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- Sat Jul 27, 2013 11:38 am
- Forum: General Gaming
- Topic: Solving sexism in games: Fat/ugly human female characters
- Replies: 221
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Re: Solving sexism in games: Fat/ugly human female character
Wow, I leave for a few days and my thread has ballooned immensely. This is in contrast to Digital Press/Retrogaming Forums. Before I posted my thread here, I posted my thread there. After about 10 replies, the thread was closed. I guess that explains why racketboy forums is more active, popular and ...
- Tue Jul 23, 2013 3:34 pm
- Forum: General Gaming
- Topic: Solving sexism in games: Fat/ugly human female characters
- Replies: 221
- Views: 16919
Re: Solving sexism in games: Fat/ugly human female character
I have to go now but I'll be back in a bit. Keep up the good discussion.
- Tue Jul 23, 2013 3:31 pm
- Forum: General Gaming
- Topic: Solving sexism in games: Fat/ugly human female characters
- Replies: 221
- Views: 16919
Re: Solving sexism in games: Fat/ugly human female character
Maybe but this is the internet, you can found hentai/porn of EVERYTHING. That's true. Actually, I happen to be an expert on Hentai. There are two kinds of hentai: 1) Joke hentai 2) Serious hentai A joke hentai is a sexual picture of a character done just for fun or for laughs. A serious hentai is a...
- Tue Jul 23, 2013 3:23 pm
- Forum: General Gaming
- Topic: Solving sexism in games: Fat/ugly human female characters
- Replies: 221
- Views: 16919
Re: Solving sexism in games: Fat/ugly human female character
dsheinem wrote:GodofHardcore wrote:I've been watching Anita Sarkeesian's YouTube videos as well as other feminism-related videos and I have completely missed their point.
FTFY
Could you give me cliff notes version of her point then?
- Tue Jul 23, 2013 3:22 pm
- Forum: General Gaming
- Topic: Solving sexism in games: Fat/ugly human female characters
- Replies: 221
- Views: 16919
Re: Solving sexism in games: Fat/ugly human female character
Big Mutha Truckers http://xboxmedia.ign.com/xbox/image/Ma_bikini1.jpg That's disgusting. We need more of those! The other 3D examples you give I think has less to do with intentionally making them ugly and more to do with immature 3D modelling technology/skills. The second example is a brunette/red...
- Tue Jul 23, 2013 3:12 pm
- Forum: General Gaming
- Topic: Solving sexism in games: Fat/ugly human female characters
- Replies: 221
- Views: 16919
Re: Solving sexism in games: Fat/ugly human female character
It's honestly a very small part of a much bigger overall societal issue. It's not something you can just be like "Hey we'll do X, that'll solve everything." Simply working on increasing awareness and trying to change attitudes and perceptions is the best way of approaching it I think. Tha...
- Tue Jul 23, 2013 3:03 pm
- Forum: General Gaming
- Topic: Solving sexism in games: Fat/ugly human female characters
- Replies: 221
- Views: 16919
Re: Solving sexism in games: Fat/ugly human female character
The general idea of a old main character is something that is almost never used, how many old characters are in videogames? When they appear they are some random wizard or something like that. I'm sure there's many more examples of old male main characters in video games, I just can't think of any ...
- Tue Jul 23, 2013 2:57 pm
- Forum: General Gaming
- Topic: Solving sexism in games: Fat/ugly human female characters
- Replies: 221
- Views: 16919
Re: Solving sexism in games: Fat/ugly human female character
Where's the option for, "there should be an equal number of each" How are you going to get an equal number of each in the first place? By increasing the number of ugly female characters and lowering the number of attractive ones. If your goal is equal numbers of ugly and attractive female...
- Tue Jul 23, 2013 2:42 pm
- Forum: General Gaming
- Topic: Solving sexism in games: Fat/ugly human female characters
- Replies: 221
- Views: 16919
Re: Solving sexism in games: Fat/ugly human female character
Yeah fuck it I've got nothin If you don't know where to begin to address the subject, I'll give you a little assignment instead: Can you think of any major (not disposable sub-characters) human female video game characters who are fat, ugly, old or a combination of all three? I'm very well aware of...
- Tue Jul 23, 2013 2:29 pm
- Forum: General Gaming
- Topic: Solving sexism in games: Fat/ugly human female characters
- Replies: 221
- Views: 16919
Re: Solving sexism in games: Fat/ugly human female character
AppleQueso wrote:Yeah fuck it I've got nothin
If you don't know where to begin to address the subject, I'll give you a little assignment instead:
Can you think of any major (not disposable sub-characters) human female video game characters who are fat, ugly, old or a combination of all three?