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King Cashing

King Cashing

L. Scott Johnson submitted:

Since zombies’ only “vital” organs are their brains, the boobplate on this zombie is less of a hazard to its owner than most, but it is also not protecting anything that needs protecting (see also: no head protection)

Since Halloween is approaching, let’s continue (as briefly as humanly possible) on our theme of undead boobplate:

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Glossing over how a slot machine combat game is an RPG, this one seems really dedicated to maintaining the use of boobs as a visual clue to gender, even when they really, really shouldn’t.

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Along with what I can only assume is their attempt to balance:

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Yeah, I’m just hoping that was “if no boob how woman” thing… because the alternatives are too horrifying to contemplate.

– wincenworks

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King Cashing

King Cashing

L. Scott Johnson submitted:

Since zombies’ only “vital” organs are their brains, the boobplate on this zombie is less of a hazard to its owner than most, but it is also not protecting anything that needs protecting (see also: no head protection)

Since Halloween is approaching, let’s continue (as briefly as humanly possible) on our theme of undead boobplate:

image

Glossing over how a slot machine combat game is an RPG, this one seems really dedicated to maintaining the use of boobs as a visual clue to gender, even when they really, really shouldn’t.

image

Along with what I can only assume is their attempt to balance:

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Yeah, I’m just hoping that was “if no boob how woman” thing… because the alternatives are too horrifying to contemplate.

– wincenworks

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Players Say Fatal Frame’s New Costumes Are Censorship

Players Say Fatal Frame’s New Costumes Are Censorship

Given how regularly we get people rush in to tell us that we cannot question anything from outside the USA because of cultural reasons (never mind that neither of us is from the USA, or even near it) – this is kind of darkly hilarious.

Apparently Nintendo’s judgement is only unquestionable as long as they’re pandering to entitled straight men – as soon as that stops it’s an evil conspiracy  to censor video games involving one or more of the following:

  • Everyone in politics from religious conservatives to liberal activists
  • “the Internet police”
  • The developers not “wanting the game to succeed”
  • the singular group of people who are the only ones who ever have concerns (except about censorship?)
  • Numerous groups zealot groups unique to western culture (as if God of War III was never altered for Japanese release)

Of course, it goes without saying that one can never include pandering in these video games – even when it’s fan service labeled “fan service” it’s always there for deep artistic reasons.

Speaking of which, my favourite part of the comments was this justification and insistence that these costumes are essential in a franchise which is about going around haunted houses, taking photos of ghosts with magic cameras:

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Yeah, that’s the part that doesn’t make sense – is anyone else getting flashbacks to something else?

– wincenworks

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Players Say Fatal Frame’s New Costumes Are Censorship

Players Say Fatal Frame’s New Costumes Are Censorship

Given how regularly we get people rush in to tell us that we cannot question anything from outside the USA because of cultural reasons (never mind that neither of us is from the USA, or even near it) – this is kind of darkly hilarious.

Apparently Nintendo’s judgement is only unquestionable as long as they’re pandering to entitled straight men – as soon as that stops it’s an evil conspiracy  to censor video games involving one or more of the following:

  • Everyone in politics from religious conservatives to liberal activists
  • “the Internet police”
  • The developers not “wanting the game to succeed”
  • the singular group of people who are the only ones who ever have concerns (except about censorship?)
  • Numerous groups zealot groups unique to western culture (as if God of War III was never altered for Japanese release)

Of course, it goes without saying that one can never include pandering in these video games – even when it’s fan service labeled “fan service” it’s always there for deep artistic reasons.

Speaking of which, my favourite part of the comments was this justification and insistence that these costumes are essential in a franchise which is about going around haunted houses, taking photos of ghosts with magic cameras:

image

Yeah, that’s the part that doesn’t make sense – is anyone else getting flashbacks to something else?

– wincenworks

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NYCC: Simone, Scott revamp Red Sonja, Vampirella & Dejah Thoris for Dynamite

NYCC: Simone, Scott revamp Red Sonja, Vampirella & Dejah Thoris for Dynamite

I feel that the most critical step to really re-inventing those characters would be to get them away from Dynamite Entertainment. 

I enjoy Gail Simone’s re-invention of Red Sonja and understand there’s a balancing act with the branding and appearance.  But an ongoing thing with Dynamite Entertainment is that they stockpile old characters to use them in spinoffs, mash-ups, etc.

So far, at Dynamite, we’ve had:

I mean – these are the most recent spinoffs (one working with Dark Horse):

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Furthermore, while these designs might be bold for Dynamite, they’re not really that bold when you step back and look.

Red Sonja is basically back to a sexier version of the outfit she in her very first appearance, Vampirella appeared in a space suit in March (and I remember seeing concept ideas to re-invent her wearing full body gear in the 90s) – and okay, the movie bombed but nobody thinks it’s because of what Lynn Carter wore as Dejah Thoris.

What would really be bold – is actually re-inventing these characters without anchoring them to bad branding and design decision made in 70s (or earlier). Red Sonja has changed far more than her costume has, and not updating her appearance to reflect that hampers the comic.

At the end of the day – the reason these properties got sold to Dynamite Entertainment and the reason this is the second time Red Sonja’s been re-invented since then is because the old branding isn’t speaking to audiences today.

– wincenworks

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NYCC: Simone, Scott revamp Red Sonja, Vampirella & Dejah Thoris for Dynamite

NYCC: Simone, Scott revamp Red Sonja, Vampirella & Dejah Thoris for Dynamite

I feel that the most critical step to really re-inventing those characters would be to get them away from Dynamite Entertainment. 

I enjoy Gail Simone’s re-invention of Red Sonja and understand there’s a balancing act with the branding and appearance.  But an ongoing thing with Dynamite Entertainment is that they stockpile old characters to use them in spinoffs, mash-ups, etc.

So far, at Dynamite, we’ve had:

I mean – these are the most recent spinoffs (one working with Dark Horse):

image

Furthermore, while these designs might be bold for Dynamite, they’re not really that bold when you step back and look.

Red Sonja is basically back to a sexier version of the outfit she in her very first appearance, Vampirella appeared in a space suit in March (and I remember seeing concept ideas to re-invent her wearing full body gear in the 90s) – and okay, the movie bombed but nobody thinks it’s because of what Lynn Carter wore as Dejah Thoris.

What would really be bold – is actually re-inventing these characters without anchoring them to bad branding and design decision made in 70s (or earlier). Red Sonja has changed far more than her costume has, and not updating her appearance to reflect that hampers the comic.

At the end of the day – the reason these properties got sold to Dynamite Entertainment and the reason this is the second time Red Sonja’s been re-invented since then is because the old branding isn’t speaking to audiences today.

– wincenworks

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Tidy-Up Tuesday #9

This week’s tidy-ups:

pyranova , the original poster of last week’s throwback, asked us to give Dr. Nerdlove, the site that posted the original article, a shout-out. The post itself was an excerpt from a second article in the site’s long-running series of writeups about male privilege (parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7).

Dr.Nerdlove in general is a site worth acquainting oneself with, rife with good advice for the socially awkward and critical of many social problems which are still rarely challenged among the geek community.

A reader asked what would we say to a woman who wants to cosplay Quiet.

We’d say “Go for it, you beautiful lady! Unlike Quiet, you are a human and make your own choices! We admire the craft, ingenuity and confidence that goes into cosplaying scantily clad characters.”

We’ve been also asked to post more about Pokemon. Unfortunately (or rather, fortunately), unlike with Digimon, we can not find a way to connect the franchise to our blog’s topic.

Things we covered before:

~Ozzie & – wincenworks

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Tidy-Up Tuesday #9

This week’s tidy-ups:

pyranova , the original poster of last week’s throwback, asked us to give Dr. Nerdlove, the site that posted the original article, a shout-out. The post itself was an excerpt from a second article in the site’s long-running series of writeups about male privilege (parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7).

Dr.Nerdlove in general is a site worth acquainting oneself with, rife with good advice for the socially awkward and critical of many social problems which are still rarely challenged among the geek community.

A reader asked what would we say to a woman who wants to cosplay Quiet.

We’d say “Go for it, you beautiful lady! Unlike Quiet, you are a human and make your own choices! We admire the craft, ingenuity and confidence that goes into cosplaying scantily clad characters.”

We’ve been also asked to post more about Pokemon. Unfortunately (or rather, fortunately), unlike with Digimon, we can not find a way to connect the franchise to our blog’s topic.

Things we covered before:

~Ozzie & – wincenworks