I'm all for female representation in gaming, but what certain individuals claim to be "misogyny" is just dumb.Yup.
I'm all for female representation in gaming, but what certain individuals claim to be "misogyny" is just dumb.
I dont know, there is a significant noticeable bias towards male representation. Meaty straight white male's are just assumed as the default in gaming. Lacking an option for me to play as a female character in some games particularly RPG's where the character is lacking in any distinct story driven personality discourages me significantly from playing those games.
Games like fable 1 for example discourage me from playing by preventing me form having a choice. While I greatly enjoyed fable 3 because it did. Things are getting better, in general. Some of the smaller AAA developers are starting to get the picture. Especially as females make up a massive segment of the gamer market these days. Other AAA developers, normally the ones with a reputation for treating their customers like mushy excrement haven't changed at all.
I'm all for female representation in gaming, but
Dunno, but technically the statement is true.I'm all for female representation in gaming, but what certain individuals claim to be "misogyny" is just dumb.Yup.
If a little vague, what claims about stuff being misogyny are we talking about?
So tell me again, this is part of an endless discussion about games? Like Parcheesi and Chinese Checkers, only electronic in this instance? I think that in the grand scheme of the universe they have the same value. Originally they were intended to be fun ... a diversion. Now they're serious, huh?
Let's compile a few of my complaints on her evaluations in this post, so you can either rip them to shit or agree with me.
- In her evaluation of Dolllhouse, she dislikes the protagonists because of violence against women. Compare with Women as Background Decoration, where she hates the use of violence against a woman to paint somebody as evil. The latter is common, with her neither caring whether good or bad is being sexist.
- Bones, as apparently crazy male serial killers as part of popular entertainment is a bad thing. CSI and Dexter both get this odd complaint.
I don't think any mistakes Anita Sarkeesian makes, while regrettable, really diminish the presence of misogyny in video games and the video game community. Believe it or not, Sarkeesian isn't the Feminist Gamer Girl Messiah we all slavishly worship. There are lots of people pointing out sexism in video games, not just Sarkeesian.
Ya know, Mass Effect was one of the most diverse-friendly AAA franchises ever released. It has strong, complex characters of all genders, sexualities and ethnic backgrounds. If you choose you can play FemShep which is almost a template for strong female characters in gaming.
But Mass Effect still has a whole species comprised entirely of of sexy, female, sperm stealing, stripper-pole dancing blue succubi!
So yeah, gender stereotypes really ain't that hard to find in gaming!
Eh, I'm not upset. Just able to spot boobies when a game designer puts them on a character in a way that isn't there for any other reason than to get me, a straight cis male, to look at said boobies.That's justified because it's a space boob window.(click to show/hide)
Matriarch Benezia, an ancient thousands year old Asari who is many centuries old and a wise and respected counselor.
With an enormous boob window to accentuate her "gravitas"!
The developers even admitted that the design template for the Asari was that old Star trek the original series green alien women trope. Its sad that the games with some of the most progressive female writing, is still openly misogynistic. Although, it should be noted that femsheperd isn't really a good example of strong female character. The writing is done from a male perspective. It was made quite visible in ME3 with how masculine femshep approaches all the different relationships.Eh, calling it misogynistic seems a bit much.
In space no one can hear you motorboat.Eh, I'm not upset. Just able to spot boobies when a game designer puts them on a character in a way that isn't there for any other reason than to get me, a straight cis male, to look at said boobies.That's justified because it's a space boob window.(click to show/hide)
Matriarch Benezia, an ancient thousands year old Asari who is many centuries old and a wise and respected counselor.
With an enormous boob window to accentuate her "gravitas"!
In space no one can hear you motorboat.Eh, I'm not upset. Just able to spot boobies when a game designer puts them on a character in a way that isn't there for any other reason than to get me, a straight cis male, to look at said boobies.That's justified because it's a space boob window.(click to show/hide)
Matriarch Benezia, an ancient thousands year old Asari who is many centuries old and a wise and respected counselor.
With an enormous boob window to accentuate her "gravitas"!
But I thought windows were a structural weakness in space.
Ah wait-so that's why mass effect has never had a Geth boob window!
Maybe they use emergency induction ports?I'm talking about BEFORE the Geth revolution. Back when the Quarians didn't need exosuits at all times and they were the ones building the Geth.
The Salarian and Krogan have the same dog legs.don't they?Krogans don't, their knees bend forward. Salarians have backwards knees too but the proportions are different and they lack the bony spurs on the back of the legs.
Turians and quarians are both dextro-amino based species, so they're probably more compatible with each other than anything else. I don't think a turian-quarian hybrid is possible but if the quarian's shitty immune system is compensated for I don't see any obvious reason why they wouldn't be compatible. I'd even go so far as to suggest the possibility of a common evolutionary origin - they've got the exact same "doglegs", similar hands, etc.