“Sword of Chaos combines the elements of fatal attraction and chaotic violence into a unique and astonishing visual feast. Immerse yourself in a world of violence and unleash your inner wildness. Sensing, Tasting, Hacking, Slashing and Fighting dominate your every move, as you fight to destroy all that stands before you!“
And here I thought that Fallout 4 was the only RPG with cannibalism being released this year. Of course, that’s not surprising given how truly creative and original this production is.
And apparently no expense has been spared regarding quality either…
I’m really hoping that mainstream games will start to notice this trend and be inspired to distance themselves from it bikini armor.
We’ve had a few people contact us with great excitement to let us know about Illaoi, the Kraken Priestess – and I was initially reluctant to look at any design by Riot that could potentially involve tentacles. After all, they are basically the go-to for the creatively bankrupt seeking to produce “sex sells” fantasy artwork.
But now I look at it and the videos showing her attacks…
This is what improvement looks like. While there’s still room for discussion, this is a clear shift away from their old design principles. And special thanks to @lightlunasfor directing us to this gem:
“This isn’t a commonly known fact, but a huge chunk of League’s female characters actually share an identical (or near identical) face and body, and are only differentiated by their hair and clothing.”
For those of you who are additionally looking for body type reference for their character design, this tag on art-and-sterf is pretty decent, as is that one on @artist-refs.
We still can not offer design critiques. However, an affiliated blog devoted to that is in the works currently, we’ll let you guys know when it emerges.
We do not have backgrounds where we are comfortable giving out advice regarding attire specific to particular cultures and/or religions.
Oh, and reminder that there’s that part in our FAQ, in case anyone jumps in to say we don’t like fun because we’re so critical.
Things we got in our inbox that were featured on BABD before:
For those of you who are additionally looking for body type reference for their character design, this tag on art-and-sterf is pretty decent, as is that one on @artist-refs.
We still can not offer design critiques. However, an affiliated blog devoted to that is in the works currently, we’ll let you guys know when it emerges.
We do not have backgrounds where we are comfortable giving out advice regarding attire specific to particular cultures and/or religions.
Oh, and reminder that there’s that part in our FAQ, in case anyone jumps in to say we don’t like fun because we’re so critical.
Things we got in our inbox that were featured on BABD before:
So this rumor has been circulating wildly and creating a lot of discussion, and we weren’t really jumping on it simply for the fact that the gold bikini of Leia the Huttslayer is not even vaguely armor.
However, this happened:
Yes, J Scott Campbell is deeply concerned that he will no longer get paid to draw sexy Leia. Why?
Because despite being an artist in the comics industry for nearly as long as Daisy Ridley (who’ll be playing the female lead in the upcoming movie) has been alive, he still can’t draw any woman any way that’s not hypersexualized. That’s it, his whole bag of tricks he’s acquired from twenty-two years of working as a professional artist in comics and merchandise.
So I’m not going to shed any tears for yet another tacky statue of Leia in a deliberately degrading costumes that she was forced into against her will (yet so often depicted as posing like a pinup model).
I’m going to first cry for all the great comic projects that might have been but were cast aside in favor of yet another J Scott Campbell pin-up. That and all the comics that were never read because the editor hired J Scott Campbell to present them as softcore porn (especially in cover art).
If the rumor is true and Disney is stopping this kind of production, it’s worth celebrating simply because it signals a decades overdue change: Companies considering that maybe tacky hypersexualized imagery doesn’t sell everything.
Maybe compelling plots, great storytelling and interesting characters do.
– wincenworks
As a side note, even if Disney officially announces “ban” on licensing Slave Leia merch, it won’t all be gone overnight. Let’s not act as if we didn’t have a surplus of official Star Wars bikini products for over 30 years.
Maybe, just maybe, realize for once that it’s time that demand for different depictions of Leia was met. Because many of her fans can testify how hard to get that sort of merch always was compared to slave-themed ones. Disney’s push to restore Leia’s image as something else than sexual object should be welcomed.
So this rumor has been circulating wildly and creating a lot of discussion, and we weren’t really jumping on it simply for the fact that the gold bikini of Leia the Huttslayer is not even vaguely armor.
However, this happened:
Yes, J Scott Campbell is deeply concerned that he will no longer get paid to draw sexy Leia. Why?
Because despite being an artist in the comics industry for nearly as long as Daisy Ridley (who’ll be playing the female lead in the upcoming movie) has been alive, he still can’t draw any woman any way that’s not hypersexualized. That’s it, his whole bag of tricks he’s acquired from twenty-two years of working as a professional artist in comics and merchandise.
So I’m not going to shed any tears for yet another tacky statue of Leia in a deliberately degrading costumes that she was forced into against her will (yet so often depicted as posing like a pinup model).
I’m going to first cry for all the great comic projects that might have been but were cast aside in favor of yet another J Scott Campbell pin-up. That and all the comics that were never read because the editor hired J Scott Campbell to present them as softcore porn (especially in cover art).
If the rumor is true and Disney is stopping this kind of production, it’s worth celebrating simply because it signals a decades overdue change: Companies considering that maybe tacky hypersexualized imagery doesn’t sell everything.
Maybe compelling plots, great storytelling and interesting characters do.
– wincenworks
As a side note, even if Disney officially announces “ban” on licensing Slave Leia merch, it won’t all be gone overnight. Let’s not act as if we didn’t have a surplus of official Star Wars bikini products for over 30 years.
Maybe, just maybe, realize for once that it’s time that demand for different depictions of Leia was met. Because many of her fans can testify how hard to get that sort of merch always was compared to slave-themed ones. Disney’s push to restore Leia’s image as something else than sexual object should be welcomed.
