"Keep your ears open. Seventh Rule of Acquisition"

Wait - Video Games are SEXIST?

11 replies [Last post]

Tue, 11/15/2011 - 20:02

Superheidi

Offline

Joined: 12/30/2008

Posts: 14333

I was going to write this whole big thing about how a blogger wrote about Batman: arkham city and said it was sexist, but I saw this video linked in their article and now I'm stuck.

This is a video game creation reality show IGN ran, and this shows the most sexist highlights:

__________________

I'm the owner and editor of PlanetFury. You can also find me at PlanetEtheria.com

Tue, 11/15/2011 - 21:49

Chris McMillan

Offline

Joined: 12/28/2009

Posts: 1325

The only thing sadder than those basement dwelling bozos who's only intimate contact with a woman was a stealth snapshot of a cosplayer's ass at a comic convention is the female judge DOESN'T SAY A WORD about these ideas!! Instead, she hands it off to the male host, who appears as stunted in his development as the game "designers."

God, if being a geek means I might have to associate myself with these bozos through default, I'm renouncing my membership.

__________________

Visit my blog: http://shadowoverportland.blogspot.com/

Tue, 11/15/2011 - 22:00

Superheidi

Offline

Joined: 12/30/2008

Posts: 14333

I mean, if I were one of the contestants, I would never be like, "Yeah, it's a villain, so it has to be a man. A Rapist! A black rapist man who beats you up and pimps you out to his friends! yeah! Or if he's white he has to wear a wifebeater and live in a trailer! It should wield a giant hard rod that shoots an acidic, poisonous substance all over you!"

It's so weird to hear the guys talk about the dominatrix feminist villain like it makes sense.

I think it's not really a good video game character, either. I'd be like, "It's an evil unicorn that shoots flames out of it's horn and breathes poison." Like, it wouldn't occur to be to resort to stupid stereotypes. Come on! Use your imaginations! You can have ANY kind of apocalypse you want! Why make it a feminist apocalypse led by a 35 year old who can't have kids? (by the way, since when can 35 year old women not have kids?) These guys are fired.

__________________

I'm the owner and editor of PlanetFury. You can also find me at PlanetEtheria.com

Wed, 11/16/2011 - 01:10

Chris McMillan

Offline

Joined: 12/28/2009

Posts: 1325

I'm waiting for a unicorn boss that eats lightening and craps thunder. Then I'll buy a new game system.

__________________

Visit my blog: http://shadowoverportland.blogspot.com/

Tue, 02/28/2012 - 01:57

Algolagniac

Offline

Joined: 02/26/2012

Posts: 73

It's sad to think these guys might get funding to make a game, they remind me so much of the creators of World of Warcraft except they don't even have a successful game to give them a sense of entitlement. For anyone who hasn't seen it, here are how the creators of World of Warcraft respond to someone pointing out a major hole in the continuity of their story arc.

__________________

Our souls are from the wild, and wings to reach the sky. Let the sun fall into the ocean, let the earth erupt in flame. It is enough to have the strength and knowledge to raise our dream machines into the sky.

Tue, 02/28/2012 - 16:50

Thomwade

Offline

Joined: 02/26/2010

Posts: 1298

I just watched the game boss trailer... Wow.

Seriously...wow.

In fairness to the female host, Heidi...this is heavily edited...she might have said things...I mean, the video only included two pitches. So who knows what is on the cutting floor? I mean it could be worse.

Tue, 02/28/2012 - 22:06

Cash Bailey

Offline

Joined: 04/23/2010

Posts: 1741

Yipes! What a bunch of jerk-offs.

I get the feeling guys like these made BAYONETTA.

Wed, 02/29/2012 - 07:51

Algolagniac

Offline

Joined: 02/26/2012

Posts: 73

Cash Bailey wrote:

Yipes! What a bunch of jerk-offs.

I get the feeling guys like these made BAYONETTA.

Let's not forget Blood Rayne, DOA Beach Volley Ball, Rumble Roses, the score of Hentai dating sims (mostly just sex sims involving slutty girls), Americanized versions of dating sims that are pretty much just 3D girls you can interact with using a hand cursor (some of these are very graphic).

Even the Soul Caliber franchise puts more attention on the female characters breast sizes and skimpy outfits than it does on tightening up the sloppy controls. The latest installment is similar to the re-boot of Mortal Kombat in terms of control. Like MK you can go to practice, where it shows the buttons you've pressed, execute a move perfectly only to have it not activate 1 out of 10 times (worse activation rate in Mortal Kombat).

Japanese games also include incredibly androgynous male characters. I mistake lead characters in many of the games for females until the story informs me they are male, their animation is also full of big breasted women and androgynous males (even kids shows such as Naruto have transgender themes). I can't help but wonder if this is having a negative impact on the culture. Causing some artists and game creators to rebel against this perceived flood of feminization by overcompensating with the numerous manga and hentai (even the dating sims generally have objectification as a theme) involving the rape, torture, objectification and even murder of women.

Violent manga and hentai are some of the only places I see masculine men as a norm in Japan.

__________________

Wed, 02/29/2012 - 13:18

Tristan Sinns

Online

Joined: 11/26/2008

Posts: 3599

Algolagniac wrote:

I can't help but wonder if this is having a negative impact on the culture.

Or is it more a symptom of an unconscious trend within culture? It's a bit of a 'which came first - the chicken or the egg' question.

I actually plan to get around to playing Bayonetta some day.

Here's a good oddball one. Catherine. I've been playing it off and on with the PS3. This trailer is really made up of cutscenes - the core of the game is this really unique and strange platformer. It's actually a pretty good (if frustrating) game.

__________________

I made this website. I'm sorry.

Wed, 02/29/2012 - 14:38

Algolagniac

Offline

Joined: 02/26/2012

Posts: 73

Tristan Sinns wrote:

Or is it more a symptom of an unconscious trend within culture? It's a bit of a 'which came first - the chicken or the egg' question.

That is a very good point I completely overlooked. In the book, A Billion Wicked Thoughts, Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam suggest that most heterosexual men are aroused by shemale porn. Americans may just be better at repressing that in themselves due to cultural and religious differences, whereas in Japanese men it tends to come out in their work.

__________________

Sat, 04/07/2012 - 16:47

#10

Forumless1

Offline

Joined: 04/07/2012

Posts: 18

What else could it be but a symptom of an unconscious trend within culture?

__________________

The Earth is my petri dish

Sat, 04/07/2012 - 19:10

#11

Superheidi

Offline

Joined: 12/30/2008

Posts: 14333

It could be horny dudes...

__________________

I'm the owner and editor of PlanetFury. You can also find me at PlanetEtheria.com