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no, they are not. She is cherry picking examples, sometimes twisting the truth so it fits her agenda. See the Hitman example where she portrays violence against women as integral part of the game while you are in fact punished by the game for doing so. She also never properly cites research (please point me that is not true). If her videos were well researched and fair, maybe there would have never such a shitstorm.

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Cherry-picking is made considerably easier by the abundance of loaded cherry trees: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i_RPr9DwMA

    GAMES REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE:
    Assassin’s Creed 2 (2009)
    Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (2010)
    Bioshock (2007)
    Bioshock 2 (2010)
    Dead Island (2011)
    Dishonored (2012)
    Dragon Age: Origins (2009)
    Fable 2 (2008)
    Far Cry 3 (2012)
    God of War 3 (2008)
    Grand Theft Auto IV (2008)
    Grand Theft Auto V (2013)
    Hitman: Absolution (2012)
    Hitman: Blood Money (2006)
    Kane & Lynch (2007)
    L.A. Noire (2011)
    Mafia II: Joe’s Adventures (2010)
    Metro: Last Light (2013)
    No More Heroes (2008)
    Papo & Yo (2012)
    Prototype (2009)
    Red Dead Redemption (2010)
    Saints Row (2006)
    Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010)
    The Darkness II (2012)
    The Witcher (2007)
    The Witcher 2 (2011)
    Thief (2014)
    Watch Dogs (2014)

You're not wrong - her message could be delivered with better impact if she omitted these examples (most of the "you get rewarded for killing women" examples are specific instances of "you get rewarded for killing npcs").

Still, she does have a point. Objectification of women in video games still runs rampant and does everyone a disservice. Just because there are some bad examples here doesn't invalidate the rest of her message.

> maybe there would have never such a shitstorm.

Nice. All this is totally her fault then.

Nice cherry you picked there. If you would leave a meaningful comment, I would be happy to talk.

I stand by my words. Her videos are full of lies. They are on a Columbine or Jack Thomson level of "objectivity". Someone please prove me wrong about Hitman otherwise.

I watched her video that featured Hitman Absolution as well and I don't recall her saying "this is integral" to the game. It was one of many examples.

Also, to me that sounds like cherry picking -- out of literally dozens of games you are focusing on one example.

And that specific example is from a game that caused outrage before it was even released for their "sexy latex nun" trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9NC-PCHp_I

I don't know much about her videos but her description of Hitman left with a bad impression of her work.

It's objectively wrong. Wouldn't it be great if she just corrected it so as to not give her detractors more things to work with?

> If her videos were well researched and fair, maybe there would have never such a shitstorm.

This isn't about her videos. It is about the shitstorm (death threats!) you say is somehow partially her fault. Coming from the same person who said she was "bathing in the outrage". This is beyond criticism of her work, this is an attack.

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