To Tymiegie and low_growl: Thanks for expressing civil and constructive feedback.

To people like Kittie and brama...
Do you people hate women?

Would it KILL you people to take the effort to make constructive criticism instead of mindlessly bashing others?

Do you people even KNOW the MEANING of the word feminist?

The word "feminist" has been dragged through the mud in our culture and become a burning, hateful label. But you know what?

A feminist is just a person who believes in EQUALITY FOR WOMEN. Is that bad? Should that make feminist a bad word? Should you hate people who use the word feminist?

I think people forget the real meaning of the word feminist and so when they hear it, they start foaming at the mouth, imagining stupid stereotypes like hairy, men-hating, bra-burners. That's what it is. A STEREOTYPE. Feminist has become a dirty word associated with unfair stereotypes.

I propose we use a new word for "people who believe in the equal treatment of men and women." Men-and-women-equalists. How's that?

The author of this article probably spent hours writing about and analyzing games he'd played and deserves thoughtful and civil responses to his ideas of how "Portal" is a men-and-women-equalist kind of game, more so than most other games.

It uses less violence to get through traps and enemies. And the game developers certainly agreed on making the main character a female, and not a female in a spandex bikini for that matter. And SO WHAT if some people think the robots sounded like little boys or little girls? Does that destroy the author's argument? ...No. No, it doesn't.

This was a thoughtful, different, and brave comment on a fun game.

People need to stop jumping out of their seats whenever they hear someone writing about race and gender. Seriously.

And seriously, people. LOOK UP THE WORD FEMINIST. Go ask a history teacher. Look in a dictionary, look in freaking Wikipedia. Feminism is the belief that women should have the same SOCIAL and ECONOMIC status of men!!! It's not bad! And if you DO think that's bad... well, what can I say?

Thanks for listening, peeps. Keep on gaming.