– by
Conor Burke
Someone please build a game around this concept. I really, really, really, REALLY want to play it.
– wincenworks
@solstice-the-absol submitted:
Class A example for you, The recently released “Orcs Must Die: Unchained has some very questionable female armor selections. My example (being one of many) is the character Smolder.
Oh wow… Orcs Must Die always had some issues with double standards… well hopefully this doesn’t look as bad when you see the actual model…
Well Smolder does have one skin that isn’t terrible, maybe she’s the exception and they haven’t applied these design standards to other female characters…
Suddenly I find myself cheering for the orcs.
– wincenworks
Tidy Up Tuesday #33
Just a few things to tidy up this week.
We do indeed have a Steam Curator page, it’s been a little quiet lately but hopefully will start making some recommendations again soon. Also the related Steam Group.
In creating fiction, particularly set outside of our own society, and considering who would and wouldn’t be fit to fight, we recommend considering many, many factors other than sex or gender.
For those who heard about, but didn’t follow the Overwatch pose debaccle – in a predictably Blizzard manner the “check out my butt” pose was replaced with a different “check out my butt” pose lifted directly from a Billy De Vorss 1950s pinup. Blizzard once again claiming to strive for progress while sitting still.
Our master post on the “but dudes are sexualized the same way” and why they really are not.
~Ozzie & -wincenworks
Tidy Up Tuesday #33
Just a few things to tidy up this week.
We do indeed have a Steam Curator page, it’s been a little quiet lately but hopefully will start making some recommendations again soon. Also the related Steam Group.
In creating fiction, particularly set outside of our own society, and considering who would and wouldn’t be fit to fight, we recommend considering many, many factors other than sex or gender.
For those who heard about, but didn’t follow the Overwatch pose debaccle – in a predictably Blizzard manner the “check out my butt” pose was replaced with a different “check out my butt” pose lifted directly from a Billy De Vorss 1950s pinup. Blizzard once again claiming to strive for progress while sitting still.
Our master post on the “but dudes are sexualized the same way” and why they really are not.
~Ozzie & -wincenworks
It’s like this image was designed for a class to pick apart and discuss all the differences between the depiction of the male and female characters.
In fact, it looks like they spent more time trying to make them different from each other – hence why here armor is accessorized with frills and his has spikey bits.
Also she appears to have used the fabric that was supposed to be her pants for a shoulder decoration.
– wincenworks
Battleborn is currently available as an open beta on Playstation 4 – and while there’s still issues with some of the designs it is kind of amazing to see a game released with this kind of actual variety in female characters. Particularly since every one of them is given the same level of personality as the guys.
Now if we can just get Ambra to get something that’s more priestess robes and less novelty cocktail dress. She is a lot more tolerable as an exception though rather certain other games where it’s the standard and pat themselves on the back for having a couple who are different.
– wincenworks
(edit: Shayne is included here largely due to the game’s use of the female pronoun, however the concept artist encourages people to feel welcome to embrace alternative interpretations of Shayne’s gender. h/t: @makorutledgebuttavenger)
