Dude doesn't wanna look like a lady

[dsheinem]

Lots of interesting reasons for why people choose what they look like in games with custom characters. That alone could be its own thread topic.

It is: http://racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=36481

[casterofdreams]

For me I keep it simple: if there is an option for a male character I choose it.

I don't avoid any game where there is a female lead. That's just dumb. Played and loved Mirrors Edge and the new Tomb Raider. I don't care for who the lead is as long as the game is good.

Even going further back to the GBA game of Yggdra Union which had a female lead and it was a fantastic game.

[ZeroAX]

You want to talk discrimination? Try getting people to play games/watch movies with ugly characters/people being the stars.

[flex wood]

You want to talk discrimination? Try getting people to play games/watch movies with ugly characters/people being the stars.

Julia Roberts is considered big star though. That lady from sex and the city too, although she was really hot in Flight of the Navigator.

[casterofdreams]

You want to talk discrimination? Try getting people to play games/watch movies with ugly characters/people being the stars.

Julia Roberts is considered big star though. That lady from sex and the city too, although she was really hot in Flight of the Navigator.

[ZeroAX]

You want to talk discrimination? Try getting people to play games/watch movies with ugly characters/people being the stars.

Julia Roberts is considered big star though. That lady from sex and the city too, although she was really hot in Flight of the Navigator.

oh come on they aren't ugly. Where are the fat actors? The "nerd looking" actors? Even in the Big Bang Theory, the "blackface" of nerds, there's not a really REALLY ugly person, with maybe the exception of Amy, and that's because in real life she's a PhD scientist (no idea what her field of studies is), so she's probably the only one who was casted to look "realistically" as the character she's portraying.

[fastbilly1]

maybe the exception of Amy, and that's because in real life she's a PhD scientist (no idea what her field of studies is), so she's probably the only one who was casted to look "realistically" as the character she's portraying.

Neuroscience, specifically in regards to the Hypothalamus. Her dissertation was quite good:
http://www.worldcat.org/title/hypothala ... /261564900

My inlaws are big BBT fans so I got bored and researched what she has done.

[Gunstar Green]

You want to talk discrimination? Try getting people to play games/watch movies with ugly characters/people being the stars.

Julia Roberts is considered big star though. That lady from sex and the city too, although she was really hot in Flight of the Navigator.

oh come on they aren't ugly. Where are the fat actors? The "nerd looking" actors?

They're busy being the butt of jokes in comedy films.

[Fragems]

I played through Remember Me and personally I thought the female lead was a good choice. My reasons may be a little sexist though . Put simply I felt more sympathy for the character because she was a female lead if it had been a dude I wouldn't have felt the same way. I would have probably seen the leads actions as more brutal and some of the more emotional scenes would probably have had less of an impact on me with a stereotypical male protagonist.

I guess it's kind of like instinct though I tend to protect female characters more then I do males so my tactics change a little bit depending upon the gender of the character I am playing.

Only thing I didn't like about the game was the animations and the outfit. Felt like I was fighting in high heels the entire time which just felt really weird. Logical thinking usually doesn't come into play as far as female outfits go when talking about video games though.

[marurun]

Shamus Young has an excellent article that addresses part of this over at Escapist.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/article ... iter-Duder

tl;dr His argument is that the problem isn't a lack of female or minority characters, but rather a lack of significant, meaningful female or minority characters, who are important to the actual story or gameplay in a manner other than "person to be rescued" or "source of exposition" or "graphical alternative to male avatar".

I tend to play female characters, though not always. I tend to avoid hulking, muscular male characters, though. I don't know that I see characters as an extension of myself exactly, but I do like to have some connection to them, even if it is as weak as eye candy. Probably more damning and revealing of my own personal biases is that I rarely, if ever, play a minority character. I don't have many minority friends or associates, and that colors (unintentional pun) my world view. At the very least, it doesn't help. My mind is a very Caucasian space much of the time, and sometimes that bothers me.