For starters I figured I'd cut RIGHT to the chase...
This is seen as a problem by many, a demeaning over sexualization of the feminine... right?
Now as a "Modern Male" I try to be understanding and mindful of feminist concerns as long as they don't condemn me as subhuman for my "misfortune" of being born with a penis and an excess of testosterone. Because of this I do most assuredly understand the concern with the vast array of scantily clad females who parade across the gaming scene almost en masse.
It's DAMN hard to find a game that doesn't, in some way, present us with a "sexy" female character of some sort. This is viewed by most female gamers as a "bad thing" and I try to be sypmathetic to that... however I must pose the following question...
What is wrong with sexy?
I love "sexy" and I'd much rather see better looking members of BOTH sexes on my gaming screen than people who are "ugly for the sake of being ugly"
In terms of Male characters, I'd much rather look at this...
Than this...
I really dislike the look of Marcus Fenix, I hate playing him on screen... he reminds me of those pockmarked fucks who used to bug me in Junior High. He looks like a piece of meat shaped into human form... I'd much rather play as The Prince. I mean come on, The Prince in all of his manly hotitude and shirtlessness does not remotely offend me, and I, like most PEOPLE, have body issues. I'm a short, stocky and overweight white dude who wishes he looked a little more like the Brad Pitts, Ed Nortons or Johnny Depps of the world (though personally I'd most like to look like Robert Downey Jr.). Yet I am not really jealous or offended by them in fact, I LIKE them. I want the sexy, I don't want ugly game characters... I want to live a FANTASY, I want to play as someone far removed from myself, otherwise why would I be persuing Escapism?
I'm not really trying to make a point, rather I'm trying to pose a question to the gaming community...
Can we preserve "Sexy" and appease both sexes?
IMPORTANT EDIT:
Because this thread has become so picture heavy, both I, the Mods and the other members of the Escapists with slower connections would greatly appreciate it if you put all of your pictures in Spoiler Tags, including the picture of Ivy in this post. It just cleans everything up. Thanks in advance.
This is seen as a problem by many, a demeaning over sexualization of the feminine... right?
Now as a "Modern Male" I try to be understanding and mindful of feminist concerns as long as they don't condemn me as subhuman for my "misfortune" of being born with a penis and an excess of testosterone. Because of this I do most assuredly understand the concern with the vast array of scantily clad females who parade across the gaming scene almost en masse.
It's DAMN hard to find a game that doesn't, in some way, present us with a "sexy" female character of some sort. This is viewed by most female gamers as a "bad thing" and I try to be sypmathetic to that... however I must pose the following question...
What is wrong with sexy?
I love "sexy" and I'd much rather see better looking members of BOTH sexes on my gaming screen than people who are "ugly for the sake of being ugly"
In terms of Male characters, I'd much rather look at this...
Than this...
I really dislike the look of Marcus Fenix, I hate playing him on screen... he reminds me of those pockmarked fucks who used to bug me in Junior High. He looks like a piece of meat shaped into human form... I'd much rather play as The Prince. I mean come on, The Prince in all of his manly hotitude and shirtlessness does not remotely offend me, and I, like most PEOPLE, have body issues. I'm a short, stocky and overweight white dude who wishes he looked a little more like the Brad Pitts, Ed Nortons or Johnny Depps of the world (though personally I'd most like to look like Robert Downey Jr.). Yet I am not really jealous or offended by them in fact, I LIKE them. I want the sexy, I don't want ugly game characters... I want to live a FANTASY, I want to play as someone far removed from myself, otherwise why would I be persuing Escapism?
I'm not really trying to make a point, rather I'm trying to pose a question to the gaming community...
Can we preserve "Sexy" and appease both sexes?
IMPORTANT EDIT:
Because this thread has become so picture heavy, both I, the Mods and the other members of the Escapists with slower connections would greatly appreciate it if you put all of your pictures in Spoiler Tags, including the picture of Ivy in this post. It just cleans everything up. Thanks in advance.
