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#WomenAreTooHardToAnimate – Nobody is Buying it, Ubisoft

If you’re just joining the conversation, here’s what you missed: Earlier this week, Ubisoft unveiled the latest installment of their unstoppable franchise, Assassin’s Creed: Unity. The story takes place during the French Revolution, and players can choose from up to four unique characters–

Alright, not so unique, then.

The fact that Ubisoft chose to omit women in their game without bothering to Google the most famous assassin of the time period is bad enough, but then they made matters worse by trying to explain why.

Basically, it was too much work. … Except not really. In fact, it’s safe to say that excuse is complete bullshit and Ubisoft has no good reason for not including a female assassin in their game.

In response to Ubisoft’s statements, @lionschmion started the Twitter hashtag #WomenAreTooHardToAnimate. In less than 24 hours, there have been thousands of tweets with the hashtag, with a reach of over 1.2 million users. Oh, and Kotaku has just now picked up on it (damn, got there before me).

Jayd (aka lionschmion) was kind enough to pretend to take me seriously long enough to do this interview. We talked about the decline of the Assassin’s Creed series, the overwhelming response to #WomenAreTooHardToAnimate, and what it means for the future of gaming.

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June 11, 2014by radiophile
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CONTEST: Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey Giveaway

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Our own planet, Earth, and the universe that surrounds it remains a mystery to all of us. Neil deGrasse Tyson hosted this 13-part adventure across space and time in Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. Here at Defective Geeks, we are proud to present our readers with a chance to win a blu-ray copy of this super-science-awesome series!

Want to win? Check out the details below!

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June 11, 2014by Team DefectiveGeeks
PODCAST

Ep. 184 Not Michael Bay’d

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Fortune Cookie brings in a new ‘Fandom Word of the Day’ in this episode and then the Lady Geeks descend into a discussion on Slenderman, kaijus and why Godzilla made Gizzy B angry. Also, E3 didn’t invite us to the party again. Sad faces.

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June 11, 2014by Team DefectiveGeeks

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