Women In Video Games – More Than Sex Objects?

Video game history has seen many female characters become as popular as their male counterparts. We’ve got Samus Aran and Lara Croft to name a few. But one of these characters were exploited for their sensual auras. When the first Tomb Raider was released, boys were clamoring for pictures of the pixelated sex object, and there were even rumors of a hack that could allow you to play Lara completely in the nude. Yikes.

[rabidpancakeburglar]

Absolutely, in certain games they can also be used as target practice

[Boon Tarkas]

I actually laughed out loud. I shouldn't have but I did.

[SolidStoner]

i think they are "sex objects" both, real and video game worlds...

no offence, but that IS the truth! :)

[gameguru]

agreed :)

[Gen0ne]

While I'm not gonna say it is THE truth, there most certainly is some truth to that statement.

[Eamon]

Misogynists or trolls.

I can't tell!

[warrior9988]

shouldnt they be in the kitchen ......... lol

[FishCake9T4]

And out of the arena. I have no idea why women are in fighting games because IRL they would get fucked up e.g. Talim vs Rock or Sonya Blade vs Jax.

[Joe2911]

There is no wonder some people on this site, need their fix of woman thru a video game, with some of the comments posted above.

[Kee]

No woman I've seen in a video game has been 'ugly'.

[warrior9988]

have you seen the broodmother in dragon age lol

[CoLD FiRE]

Or Madison Paige from Heavy Rain.

[Kee]

Shit... you forget about shit like that.... Okay, no playable character?

[Blaine]

Meanwhile, the American Apparel ads to the right are flashing 5 women's nipples at me... If women aren't objects in games, then AA's marketing team are taking the wrong approach. But I think they're onto something...

[Gen0ne]

This particular horse has been beaten to a pulp. I dunno, it seems like that if there isn't a problem, the media creates it and then tries to bury in our minds that looking at an imaginary character on screen somehow translates to real life. People like to look at beautiful people. We just do and it goes both ways. So now we are made to feel like, doing what comes naturally is in someway unnatural or just wrong and hurtful. It's not, it's all just how the individual perceives it. Stop trying to make me feel bad about something I don't feel bad about. I don't see it the way you want me to, and thank God for that. For the way the media wants me to see it, is to make an issue where there is none.

[JAMurida]

Too bad 80% of people in the world, or better yet, "the mass" don't think like that.

[Justin_bristoe]

what wrong with girls looking good as hell?we dont wanna play with ugly girls..wtf is this dudes problem.im tempted to call him rainbow chaser.it might be over done by the japanese a but either way men and woman love it

[Quagmire]

No different to how they're portrayed in contemporary media, whether it be ads for clothes, raunchy music videos, sexualised films, and reality television shows.

[Saryk]

Depends on how they are dressed. Usually sex objects........

[Darrius Cole]

What a bunch of crap. I remember when I used to think just like this guy or girl. I wish I could get those years back, but I can't. Here is a quick question...

Which is more realistic, a woman who is so hot that you can't take your eyes off of her, or a woman who can whip a trained adult male soldier with her bare hands(or a sword/stick weapon)?

Obviously, the superfine woman is more realistic. Contrary to what this author think, a real woman is more likely to look like a DOA girl than she is to fight like a DOA girl.

This person is trying to use the argument against unrealisticly hot video game women in order to advance a more unrealistic idea of the tough-as-a-man woman.

Since I realize that both are fake I think I'll keep playing my video games and enjoying all that superfine + supertough fake feminine computerized goodness. I think I'll go play Bayonetta;...or maybe I should play DOA;...or SoulCalibur....or...