When I read the awful responses to Anita Sarkeesian’s tweet about wanting more games with female protagonists, my heart didn’t sink. It barely dipped. I’m used to the kneejerk responses from a vocal minority when you talk about women in games.
At first, I thought about responding to the points raised by the many angry gentlefolk of Twitter, thusly:
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