Entertainment Buddha's Owen Hibbert discusses the use of sex appeal in the video game industry.
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Amazing how bad this game looks already. We keep acting like this gen doesn't feel like an update but I think we're starting to see it.
The game started really strong in that hospital, but after a couple of hours I wondered if it was even an mgs game I was playing.
If women are objectified in games, so should men.
Its funny some people look at Bayonetta and feel offended or look at her in a sexual way because all i see about her is total badassery . She is indeed beautiful but i always look at her badass side and attitude . And to answer that question . No is the answer because its a fictional world created for entertainment and not for delving into the real life issues . While some games do this perfectly , others look at games in a really weird and useless way . (Looking at you Bioware ) .
I am getting this depressing feeling that every game from here on out is going to have the "its sexist" attack against it.
In the first game, it felt as if the writers didn't want to put time into writing a meaningful character, so they ended up with an overly sexualized one. Felt corny and unnecessary most of the time. Didn't add anything meaningful to the game imho.
It's all about common sense when it comes to representation. A lot of people see it as an 'attack' yet people who want fair representation want just that, fairness.
Comparing make to female characters is frankly laughable. We're talking about sexualisation, saying "The guy in x game has big muscles, men a misrepresented too" etc is valid, but very narrow viewpoint to have. Most people who feel threatened by people talking about how games are rubbish at fair representation only use the 'muscular dude-bro' statement as a counter argument to female representation, but instead of using it a a rebuttal it should be used to support it. The same is true of race, homosexuality and transgender representation.
At the end of the day if it's fair and justified in a context other than the ridiculous argument that its "just a videogame" and therefore ok, then most of the 'feminists' will accept it. The fact is right now most cannot and will not accept that there is a problem because it doesn't really affect them in the same way and therefore throw up knee jerk and childish reactions