07-17-2011, 02:46 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-17-2011, 02:47 PM by StarSock64.)
Gillian I don't think that's what he meant
but it was still funny
I don't know why this is even such a big discussion. It's so simple: sexism is never good! Ever! Including in video games! Objectifying women is sexism! You can say "but it's just a video game so it's not as important" except...what, are you one of those folk that doesn't see them as an art form, too? Or see how important they've become in the lives of our youth, whose opinions haven't been fully formed yet? It's not all gameplay gameplay gameplay! it's a full package. I think people spent a lot of time talking about the big picture (I kind of just skimmed because wowee), which is the important part. But I wanna talk about some very game-specific things, like
As a girl, you can't play a "hardcore" video game sample in a store (the MVC3 setup in a best buy I saw is a very good example) without feeling like the guys are looking at you, figuring that you don't know what you're doing or how to play. They probably wanna take over and show you how it's done!! Make the little girlies get outta the way so the big boys can play for REAL. If you think this is just senseless paranoia then you're stupid and uninformed. And "well who cares what others' think!!!" is also really stupid and you couldn't possibly understand if you're not a girl because oh wait you're not a girl and you can't see how this affects other parts of your life all the time as well. It's a cumulative thing, and it wears you down.
As a girl, I can't talk on the microphone on xbox live EVER without
1) people assuming I'm a prepubescent boy (because girls don't play xbox)
2) people making fun of me for being a girl (this doesn't seem to happen to girls who sound hot, but I'm sure they're often harassed in other ways)
3) boys feeling bad when I beat them (girls suck at xbox!!!!)
INCREDIBLY ANNOYING so I just never use the microphone except in private chats. Dhurhurr that's just xbox people they're all stupid yeah but um they're EVERYWHERE you can't just avoid them you know? Sometimes even my friends' friends are sexist in private chats. I can't just be forced to not talk to anyone ever, that's not exactly right is it?
And it really ticks me off when characters I like are ruined by sexualization!
Like, Jill valentine was such an iconic-looking cool character just, shootin' up them zombies. And then she was turned into a generic-looking boys' mind control fantasy, complete with body suit, moaning boss battle, cat woman physics and blond hair. And even after she turned back to normal she still looks really boring and generic. I don't know any developer details or anything but it just came across to me as a change for the sake of throwing some "much-needed" sexual appeal to the game, and screw what happened to jill as a result
but it was still funny
I don't know why this is even such a big discussion. It's so simple: sexism is never good! Ever! Including in video games! Objectifying women is sexism! You can say "but it's just a video game so it's not as important" except...what, are you one of those folk that doesn't see them as an art form, too? Or see how important they've become in the lives of our youth, whose opinions haven't been fully formed yet? It's not all gameplay gameplay gameplay! it's a full package. I think people spent a lot of time talking about the big picture (I kind of just skimmed because wowee), which is the important part. But I wanna talk about some very game-specific things, like
As a girl, you can't play a "hardcore" video game sample in a store (the MVC3 setup in a best buy I saw is a very good example) without feeling like the guys are looking at you, figuring that you don't know what you're doing or how to play. They probably wanna take over and show you how it's done!! Make the little girlies get outta the way so the big boys can play for REAL. If you think this is just senseless paranoia then you're stupid and uninformed. And "well who cares what others' think!!!" is also really stupid and you couldn't possibly understand if you're not a girl because oh wait you're not a girl and you can't see how this affects other parts of your life all the time as well. It's a cumulative thing, and it wears you down.
As a girl, I can't talk on the microphone on xbox live EVER without
1) people assuming I'm a prepubescent boy (because girls don't play xbox)
2) people making fun of me for being a girl (this doesn't seem to happen to girls who sound hot, but I'm sure they're often harassed in other ways)
3) boys feeling bad when I beat them (girls suck at xbox!!!!)
INCREDIBLY ANNOYING so I just never use the microphone except in private chats. Dhurhurr that's just xbox people they're all stupid yeah but um they're EVERYWHERE you can't just avoid them you know? Sometimes even my friends' friends are sexist in private chats. I can't just be forced to not talk to anyone ever, that's not exactly right is it?
And it really ticks me off when characters I like are ruined by sexualization!
Like, Jill valentine was such an iconic-looking cool character just, shootin' up them zombies. And then she was turned into a generic-looking boys' mind control fantasy, complete with body suit, moaning boss battle, cat woman physics and blond hair. And even after she turned back to normal she still looks really boring and generic. I don't know any developer details or anything but it just came across to me as a change for the sake of throwing some "much-needed" sexual appeal to the game, and screw what happened to jill as a result
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