: Because lots of good points and real issues are undermined by the biased and
: narrow examples and perspectives.
: Whining about "female AI" in Halo (when Cortana is the only one in
: the franchise to be naked) is one thing, but to use Frankie's garbage
: excuse for a character that existed for a decade before he and his came
: into control of the franchise is more than a tad disingenuous. But it has
: to be to sell the narrative.

: I dunno. There is potential to this crap, since the channel is capable of
: highlighting some real nitpicks in games while highlighting the reasoning
: and contexts, such as this Uncharted 4 review, which nails the pros of the
: game, while highlighting some subtle sexism and storytelling trappings:

: Most of the time though, the crap that they pump out can be countered by a
: simple "show, don't tell" approach

:

: I guess the point is to be offended by any little thing and get a ton of that
: partnership money and donations, but it's actually a real thorn in the
: side of actual debate and the addressing of problems within the game
: industry.

: Poop, I say.

I tend to agree with Korny, and furthermore I’m often struck by how a so many seem to have been indoctrinated by a new Puritanism that ignores or tries to sublimate certain aspects of human sexuality and differences between genders while elevating other aspects in order to construct a narrative. Humans in general like looking at attractive humans, but if you think a woman makes 77 cents on the dollar (a lie, BTW) because her boss spent years in looking at Lara Croft’s derrière, then to me you’re a citizen of Simpletonville.

Regarding the AI in question, and how she fits into BIG PROBLEMS IN GAMING, it strikes me as funny that Cortana under Bungie, who I’ve heard criticized as having a dude-bro development culture internally, presented Cortana’s sexuality with subtlety, whereas when female-led 343 took over, she became voluptuous (literally modeled after Playmates), became more explicitly nude, and adopted a Mae West sashay.