Just discovered this youtube channel and it's pretty amazing. I love how well she breaks down these principles without being reactionary or taking them too far. I think every single videogame designer and producer and concept artist needs to be forced to watch these on repeat till we get more diversity in game characters…
Plus, let's imagine your imaginary "well designed and fun game with ugly female character". Demo is made, now we are shopping for a publisher. Do you honestly think that any of them would provide funding without asking she be hotted up? Or funded at all? Point taken, but it gets incredibly frustrating when you try to make…
Why is there no physically ugly yet positively portrayed female character in games ? Well, because ... no one wrote or designed one ? That doesn't mean that there is a hard rule about it ... And the fact that there are none ... doesn't mean that it's not okay to create some. It's like asking why the ideal in classical…
From a purely personal point of view? Bayonetta I'm on board with. She's designed to be sexy, but it's done in a way that's strangely creative and unique. She shoots out of her feet and turns into a giant hair boot, which is not a combination of words I ever thought I'd write. Plus it fits the context of that game world -…
I'm pretty sure bulletstorm had AWESOME male characters, and was a (silly) story about friendship and overcoming your friends' mistakes... Where is the negative stereotype of men? The idiot-savant reckless genius drunkard, or the responsible, frustrated cyborg? The ONLY negative stereotype afaik in that game was the…
So I am going to dip my toe into the cesspool here. Admittedly I have only skimmed the thread so I have probably missed some good discussion. One of the biggest mistakes any particular person could make I feel is forcing a particular viewpoint onto anyone else (which hey is part of why this thread exist in the first…
I am surprised by how this thread shows an overall trend in trying to find the universal golden rule regarding the appropriate portrayal of all men and woman in games (and in all medias, really). Because, guess what : there is no such thing. In advertising the rule is : whatever sells (not that it is a good thing - that's…
this is my opinion toward this issue. I think she need to make video games, I know some women actually create and design video games. and actually play it. she doesn't look like as one, she just observe it. there is tons tons of tons video game that doesn't involve sexism, or sex appeal or discrimination against women. If…
Most negative male tropes would be solved at the same time as negative female tropes. If you're writer/designer doesn't feel like all women should be weak, they also won't feel the need to turn the male into an unemotional ultra beast with no feelings, bullet-proof pecs, and a disregard for women. Almost every negative…
Oh I think I see what you are saying - putting things in the perspective of games as ... games, and not just as some kind of yet another story-telling medium ? Because yeah, I agree : movies and books (mostly) tell stories, but even tho games sur can tell stories too that's not their main purpose ... (hope I am following…