Tidy Up Tuesday #56
A few things to tidy up this week:
Our tag cloud is courtesy of Post-Theory.
For those of you arguing that the guys in Final Fantasy XV are equally sexualized and objectified as Cindy: I hate to break it to you but you’re clearly getting it confused with Final Fantasy XIV.
If you have written an article, column, etc for somewhere else but you want to share it and you’re free to do you may absolutely submit it (or a link to the original publishing if it’s online and accessible).
– wincenworks & ~Ozzie
Bulletstorm is getting a remaster, so it’s probably time to talk about how Trishka Novak ended up looking more like a pinup model than a “merciless stealth assassin” even after the team fought to cut down on her arbitrary sex appeal.
What’s interesting is that despite his unwillingness to consider that perhaps, there were some bad decisions made here, Adrian is apparently in agreement with us over the outfits in some other people’s games:
– wincenworks
Freya from Battlerite totally proves this is a very creative game… she’s such an original Viking/Norse lady with her flimsy bikini top, two Mjolnirs and horned headpiece totally not similar to what Marvel’s Loki wears in their female form.
Gotta say, though, from waist down the design would be fine… too bad the artists are firmly in the club of designers who think that Vikings invented either the bikini or metal boob cups.
~Ozzie
Cindy is basically the first female character you get to have significant interaction with in Final Fantasy XV, and while she’s not a warrior I’m going to make an exception here because.
1. She’s supposed to be the lead mechanic who can fix anything
2. So far I haven’t been able to find any noteworthy warrior women in Final Fantasy XV
3. Most of the female characters wear slightly differently styled clothes based off everyday and formal clothing from the real world
I think it’s safe to say there’s no way that we’re supposed to believe this is an outfit a third generation mechanic would wear to work (particularly in a world where monsters roam about just a hundred feet or so from truck stops)
If you have any doubts, I suggest checking out this great project where a fan artist gender flipped the cast and check out how Cindy came out:
– wincenworks
It’s not really clear what heroes defy, but so far it seems to be Blizzard’s claim that they’re trying to represent female characters better.
Honestly, with all the appeal that Heroes of the Storm has going for it, if this was the best campaign their marketing people could think up then they should probably find a new agency.
– wincenworks
Because why the fuck not *wild cackling ensues* [get the mods]
Mass Effect and 300… but sexier. It’s the mashup we need and deserve. Kaidan and James are so empowered they don’t even need Shepard!
– wincenworks
(ht: @icykitty)