[mpyne]

> Instead of shooting bullets, you're shooting portals. Seems pretty non-phallic to me.

What's phallic about bullets?

Are women not allowed to be interested in small arms? The Soviet Union deployed women as snipers to great effect in World War II, and the idea that only men could be violent and warlike is itself gender-biased to those who look at history.

[cwal37]

I can't tell if you're serious. Do you really not see the distinction between bullets and portals in a phallic vs, non-phallic context? You are literally shooting phallus-shaped objects with the intent to penetrate your target. On the other hand, you are shooting oval openings into which things enter.

This isn't very complicated or contentious from any angle I can imagine. Unless you're coming in with an agenda, and take offense to the idea that certain types of games might be traditionally male-oriented.

[Crito]

> "On the other hand, you are shooting weird milky looking things out of a phallic object, then thrusting your player into a rather vaginal opening."

If bullets are "phallic" (despite rarely even having in-game models) then portals are "vaginal" and the primary game mechanic is to have your player "penetrate" them.

In reality, all of this is just pseudo-intellectual Freudian bullshit.