05-28-2013, 08:58 PM
(05-28-2013, 08:48 PM)Hexadecimal Wrote: ^ Oh, I know, but what's upsetting is that she isn't helping any of us lady gamers get more titles with us in mind. If she keeps this up she's just going to hurt us in the long run.
It is a really good idea to point out the real sexism in games but you can't go turning mountains into molehills. Why didn't she go out and interview lady gamers to get their opinions in there as well?
Its a pushed view, an opinion can drastically injure that. Thing is, we'd be less off without the sexism to begin with. Why should we make our villains into angels? If there is such a thing present in a game, it is only to illustrate the views of the character and nothing more. I suppose a good example would be Elly and Moxxi from Borderlands. Elly is a fat empowered girl who lives out in the wastes near two warring bandit tribes, because she does not like Moxxi's way of life, with dresses, and keeping track of her figure, the bar, etc. Moxxi is all for it, and doesn't understand why her daughter is not,and though she supports her, she is still disappointed.
If gaming truly be an art then it be an art where all views best be left unaltered. Removing sexism only weakens that which we hold in its power. Hell, the Teen Titans cartoon had an episode about racism.