Steampunk Feminists Vs. Zombies

[Fr]anc[is]

n00bs don't get the reference to that feminist ***** swindling people.

Everyone got that reference. Everyone

And I'd still buy that game.

 

[proctorninja2]

I'd buy this game as long as it wasnt overly preachy like that would be my only reservation about it otherwise why is this not real

 

[MatsVS]

Sorry, but I personally know a few raging fems and they enjoy their corsets. One of them told me she wears one as a top to clubs just to lure in unsuspecting guys so she can rip em apart with intelligent conversation and debate. She has a 4.0 and BS in Psychiatry.

Pfft, corsets were the Victorian patriarchy's primary tool of oppressing the feminazguls of their time.

 

[godofslack]

Would buy, would donate, would play.

 

[jamuszero]

I think I'll toss together a card game concept for this, just for fun. The steampunk and the zombie parts are relatively easy to do, but I can't even imagine how to work the feminism in as a gameplay (and not story) angle. How would the game involve feminism if the cast of characters are all female, as the concept art implies?

 

[DustyDrB]

The design looks cool. I wouldn't play it...because zombies are scawy and all (yeah...I'm serious), but it looks cool.

I guess the Kickstarter backlash is full-on now, though. Oh well, as long as we can laugh about it.

 

[Blueruler182]

I want it.

 

[Ukomba]

Sorry, but I personally know a few raging fems and they enjoy their corsets. One of them told me she wears one as a top to clubs just to lure in unsuspecting guys so she can rip em apart with intelligent conversation and debate. She has a 4.0 and BS in Psychiatry.

Pfft, corsets were the Victorian patriarchy's primary tool of oppressing the feminazguls of their time.

Actually, I believe their primary tool was the law. The core of feminism is simply allowing women to do what they want. That can range from being the CEO of a company to being a submissive house wife if they want. A type of clothing is only oppressive if it's forced.

 

[UnderGlass]

Ha! Best poster-size in a long time. This is the best kind of satire. Ruthlessly barbed but a curiously sweet concept at the same time. I feel so dirty...

 

[Twilight_guy]

Why are all the displayed protagonists women while all the zombies are men? Feminists my ass, the cover imagery can be argued as anti-male. Not to mention that there are thousands of zombies games, including Steampunk ones, that already exist. Also, somebody had to have draw that picture for the Kick-starter page which they know at least one guy with some talent. That said, its still a funny comic.

 

[ThunderCavalier]

This comment section reminds me of how sad Kickstarter can be. You never know when a project, even one as awesome as this, might be headed by morons.

It's a good thing I don't have disposable income on me, or I probably would've donated to it already.

 

[yunabomb]

I've stopped donating to crowdfunded works, but this would look quite interesting if it were real.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

I'd donate to that.
Seriously, looks awesome.

No, seriously, I'd donate to this, I wouldn't mind a Steampunk zombie game.

 

[UnderGlass]

What I find hilarious here is the number of people who appear to have taken this seriously.

Irony=win

 

[mirasiel]

feminazguls

I regret to inform you that I shall be stealing that word for future mocking purposes.

 

[TsunamiWombat]

I would totally play that game.

Yeah i'm in too.

Also this exists - The Bone Shaker by Cherie Priest is a steampunk novel with feminist undertones (it's about a widow confronting the spectre of her abusive husband and rescuing her headstrong son. By shooting Zombies. Kindof. Admittedly she gets rescued a couple of times but she's the protagonist and does her own asskicking. Also, there's a pissed off native american woman with knives whose effectively the biggest badass in the book)

Nice reference Tsunami! Cherie Priest is one of the better Steampunk Writers out there and helped define it rather than jumping on the bandwagon. Her second book Dreadnaught is also awesome, though doesn't have zombies.

And overall, I blame the excellent character designs for why people would actually want to donate/play this! Those ladies look absolutely fantastic!

I'd give Boneshaker about a C, to be honest. I wasn't that smitten with it. When you say she's one of the better steampunk writers, I believe you- what little i've seen looks like absolute dreck. Cherie Priest at least can turn out a cohesive story that isn't just BANGBANG WE GOT AIRSHIPS AND CLOCKWORK GUNS HERE'S ABRAHAM LINCOLNS SEVERED HEAD IN A ROBOT WOO. If I had a problem with her characters it's I feel that there wasn't really a character arc to be had for them - the rebellious youth is SLIGHTLY less rebellious perhaps but we're never really shown any growth on his part, and the protagonists ultimate act of self-actualization and establishment of her own worth as a human being

Spoiler

Occurs before the story even begins and isn't revealed until a recap/flashback at the very end when she shoots her husband. It was sort of a let down that the inventor had actually been dead all along, and the villain was just 'some guy' we'd never met before in this book. The entire story exists as a snapshot inside a larger continuity that goes unexplained and unintroduced because it's central narrative twist depends on that.

Still, I didn't hate it. Also I want a Sonic Cannon.

 

[mirasiel]

I'd donate to that.
Seriously, looks awesome.

No, seriously, I'd donate to this, I wouldn't mind a Steampunk zombie game.

The Chaos Engine springs to mind

 

[Lt._nefarious]

I'm sure that is being made into a L4D2 mod right now...

Even though it looks awesome I'm just gonna hold out for Cyberpunk Lesbians vs. the Triffids...

 

[rbstewart7263]

lmao! So true of the evil femlord Sarki. (quiet breathy voice:.....SARKIIIIII.........) thank you that was a real laugh.

Those chicks look pretty cool. take the feminist out of the name an im down.


chick1: blows zombies head off.
chick2:With this horrific pay gap and you still want to eat me! SHOW SOME RESPECT!

mission success: the ladies go back to there womens studies class!lmao

 

[Lt._nefarious]

I'm sure that is being made into a L4D2 mod right now...

Even though it looks awesome I'm just gonna hold out for Cyberpunk Lesbians vs. the Triffids...

...what is a Triffids? Never seen that word before in my life.

I'm going to assume you are joking but just on the off chance you're not I shall divulge, the Triffids are giant flesh eating plants that can, I think, make people blind, Although that may have been the meteor shower...

You've seriously never heard of Day of the Triffids?