Ask Drew.

[Drewsov]

Do you like any type fast food?

Yes. Carl's Jr. is a bit of a vice, sometimes... their Six Dollar Burgers... *drools*

I'm also partial to Chipotle. Not typical fast food... but the food does get made fast.

[Pheonix]

Ever eaten at Taco Cabana?

[Drewsov]

Ever eaten at Taco Cabana?

Probably not, no.

[Chozon1]

Are you biased against slow food?

[Drewsov]

Are you biased against slow food?

Hmmm... nope, don't think so. I actually wait to eat with my mom most nights... and that's usually between 7 and 9 mountain time. So slow food? nah.

[Pheonix]

Do you like Mountain Dew?

[Drewsov]

Do you like Mountain Dew?

Very rarely, and only Code Red. But Game Fuel was a bit of an... addiction for me.

[Chozon1]

Yeah...I went kind of crazy with that stuff too.

Ever owned a diary?

[Drewsov]

Yeah...I went kind of crazy with that stuff too.

Ever owned a diary?

I have.

But I rarely wrote in it. I don't have the dedication to do so, and writing down my emotions never helps with my fiction, simply because I need to have some backstock in order to even come close to being effective or passionate. If I don't, I end up having a painting, in words, which is good... but not always what I need.

[Chozon1]

Ever sniffed moss?

[Drewsov]

Ever sniffed moss?

Um.

No?

[Chozon1]

Why not? Smells like forest. Rich, earthy.

[Drewsov]

Why not? Smells like forest. Rich, earthy.

I don't have much opportunity to smell moss. The forests that I live by have much more lichen than moss, more evergreen than birch.

[Chozon1]

Oh. Try sniffing juniper berries, they smell good too.

Why do you think most fighting games have inappropriately dressed women? And do you think that fact would change if more women were on game development teams?

[Drewsov]

Oh. Try sniffing juniper berries, they smell good too.

Why do you think most fighting games have inappropriately dressed women? And do you think that fact would change if more women were on game development teams?

I think it's the culture of fighting games. It's a testosterone driven genre, so it's expected that males are the target audience. And since there's that expectation, there's an expectation that we want to see a caricatured woman instead of someone realistic, which is both more attractive and more female friendly.

I don't, however, think that would change much if more women were in game development. With more women coming in, there are some major benefits. A woman was the producer on Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed (there were other women on the team, too), and there was hardly any sexuality in that at all, if any. Women in that game were represented in a positive fashion. EA's new game, Mirror's Edge, from Battlefield developer DICE, features a realistically proportioned female lead, one who isn't dressed in skimpy attire. It seems that, really, the only games that are sticking with the whole "women must wear next to nothing" thing are developers that aim at males (Epic, Midway, Team Ninja [anything Tecmo, really], Crystal Dynamics, etc., etc.) with their games, most of which are action or fighting games. Though I think at least two volleyball games could be considered there, too.