Game Journalism A Boys Club Treats Women As Sex Objects
Here's a snippet from the piece-
"I'm not saying gaming news should become as mature a genre of journalism as politics, business, and world news. It's still a new field and will always be as subjective as covering music or film, with the accompanying celebrity culture. But now that women outnumber men in online gaming, party games like Rock Band appeal to both sexes, and casual games (popular among women and adults) are the fastest-growing segment of the gaming industry, gaming journalism should be an all-inclusive genre. Why does it still pander to a core audience of straight young males with outdated misogynistic material, to the boredom and frustration of all of us who can get laid outside of World of Warcraft?"
He goes on to say that "what needs to stop is the boys club, in which women are only featured as sex objects." Well, this is one novel - and very fresh - idea that is sure to appeal to all the ladies out there, but the author apparently doesn't need to troll for female acceptance and admiration because he's not hindered by "geekdom" (evidently). So we're a touch confused. Gawker says our "obsession is taking an awkward form" and provided several examples, including GameDaily's brief interview of pornstars (which I recently wrote an editorial
Strip Halo 3, which is basically like strip poker only with a FPS. Oh, and "Gaming's kinkiest costumes" got a mention, too. After the evidence, he concludes that the industry is "addicted." Ironically enough, Gawker Media's gaming site, Kotaku, apparently discourages "boy's-club" coverage of video games and as a result, their traffic has been on the upswing for several years.
That's just dandy. Very admirable. Noble, even. But the implications here fail to take shape, primarily because of some very logical reasons. First of all, I fail to understand how any site or publication regarding sex and video games is any different than other that focuses on sex and movies, or sex and music, or sex and books, or sex and whatever other entertainment medium you want to feature. Secondly, the target audience remains males 18 - 35 and in no way is the "boys-club" coverage any more "awkward" than a "100 Hottest Women in the World" feature that any major entertainment outlet churns out. I suppose my editorial is more "boys-club" hogwash, but at least I had something to say. Sex drives this culture, and he's annoyed because gaming journalists are taking this into account when reporting the news or developing editorial pieces.
The "obsession" and "awkward form" has a semblance of truth to it, and that's primarily because many game journalists are still quite young. But I know the truth of the matter, and I know what makes for good news and op-ed pieces, in all venues. Having a publishing history that goes well beyond video games has taught me this, and as a 29-year-old journalist and writing professional, I'd like to think we've gone a bit beyond "awkward" and "obsessive." In fact, it sounds suspiciously like a supposedly mature individual claiming that "gaming journalists aren't mature enough to portray women and sex." But I mustn't break down that entire editorial into such a simple - and untrue - sentiment...right?
Daegu Pengnong Jinghai County of Tianjin Industry Corporation and former president of Yuzuomin died recently. Many have been reported in the news media, and Yuzuomin made an objective evaluation, said that he had to lead the masses in the 1980s to the development of township enterprises, production and returns are high. 1993, a hardened harbouring a crime, and obstructing the performance of official duties, the crime of bribery, illegal detention and illegal control of the crime was sentenced to prison for 20 years.
Yuzuomin offences of five traced to the direct cause of crime can be LI Zhan, the word to sum it up: Lifengzheng violent deaths, and 300 million capital inexplicable, Yuzuomin become urgent, setting up Gongtang .
LI Zhan, in this period has also served as deputy secretary of the CPC Jinghai county, the governor, who is also the CPC Tianjin Municipal CPC Committee Yuzuomin assigned to the investigation and handling of cases, deputy head of the working group. He and the causes of the incident should accept the lessons of insightful, and to learn to deepen rural reform put forward new issues.
Color with a strong family hotshots run enterprises
Daegu is Yuzuomin Zhuang full use of the power in their hands, villagers rely on the hotshots and the city leadership and business combination of quick riches.
Daegu is located in Mission Park Chong Wa, the farmers here have always lived a life of poverty. Great Cultural Revolution Yuzuomin members strive to lead in learning from Dazhai, Xiu-Tian still can not shake off poverty. At that time, the regiment 400 mu of arable land, only 200,000 yuan in income, except for the expenditure, residual Wuliumo yuan. Overrun households every year, household debt, the poorest team working on a dividend only 2 fell by 0.1 yuan, the Qiongguangdan. 1977 winter, when the secretary of the party branch in the election, farmers can no longer be endured, the Who can lead the Battalion rich, who serves as secretary, This is the incumbent secretary Yuzuomin new challenges. He reviewed 30 of the tortuous process of rural, deeply realize that the class struggle as the key link, people Xinhuanghuang to grain as the key link, and poor Dangdang , and expressed their determination to work to taking economic construction as the central task, Daban township enterprises. He assured the members that the 2003 poverty remove the hat, if this does not automatically step down. Yuzuomin therefore confidence in the masses, for re-election.
This is a personal highly centralized under the economic reform. Run enterprises is a prerequisite for the project, it has built a plant site, but also funds. These have to be resolved by the party branch secretary. Who will set up factories in determining who gave create conditions. Yuzuomin his Cabinet and to the masses he said: played their own, I heard, and will not listen to me, one should not. He eat for the past big pot defects and the implementation of layers of packets , the layers, everyone will have autonomy, to let hotshots get rich first.
Daegu Zhuang Jiaoliu a million people, called Liu omnipotent , the original one in Tianjin when the smelter workers, after promoted to Deputy Chief of equipment, and in 1962 returned farming difficult economic times, when the production captain. This person not only understand smelting technology, but also in Tianjin counterparts in a number of acquaintances. He inspected by Yuzuomin assigned projects that engage in cold than hot-rolled and low cost, to make money. Yuzuomin act decisively, the group raised several million, and from other units borrowed thousands of dollars, to gather sufficient 150,000 yuan, Liu Min, Liu brothers foolproof system obsolete equipment purchased from Tianjin, started cold-rolled steel mills, the first year profit of 17 million, has built up its fortune became Daegu village factory, and then to snowball, Mujixiadan from a factory into four plants.
September 1984, the Xinhua reporter Lin Mo Hengshui area in Hebei interview, the farmers went to hear the praise Daegu Zhuang rich sound, I went to Tianjin to Daegu about Zhuang interview. That year Yuzuomin the age of 55, he has the rustic rural cadres and frank, though the first meeting, there is no greeting, came straight, completely in their own language, the growth of memory accurate figure as familiar with, to one breath: Full Village 3040, 737, the contractor 15, fixed assets 20 million. Past poor, saline-alkali land, the village breaking, stealing, gambling, what have superstition. Why can the rich landlords and capitalists? Means practicing industry. Now there are strip, pipe, printing, electrical appliances four plants, together with subordinate factories, 10 million yuan in profits. He advocated a high-wage, high-consumption. General labor, wage was 1,000 yuan, 2,000 yuan bonus, than the income of local farmers generally higher than more than 10 times. On enrichment experience, he said: We are unified wealth, which is not . Tianjin because many farmers have not even been to, and will not speak, how will be running factories making money? Have to use hotshots and set up factories. past illnesses are somewhat Crimping now use his skills. these 15 contractors appointed by me, I will wage bonuses are. made money-industrial agriculture, farm income Some 2001 10000 more.
I used people, elected by the people have not been. Democratic elections may be Laohaoren, but not necessarily capable of producing benefits. He cited the elections have not come out several hotshots :
-- Li Feng Zheng, deputy secretary of the general party branch, Guitouguinao, was not afraid of anything, I am frightened. People say that he has, the ability, and left a force but a force restraining the right to elect not, I convince everyone he was incorporated into the leadership team.
-- Built cold-rolled steel business running Liu million people, the period of Japanese rule when the puppet forces in a few days, he was disgusted farmers. Party Branch on my own with his. Others say Do not let him disgrace , I also think that he Waterloo, but it honestly rendered him to engage in the factory, I was in the General Assembly for his small, and helped him Ruledang.
-- Young intellectuals Shi people to jump the queue, the General Assembly speech eloquence good voice, the celebration of a people. When the two broadcasters, leaving her as a director of women a year to solve the organizational issues (Ruledang), it is now director of the Office of Corporation.
-- Yu Zuoyao graduating from high school, the most mischievous, when Chibaozhulin transferred to the unit, the militia commander, trained him, it is now the director of the factory.
-- 24-year-old Zhang Jun, the school came out in the group
Yuzuomin ownership, the right to operate son Yuchao governance, into the Yu home. Since then, the Leisure Village Corporation, the leadership groups, with the exception of Yixing is Yuzuomin confidential and others are uniformly Yu home team.
Daegu Zhuang ownership and operating rights to the Yu family reunification, naturally they love plants such as home, If someone violations of the rights of Leisure Village, they jointly defend.
Annual salary of 700,000 and Kaimengshenshi
It is precisely because of the more than 1 billion assets can be said that I, we must do everything possible to safeguard the Yuzuomin family and his privileges.
Hotshots get rich first under the slogan of a lopsided consumption village. To the early 1990s, per capita income in the village as much as 26,000 yuan. Village France, the United States, Japan and the senior Xiaowoche more than 200 vehicles. Following Yuzuomin, Benz Xiaowoche soared to 10-odd, the highest grade is Benz 560 type. Who is the first all enjoy? Is Yu and his family in the hotshots. Why Daegu Zhuang so rich? Candidates here when a consultant s Tianjin director of the state-owned enterprises, state-owned enterprises not only because the production costs but also deduct the repair costs, management fees, medical fees is profit. States handed over most of the profit in wages, welfare standards are of national unity, not more than, and in addition to production costs of township enterprises is profit, excluding other costs, their profits can be directly participated in the distribution and allocation amount from their own decisions, from national restrictions.
Yuzuomin personal income is a puzzling mystery. His self-proclaimed honesty and self-discipline to Beijing to experts and scholars said, I little money, I turned to the assessment, more than 10 million annual salary, I do not want you to, I personally entertaining guests. 2001-only to pay 10,000 yuan. However, the exact details of the people to know that he has earned the countless money. And someone else can say, and they are unable to grasp. When the public security bureau for his detention, cities, counties and villages after the Joint Working Group, Daegu Village Accountants only to the Working Group provided a real situation: in 1992, vice president Corporation is the annual salary is 700,000 yuan per person, as Vice President Yuzuomin course of the two sons is this figure. LI Zhan, said this is the Daegu Yuzuomin party committee meeting is scheduled Zhuang, who said that unreasonable, not legitimate? This is corruption or legitimate income? Clear who is right? So LI Zhan, reporting to the Central Politics and Law Committee Yuzuomin case, said that the economic problems Daegu Zhuang investigation unclear, the Working Group can help break the judiciary beating death case. He said that this income is white, grey, black income Colour? Party committee of the Communist Party here has become Yuzuomin and safeguarding the rights and interests of family tools. This is the unitary system for the convenience of Yuzuomin conditions, but also the Fushiji Yuzuomin.
Personal consumption and the family of the limited Yuzuomin used as money and a very powerful and prestigious transaction bargaining chip to increase his value. He Beijing to experts and scholars said: Every day the door to a 34 sponsors, but really to socialize, but the elevation personal social prestige thing, he would be the Kaimengshenshi generous. Therefore, the National people s congress deputies also voted off the CPPCC members.
These sponsors are found when the news in newspapers, radio, it is more power to hold senior officials of the absolute confidentiality for the information. So when Yuzuomin sentencing because they did not involve economic issues (individual has been exposed except for the case), many of the officials who accept bribes by protection.
Yuzuomin became the embodiment of money and power, the individual will feel insecure. He has eight bodyguards. Daegu Zhuang ongoing labour dispute , Yuzuomin see this new social contradictions, afraid of the situation to expand, many mediation. In order to maintain normal production order to ensure its own security, the paper Yuzuomin repeatedly reported to the Public Security Bureau of Tianjin, Zhuang police station demanding expansion of the establishment of Daegu. This request was rejected, he is still not reconciled, steps have been taken to establish economic expansion of the police and security staff. His allegiance to his Chibaozhulin promoted to be an effective go-getters. Yuzuomin concurrently station mentors, master of enforcement powers, the police also to the village economy as many as 100 people. Yuzuomin arrested in the same time, the public security personnel in accordance with the law copied his home, in addition to hundreds of thousands of cash, imported drugs, also found arms.
Corporation, a trial Baijiezi Gongtang
It is precisely because of the more than 1 billion assets can be said that I, his son and his family Yuzuomin staff who put the loss of property as Baijiezi.
Centralization under the personal property of unknown, there is a characteristic is the masses of the assets Deli unclear, and only boss clearly personal. November 1992, the president of the corporation, Daegu Hua Zhuang Lifengzheng suddenly died. He died at the conference table, the 45-year-old age.
Lifengzheng a death penalty, 300 million debt inexplicable. Banks of 200 million, 100 million is owed to the outside. Plants, and equipment separately. To June 1996 have not yet cleared the debt , The reason is mismanagement, not inflation. one have the final say. which killed more stinky. large group, 60 million loss. LI Zhan with the concise language stated the cause of the incident.
The Lifengzheng Yuzuomin is being called the Guitouguinao, not afraid of anyone, I am frightened of the hotshots. He worked as a unit of accounting, deputy party secretary Corporation, can it be said that will be counted, but also the boldness. Because the ownership and management in focus to a hotshots who bosses suddenly passed away, enterprises lost control, the normal distribution channels interrupted, capital flows to arrears. This is the losses caused by corporate bankruptcies also heavy, suddenly enterprise has turned into a black hole.
300 million debt inexplicable, Lifengzheng found dead outside the cadres of corruption. At this time of the Daegu Zhuang assets as I can also say is the Yuzuomin and his associates, angrily. Yuzuomin presided over a company more than middle-level cadres meeting, the group said, leadership is a group of Baijiezi is to ruin Daegu Village. He suddenly announced the revocation, large companies, enterprises will be under the jurisdiction of their respective foolproof system, sea-,-the United States, Yao and Shun four corporate management, revocation of nine major groups, deputy general manager of the post, and the beginning of the trial.
Daegu Zhuang Corporation became a privately setting up conference room of the Gongtang. They prepared batons, whips and other torture equipment, and set up a sound recording, video equipment, the suspected target of trial. In Yuzuomin under the auspices of Daegu Zhuang Yu Chao, general manager of Enterprise Group G, Daegu Chibaozhulin Zhuang Zhou Ke-wen, Vice President and Secretary General Corporation Shi Min (female), has the original plant, the company Yangqian Tian is a long, the vice president, Hou Hongbin large companies, large companies, farm director Song for the trial. December 7, Yuzuomin presided over the trial, he first hands-beating, other hitmen Yiyongershang, kicking, punching the person has been played nose Green Wenzhong, in accordance with the requirements of their recognition of its own problems before give up. Afterward, he give generous rewards the trial meritorious officers.
Yuzuomin courage to setting up a Gongtang beating trial, his subordinates and confidant on Gandong torture. At the trial the field to the 26-year-old clerk farm suspected of being a danger on the blessing, December 13 Wanquan Group Manager Manager Liu chapter take him to the third floor conference room, he should answer questions. Wei said he did not question hitmen were stripped of risk-fu shirt, hit electricity batons, whips pumping V-belt use, a group of people playing tired
Wanquan, a total of 18 companies participated in the blessing of the risk of assault. 22:00 danger to a stop a good moan, was sent to hospital died.
After killing as false, Yuzuomin four hitmen to run. PSB arrest, he Burangjin. LI Zhan points clear Yuzuomin harbouring committed the crime, and obstructing the performance of official duties the reason.
Their father and son became accomplices
Wanted suspects and law enforcement agencies began a search, in Daegu Zhuang security personnel under the command of the mobilization of cars, tractors, horse-drawn carriage, placed all sorts of obstacles, formed the five lines of defense were also issued on the provincial and municipal party secretary, said Tianjin Public Security illegal arrests departments, provinces and cities across the country are required solidarity with the ongoing interference of the central work meeting. At the same time, as general manager of Yuzuomin son Yuchao governance to the central authorities a staff bribery, and asked him to provide a central leader of the Daegu incident Zhuang attitude information. After that the central leadership had been dealt with promptly, Yuzuomin father and son hit the muzzle.
I Yuzuomin collapse, Daegu Zhuang have to collapse! Yuzuomin the family, his trusted followers are tied to the chariot. He was determined to fight in the end. When law enforcement departments and villages arrest criminal suspects, but also members of the leading body Yuzuomin organizations 30,000 people to the county procession to show resistance. At that time, members of his team, family and confidant was no longer able to Yuxiao, can no longer take risks by. They Yuzuomin in pain and in the break. Zhang Jun led Yuzuomin arm, hoarseness, tears: Chairman, no, this is not dry ah! Said the Sixiang remonstrance, picked up the glass table to the head Mengza Yangang, the red seepage from the blood in the hair out; Yu Zuoyao head hit the wood; Yuzuomin son-in-law, the United States-manager of the company Diaoshuzhong know discourage invalid, an excuse hidden field, a telephone command production. Working with Yuzuomin years, and he has enough relatives Liu (Liu s son Liu Yonghua nephew is the son-in-law Yu), Tuobing not. Such scenes to see people from the use of the feudal family networks do the scourge of collective enterprises!
Daegu Zhuang has caused to the party Central Committee with Jiang Zemin at the core importance, the central leadership instructed: accordance with the law. December 15, Yuzuomin was detained in Tianjin public security organs according to law, showing that the dignity of the law and authority.
July 31, 1993 and August 14, Tianjin Branch of the Attorney LIU Yu-tian and adversity, was beaten to death a blessing to the Intermediate People s Court of Tianjin prosecution. The same day a public hearing. Yuzuomin eight people into court to stand on the dock.
Tribunal investigators concluded, the court into the debate. The prosecutor pointed out: In the Daegu Yuzuomin Zhuang rule can be said to have become impenetrable entering, water poured into the non-independent kingdom, lawlessness has become the sub-soil Wai .
The end of the debate, the accused made statements. Yuzuomin said: Daegu Zhuang become a China first Village, the expansion of my mind, caused this crime, ideological and historical roots.
1993
