08-03-2013, 12:41 PM
Like I said in the female gamer thing, I hate sexism as it is really dumb and really just made to make the opposite sex look bad. Why? Are we still stuck in the 60's? I know women can't carry as much as a man naturally, but a man can't push out a baby. What makes a woman a worse character in a game?
I know we have Peach, DoA, and most of the Mortal Kombat characters to thank for setting gaming back 30 years but we are trying. Samus is a badass chick
who has had many games...... that most people have forget about. How about Bayonetta..... who is made to be sexualized. Lara Croft is someone who was made to be bad ass AND not made to be sexualized...... but still was.
You see how hard it is to find good examples. The only people that I can think of that are really good examples are Jill Valentine, Heather Mayson, Anya Stroud, and Cooking Mama, but Anya might have been a scrawny teen boy..... with boobs and Cooking Mama is Cooking Mama. I don't expect every single game have a strong female character, but if I can only name two good strong females THAT ARE LIKEABLE (seriously guys, there is sexism by making your character sexualized and then there is sexism by making your character so far in the closet they beat up men) you are doing something wrong.
Here is my final thought. Can we have a game with a good female character and a sexualized male? Video games are marketed towards men, but could it work the other way around to get female gamers? I probably wouldn't buy it, so I would be a part of the problem but I'm not female, so I have that for a reason.
I know we have Peach, DoA, and most of the Mortal Kombat characters to thank for setting gaming back 30 years but we are trying. Samus is a badass chick
who has had many games...... that most people have forget about. How about Bayonetta..... who is made to be sexualized. Lara Croft is someone who was made to be bad ass AND not made to be sexualized...... but still was.
You see how hard it is to find good examples. The only people that I can think of that are really good examples are Jill Valentine, Heather Mayson, Anya Stroud, and Cooking Mama, but Anya might have been a scrawny teen boy..... with boobs and Cooking Mama is Cooking Mama. I don't expect every single game have a strong female character, but if I can only name two good strong females THAT ARE LIKEABLE (seriously guys, there is sexism by making your character sexualized and then there is sexism by making your character so far in the closet they beat up men) you are doing something wrong.
Here is my final thought. Can we have a game with a good female character and a sexualized male? Video games are marketed towards men, but could it work the other way around to get female gamers? I probably wouldn't buy it, so I would be a part of the problem but I'm not female, so I have that for a reason.