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[BTGBullseye]

The difference between sexualizing men and women is that women take offense, men just try to bypass it as quickly as possible.

[Alyxx Thorne]

I actually don't take that much offense to it. Females are beautiful and I think artists are just showing appreciation for it.

[Kirkreng]

The difference between sexualizing men and women is that women take offense, men just try to bypass it as quickly as possible.

I guess that is because you don't see as many nonsensically sexualized men in video games as you do women.

[Pinkie Pie]

I actually don't take that much offense to it. Females are beautiful and I think artists are just showing appreciation for it.

That's all well and good, but half the time it's less 'appreciation' and more 'lol we're making a character who has giant tits durhurhurr'.

[Chuckthe2nd]

That's all well and good, but half the time it's less 'appreciation' and more 'lol we're making a character who has giant tits durhurhurr'.

...that being why I salute Valve for NOT doing that. Alyx, Zoey, Chell...none of them are really sexuallized.

[Alyxx Thorne]

I actually don't take that much offense to it. Females are beautiful and I think artists are just showing appreciation for it.

That's all well and good, but half the time it's less 'appreciation' and more 'lol we're making a character who has giant tits durhurhurr'.

What's wrong about giant tits?

[Chuckthe2nd]

Nothing, but when you make them the only reason for having a female character, it's kind of stupid.

[Kirkreng]

It's just going where it doesn't belong. I mean gosh, it makes sense in a Duke Nukem game. But is THIS really necessary?

[Alyxx Thorne]

Well, in my opinion, that game wasn't very good anyway.

[Kirkreng]

Actually I find this pic from reddit(Shut up Axel) quite fitting:

[Ross Scott]

Actually I find this pic from reddit(Shut up Axel) quite fitting:

I don't really any problem with this, because that picture is obviously meant to be farcical. It's like trying to take the movie "Machete" seriously, it just isn't intended that way. Same for Duke Nukem, Leisure Suit Larry, and a FEW other games. Whereas here are some random box shots I've seen of games where I'm pretty sure they're trying to present the character "seriously":

 

 

This is nothing but fantasy material for the man-child stereotype. And these are just box covers, videogames as a whole are absolutely rife with characters presented this way in games. The prominence of this sort of thing in games is quite high, so much so that it's more the exception not having at least one woman portrayed this way. For me personally, I'm not really thinking if it's offensive or not, but more the fact that the sheer amount of this sort of thing in gaming as just an embarrassment for the medium in general and makes it look really immature.

[Axeldeath]

Actually I find this pic from reddit(Shut up Axel) quite fitting:

 

I find it fitting that that person can't even spell. Being from Reddit and all.

[Alyxx Thorne]

I'm not really thinking if it's offensive or not, but more the fact that the sheer amount of this sort of thing in gaming as just an embarrassment for the medium in general and makes it look really immature.

Yeah, I agree.

[Kirkreng]

I find it fitting that that person can't even spell. Being from Reddit and all.

(Shut up Axel)

[Kirkreng]

I don't really any problem with this, because that picture is obviously meant to be farcical. It's like trying to take the movie "Machete" seriously, it just isn't intended that way. Same for Duke Nukem, Leisure Suit Larry, and a FEW other games.

But it's from hitman. Granted I haven't played hitman but everything I have ever seen from him doesn't make me feel like this needs to be in the game. Why could it not just have been 5 different guys is suits? Why could it not have been 5 chicks in clothing that you would actually wear when trying to take down an assassin? Why does it have to be nuns in fricken latex and high heels?

[Alyxx Thorne]

What I find funny is that most of the people who are so focused on this being a problem are males. I've known a lot of females who simply don't care if they are being sexualized in games.

[Kirkreng]

But I do care. I don't want to have half naked ladies in all of my games. When I am fighting space aliens I want any female fighting alongside me to have proper armor on. Games are for gaming, porn is for porn. Can't we just keep it that way?

[Alyxx Thorne]

Apparently not. lol

[Axeldeath]

But I do care. I don't want to have half naked ladies in all of my games. When I am fighting space aliens I want any female fighting alongside me to have proper armor on. Games are for gaming, porn is for porn. Can't we just keep it that way?

 

Fun fact, some people actually do want to have a half naked lady fighting next to them in the middle of a fight with space aliens. There are plenty of games without half-naked females in them so you can buy those, and people who'd prefer playing Commander Mary-Sue romances Slutty Blue Fanservice can play that instead.

How do you feel justified in removing parts of games that people enjoy to fit your tastes?

 

As for "Games are for gaming, porn is for porn", you do realize that both books and movies contain a lot of erotic material, right?

 

I guess that is because you don't see as many nonsensically sexualized men in video games as you do women.

 

No it's because the only people creating a fuss are males themselves.

[Kirkreng]

How do you feel justified in removing parts of games that people enjoy to fit your tastes?

What does that even mean? It's how this thing works, I like games, some games I like but have things in it that I don't like, therefor I don't want them in said games. What is there to justify?

 

As for "Games are for gaming, porn is for porn", you do realize that both books and movies contain a lot of erotic material, right?

Not to the frequency of gaming.

 

No it's because the only people creating a fuss are males themselves.

No it's because of stupid stereotyping of gamers.

 

There are plenty of games without half-naked females in them so you can buy those, and people who'd prefer playing Commander Mary-Sue romances Slutty Blue Fanservice can play that instead.

By that logic you should never be able to complain about anything in a game ever again. I mean, you can just go play a different game, right?