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Topic	Vice: In Early GameFAQs, the Subtext Was Often Sexism
SBAllen 10/22/20 5:04:46 PM #56:	darkphoenix181 posted... @sballen Were you aware of this? I saw the article when it was posted. It's unfortunate that they are doing what we always joke that old people do with consoles (calling them all "Nintendos") and referring to all older guides written by fans as "GameFAQs" instead of just "game FAQs", since people who just read the title and not the article will assume we did something horrible when the article's only about guides written by other people. It is what it is. It's also just clickbait as well considering their take is "people in the 90s weren't as PC as they are today" which I don't think anyone would disagree with. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS \| http://twitter.com/GameFAQs <cite>SBAllen posted [p:946167260] in Vice: In E... [t:79055739]...</cite> <quote>darkphoenix181 posted... </cite> <quote>@sballen Were you aware of this?</quote>I saw the article when it was posted. It's unfortunate that they are doing what we always joke that old people do with consoles (calling them all "Nintendos") and referring to all older guides written by fans as "GameFAQs" instead of just "game FAQs", since people who just read the title and not the article will assume we did something horrible when the article's only about guides written by other people. It is what it is. It's also just clickbait as well considering their take is "people in the 90s weren't as PC as they are today" which I don't think anyone would disagree with. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS \| http://twitter.com/GameFAQs</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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