long hair. I have a more rounded face compared to most men. It always clicked more with me.
So yeah, there have always been lots of reasons, but it's always been kind of nebulous as to why I just preferred it, you know? But then I figured out I was trans, so...
I think it is impossible to properly state how damaging his existence was to gaming as a whole.
I would gladly say good fucking riddance, as if it was a victory, if it weren't for the fact that he is going away with a fuck ton of money. He didn't lose anything, he just won. And the whole gaming industry, hell, the whlole world suffers because of it. Because this isn't just about video gamse. The man is a vile piece of shit. And he just gets to walk away and get away with it. Because money is power. The whole thing is just sickening.
It feels so good to see countries not tolerating the far right. As a French, they're basically everywhere now, everyone on talks like the Far Right on TV, now. My country has gotten so complacent with it...
I hope Germany keeps doing this and more act accordingly.
The artists put their music on streaming platform as well. There is no such thing as ethical consumption under Capitalism. Everything is fucking exploitative as fuck, everything is awful. There is A LOT of things that I refuse to watch, play, listen to, pay for, consume, for ethical reasons.
Again: I AM NOT PIRATING! I'm using a legal way to access the music I listen to, Deezer. And buying albums that I really love when I can afford it on the side.
You're acting like I'm pirating the music, here. I'm not. I said that I'm using Deezer right now, a legal and paid for way to listen to music.
I use Deezer and like I said, when I like an album, I still try to buy music from the artists that I love when I can. Which pays them much more then millions of stream.
I don't know what to do honestly. I'm fully aware of the situation. Artists deserve better then the shit they're always getting, I'm not disagreeing. But here's the thing, buying music is nice and all, but one: Bandcamp is going to shit. And two, I just can't afford it.
I'm poor and I listen to a lot of things. Buying all that isn't possible for me. Right now, I'm using Deezer, because they offered 3 months for free. And you know what? Just the 10 bucks a month that I'm saving is making a huge difference in my life.
Not to mention that discovering music without streaming services is quite hard. I left Spotify a long time ago, when the home page started recommending me more Podcasts then music. I tried a lot of things and I came to the conclusion that I hate all music streaming platform but they're still, by far, the best way for me to listen to and discover music.
If I love an album, I'll still buy if I can afford it (which I often can't).
I'm still using the PWA. It works fine and does everything I could want.