Editorial RPG Codex Retrospective: Roguey fights for social justice in Josh Sawyer's Icewind Dale II

[Infinitron]

Transferred all images to CodexNet.

For the record, I agree with Roguey that IWD2 was overall a better game than IWD1. Better pacing, more diversity.

 

[MicoSelva]

Coincidentally, half a year after finishing the game, this dialogue was the only thing I remembered from IWD II.

 

[Tolknaz]

that old xenophobic subtext revealing white men's fear of The Non-White Other invading their homes and taking "their" women.



Didn't read any further. Shitposting on the frontpage vol. 2

Edit: Okay, maybe for that image.

 

[villain of the story]

Could someone really explain why we are getting these shit "articles" on Codex mainpage? One more Roguey bullshit on main page and I'm starting mass-spamming.

On further reflection I realized Josh Sawyer's fixation with rape isn't just limited to IWD2, but rather every project with his writing contributions. He's the one who brought Ginnafae and Marketh into IWD; the only rape situation in that game as far as I can remember. The Black Hound would have included a character who had become pregnant from rape. The Alien series is all about impregnating rape* and the Aliens RPG would have been no exception.

Valid example -> Valid example -> Invalid example. Pure bullshit demagoguery. Aliens license is popular with pop-cult status and Aliens RPG wasn't Sawyer's personal pet project. You can't go from implicating an individual for his individual design choices to such a strawman based on a superficial and irrelevant connection. You need to be a fucking lunatic to make that kind of connection.

additionally, he introduced Caesar's Legion, an army that rapes their way across the wasteland.

Sweety, Caesar's Legion is a concept originally written by Chris Avellone for Van Buren. I'm sure you know a LOT of design elements from VB made it into FNV. If you are desperate to make a point about rape (or pretty much anything), don't dilute it with irrelevant bullshit for your own credibility.

The intensity sharply increases in chapter 1. Nearly every battle is an ordeal; John Deiley did a fantastic job of learning from his Icewind Dale, Heart of Winter, and Trials of the Luremaster mistakes*

*: http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/472065709174713966
Who was responsible for the Shaengarne content in Icewind Dale II? I enjoyed the challenges.
JESawyer: I think it was John Deiley, but it may have been Damien Foletto.

What made you decide that it was John Deiley?

 

[villain of the story]

Also:

I want you to rape me, Sawyer, make me your personal slave!

 

[Infinitron]

Could someone really explain why we are getting these shit "articles" on Codex mainpage? One more Roguey bullshit on main page and I'm starting mass-spamming.

I rather like it when you and Roguey squabble with each other because you two seem very similar to me.

Why don't you write your own review of something?

 

[villain of the story]

I'd rather bitch and moan about unreleased future games than live in the past by reviewing anything.

 

[St. Toxic]

All intercourse is rape, as the human body instinctively rejects penetration by foreign objects.

 

[MasPingon]

Could someone really explain why we are getting these shit "articles" on Codex mainpage? One more Roguey bullshit on main page and I'm starting mass-spamming.

I rather like it when you and Roguey squabble with each other because you two seem very similar to me.

Why don't you write your own review of something?

But seriously, why putting such a low quality feminist double talk on the front page? I thought that Roguey ID review was just for laugh, but now it seems you really like it

 

[villain of the story]

Lesi... Lesifoere ?

 

[Infinitron]

But seriously, why putting such a low quality feminist double talk on the front page? I thought that Roguey ID review was just for laugh, but now it seems you really like it

It is still for laughs, but we also like it.

villain of the story

 

[MasPingon]

But seriously, why putting such a low quality feminist double talk on the front page? I thought that Roguey ID review was just for laugh, but now it seems you really like it

It is still for laughs, but we also like it.

You can play Dragon Age 2 for laughs, but liking it would make you a faggot

 

[Cassidy]

But seriously, why putting such a low quality feminist double talk on the front page? I thought that Roguey ID review was just for laugh, but now it seems you really like it

How is that surprising, considering who, through dubious NGOs and other means, transformed feminism into what it is right now?

The Jew is obviously having a schadenfreude from the results of the brainwashing his brothers in conspiracy planned all along. Just as Planned.

 

[MicoSelva]

Just finished reading.
I quite like it as a retrospective of IWD2, but I don't really care for superficial stuff like that rape theme 'analysis'.
Overall, I don't feel my time was wasted, but it's not one of the top Codex articles, not even close.

 

[Average Manatee]

Is Josh Sawyer officially a member of the rapeiarchy?

 

[Monty]

At the Codex our reviews are written by pseudo-feminist trolls.


THIS IS HOW WE ROLL

 

[Surf Solar]

And people wonder why the codex is seen as laughing stock on the interwebz

 

[Infinitron]

It's basically a combatfag review. If there's anything I'd be concerned about if the Codex was a more "professional" publication and I was the editor, it would be that. The feminist trolling is just easily ignorable fluff. If you let it bother you, you're falling for an obvious trap.

 

[evdk]

NEXT UP: Volly reviews NWN, dwarfs everywhere.

 

[tuluse]

Roguey, nice work. I really liked your introduction. The meat of the retrospective sort of devolves into a list of things you do in the game. I wish you had worked more quotes about the development into the body of the text instead of just using footnotes.

@editor:

Third edition-style multiclassing (where any race can take almost any class on level-up) replaces the demihuman multiclassing and human dual-classing of 2nd edition; a boon for the fighter and rogue classes who can benefit from self-only buffs and are only worth taking for 4-5 and up to 10-11 levels respectively

That should read "are only worth taking up to 4-5 and 10-11 levels respectively".

 

[Clockwork Knight]

And people wonder why the codex is seen as laughing stock on the interwebz

Really, if anything Roguey's contributions should make the other sites take the codex more seriously.

- Have you seen this review?

- Whoa, maybe we judged those guys badly...they are definitely aware of the danger presented by the cryptopatriarchy enablers.

 

[MasPingon]

And people wonder why the codex is seen as laughing stock on the interwebz

Really, if anything Roguey's contributions should make the other sites take the codex more seriously.

- Have you seen this review?

- Whoa, maybe we judged those guys badly...they are definitely aware of the danger presented by the cryptopatriarchy enablers.

Apparanty you can't see a difference between awareness/knowladge and gibberish talk using queer conceptual system. Being treated more seriously by those guys is not on my top priorities list

 

[Black_Willow]

Rape. Rape never changes.

Anyway, does this mean Roguey has a secret desire to be raped by Josh?

That's called masturbation.

 

[Tommy Wiseau]

And people wonder why the codex is seen as laughing stock on the interwebz

Really, if anything Roguey's contributions should make the other sites take the codex more seriously.

- Have you seen this review?

- Whoa, maybe we judged those guys badly...they are definitely aware of the danger presented by the cryptopatriarchy enablers.

If the Codex simply wanted awareness there'd be a slew of other things it could have already done to achieve that, just sayin'.

Spoiler

 

[A user named cat]

I recall enjoying IWD2 a lot. Even more so than IWD1 and the BG series for that matter, since I actually managed to finish it without growing dead bored.