Sexist gaming moments (that's sexist not sexiest)

[Little Duck]

All they do is play to the Demographic. If there was a Female lead and a Male sidekick, it'd probably get less game sales. (Note, however, that a Female lead on her lonesome does not produce the same results.)

That's because it's seen as a selling point of the female. For me the worst example is probably the Soul Calibur series, where the females would where next to nothing, wheras the males were fully armoured monsters. I'm just saying, if you were to go into battle, having a big open area in your armour in a place your opponent is probably looking, may not be the
best of defensive choices. That and, is it just me, or were the female fighting moves (namely Ivy's) just that little bit more suggestive than the males? All that implies that whilst men are hardened battle warriors, the females are very bad hookers.

*Cough*What about Hilde stupid*Cough*

Hilde has an outfit of which the dress is blown up by the air conditioning unit on a cold day. And the air conditioner is in another room to the one she's in. And it's turned off.

 

[IronicBeet]

All they do is play to the Demographic. If there was a Female lead and a Male sidekick, it'd probably get less game sales. (Note, however, that a Female lead on her lonesome does not produce the same results.)

That's because it's seen as a selling point of the female. For me the worst example is probably the Soul Calibur series, where the females would where next to nothing, wheras the males were fully armoured monsters. I'm just saying, if you were to go into battle, having a big open area in your armour in a place your opponent is probably looking, may not be the
best of defensive choices. That and, is it just me, or were the female fighting moves (namely Ivy's) just that little bit more suggestive than the males? All that implies that whilst men are hardened battle warriors, the females are very bad hookers.

*Cough*What about Hilde stupid*Cough*

Hilde has an outfit of which the dress is blown up by the air conditioning unit on a cold day. And the air conditioner is in another room to the one she's in. And it's turned off.

Okay, I have no idea what you just said.

 

[Bloody Crimson]

Me personally...I think it's the JRPG cliche of female healers and spellcasters. For the love of GOD!
Sure, it can come down to personality details, but when they make this healer a whiny "I can't do anything else so here's more healing".
Probably not relevant, but I had to get this out sometime...

 

[floppylobster]

and I guess Ms Pac-man wearing bow in her hair could be considered sexist.

no. the bow was the only way you could tell them apart

She had long eyelashes and lipstick? (which was bad enough) Why the bow?

 

[Guitarmasterx7]

There's probably a lot of sexism in games. I just.... don't fucking care. And I don't see why I would. I hate when people get offended by things that don't concern them.

 

[floppylobster]

According to a recent poll on GAMEFAQS there are at least 6000 gamers who don't find games sexist in any way. Is anyone game enough to enlighten those gamers and detail some sexist moments they have come across in games?

Or maybe you're one of the at least 6000 who aren't detecting it? (I know it's not a very manly thing to admit a game might be sexist and perhaps most guys under a certain age aren't even aware of how subtle sexism can be).

I recently noticed it subtly in Halo ODST and blatantly in the script for Halo Wars. There's also questionable stuff like Conan (but that's kind of intentional) and I guess Ms Pac-man wearing bow in her hair could be considered sexist. Where do you draw the line?

You imply that there is sexism but give none of your own examples. You also don't explain what you consider sexist and wht you don't consider sexist. Moreover, you only appear to be addressing sexism against women, you want sexism? How about the fact that almost every male protagonist is portrayed as a murderer without giving a second thought to his victims.

I don't know, I imply there's sexism in Conan but you just assumed I meant toward women. You have a valid point. Conan himself could be considered sexist toward men.

 

[MicrosoftPaysMe]

and I guess Ms Pac-man wearing bow in her hair could be considered sexist.

no. the bow was the only way you could tell them apart

She had long eyelashes and lipstick? (which was bad enough) Why the bow?

How is that sexist though? Thats just what she was wearing. You need to look up the definition of sexist cuz i dont think it means what you think it means. If Ms. pacman went slower or didnt get as many points or something thats sexist. The bow was the only way you could tell them apart. Its not like they had the best graphics in the world when the game was created.

 

[Ammadessi]

Me personally...I think it's the JRPG cliche of female healers and spellcasters. For the love of GOD!
Sure, it can come down to personality details, but when they make this healer a whiny "I can't do anything else so here's more healing".
Probably not relevant, but I had to get this out sometime...

Off Topic: If you can change jobs in a JRPG, I always make the most effeminate male a healer instead of the girl. She gets a sword.

 

[Lordpils]

I haven't played it, but I've heard The Witcher is quite misogynistic.

 

[Joeshie]

There's "sexism" that goes both ways in games, but most of it is harmless.

 

[Doctor Glocktor]

According to a recent poll on GAMEFAQS there are at least 6000 gamers who don't find games sexist in any way. Is anyone game enough to enlighten those gamers and detail some sexist moments they have come across in games?

Or maybe you're one of the at least 6000 who aren't detecting it? (I know it's not a very manly thing to admit a game might be sexist and perhaps most guys under a certain age aren't even aware of how subtle sexism can be).

I recently noticed it subtly in Halo ODST and blatantly in the script for Halo Wars. There's also questionable stuff like Conan (but that's kind of intentional) and I guess Ms Pac-man wearing bow in her hair could be considered sexist. Where do you draw the line?

Since when is there sexism in Halo?

 

[floppylobster]

and I guess Ms Pac-man wearing bow in her hair could be considered sexist.

no. the bow was the only way you could tell them apart

She had long eyelashes and lipstick? (which was bad enough) Why the bow?

How is that sexist though? Thats just what she was wearing. You need to look up the definition of sexist cuz i dont think it means what you think it means. If Ms. pacman went slower or didnt get as many points or something thats sexist. The bow was the only way you could tell them apart. Its not like they had the best graphics in the world when the game was created.

You're right. I guess I'm thinking more of the cabinet artwork - see the image on the right hand side at - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ms_Pac-Man

 

[Anarien]

There's probably a lot of sexism in games. I just.... don't fucking care. And I don't see why I would. I hate when people get offended by things that don't concern them.

Sexism, racism, and other ingrained social issues affect society as a whole. Yes, even how people see and treat you are shaped by them. And these problems aren't improved or solved via apathy or willful ignorance.

 

[Jekken6]

Girls cannot bleed in wrestling games. Equal rights my ass

 

[The Warden]

All they do is play to the Demographic. If there was a Female lead and a Male sidekick, it'd probably get less game sales. (Note, however, that a Female lead on her lonesome does not produce the same results.)

That's because it's seen as a selling point of the female. For me the worst example is probably the Soul Calibur series, where the females would where next to nothing, wheras the males were fully armoured monsters. I'm just saying, if you were to go into battle, having a big open area in your armour in a place your opponent is probably looking, may not be the best of defensive choices. That and, is it just me, or were the female fighting moves (namely Ivy's) just that little bit more suggestive than the males? All that implies that whilst men are hardened battle warriors, the females are very bad hookers.

Spoiler: I stand by my argument that this is the most suggestive character in the game, I mean, just look at his combat, and oh yea, he's male.

Hmm, sexism in games... Uhhh... In Sonic, the guys were all the colours of the rainbow, but all the girls were pink?

Spoiler: O Rly?

Keep in mind Rouge's CLOTHES were pinkish, and her make-up was as well, but she wasn't.
Oh yea, I couldn't find a in game pic of Marine, but she was in Sonic Rush Adventure.

As for me, I don't fall into the category of 'I'll go easy on you' dudes in games, if you're there, you get treated the same as everyone else in the game, target practice.
Funny thing is all the guys get angry at me when I don't go easy on girls, usually via message so the girls 'don't know what they're doing' even if they always know the guys are just trying to get them to like them.
Actually, my sister once played a game of Halo 3 with me, she joins a matchmaking game, gets in the lobby, and it plays out like this:
Sister: Hey
One or two guys: Are you a girl?
Sister:...Yea?
Guy:...Are you hot?
afterwards the whole go easy on you thing happened, she kicked their asses, and you guessed it, they got embarrassed and mad, challenging her to a custom game, where they'd go hard on her.
She kicked their asses, then they left in a swearing rage.
Afterwards she never played Halo again, and rightfully so!

 

[Guitarmasterx7]

There's probably a lot of sexism in games. I just.... don't fucking care. And I don't see why I would. I hate when people get offended by things that don't concern them.

Sexism, racism, and other ingrained social issues affect society as a whole. Yes, even how people see and treat you are shaped by them. And these problems aren't improved or solved via apathy or willful ignorance.

I don't mean like, major stuff like restriction of rights. I mean stuff like this, where women are depicted as giant boobed ninjas and shit. There's not genuine misogynistic intent, they just want to use sex to sell. I can respect that. I like boobs as much as the next guy. Hell there's probably a good number of women who don't care. It's this kind of shit that pisses me off. It's stuff like, someone makes a black joke, and then some fat white woman with some sort of stick up their ass finds it morally objectionable. It's a JOKE. There's no hatred behind it. And even if there is, what, they're not entitled to their opinion, but you're entitled to tell them what they can and can't say? It's not even directed at you. If you where black, I would understand. By all means, go ahead and get pissed if someone's rattling off racial slurs. But if theres noone who's black that hears their racist joke, WHO ARE THEY OFFENDING OR INSULTING? Noone. There's just some holier than thou white person pretending to be offended for no reason other than to make a point.

 

[US Crash Fire]

Hell yeah!
Girls in games are half naked sluts with knockout bodies.
and games made for girls are cooking, babysitting and general "skirt work" simulators.
The whole industry is sexist. Changes need to be made.

 

[TheZaius]

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[Daedalus1942]

According to a recent poll on GAMEFAQS there are at least 6000 gamers who don't find games sexist in any way. Is anyone game enough to enlighten those gamers and detail some sexist moments they have come across in games?

Or maybe you're one of the at least 6000 who aren't detecting it? (I know it's not a very manly thing to admit a game might be sexist and perhaps most guys under a certain age aren't even aware of how subtle sexism can be).

I recently noticed it subtly in Halo ODST and blatantly in the script for Halo Wars. There's also questionable stuff like Conan (but that's kind of intentional) and I guess Ms Pac-man wearing bow in her hair could be considered sexist. Where do you draw the line?

Resident Evil 5. Sheva was frigging useless, but she was pretty. I'd consider that pretty sexist.