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While we addressed that this amazing article’s header image references the removal of Tracer’s “look at my butt” pose from Overwatch – I wanted to illustrate how it applies to any censorship vs creative freedom “controversy”, not just Overwatch.

Here are some older “vile acts of censorship” in video games which we covered on BABD that match Point & Click’s satirical text just as much:

Similarly, the older article that features a pic of R. Mika, could apply to the Overwatch butt case as well.

Hope this sufficiently summarizes how predictable and repetitive the sexualization defense rhetoric really is.

~Ozzie

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repair-her-armor:

Some asked me if there were any male characters in Scarlet Blade. Well, here you go, two NPCs. For the last guy, I say props for giving him some pink with a heart and no shirt… but he goes nowhere near the extremes the ladies do.  Nowhere near.

Also, a male class is currently on it’s way, as can be seenhere. If you watch the video, you’ll notice there is a big difference between the women’s armor.. and his.

Rest in peace Scarlet Blade, you’re no longer expected to produce amazing beefcake for their singular male class…

The pressure to maintain this level of empowerment for men must have been overwhelming… especially once they got out of character creation and gained levels. (Video below is NSFW)

– wincenworks

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@filipfatalattractionrblog submitted:

This above is the design of Penelope Pitstop in DC Comics’ upcoming series “Wacky Raceland”. Which is either a gritty reboot of Wacky Races that turns them into Fury Road knock-off…or a parody of such idea, it’s really hard to tell from how little we have right now.

For comparision here is the original cartoon version:

Normally I’d make some sort of witty comment here, but this is just too baffling, words cannot describe it.

You know, it’s kind of impressive – under normal circumstances I’d be pretty okay with a wasteland heroine having a ride like this:

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But this is one of the many problem with “gritty reboots” and other re-imaginings of things made for children: They make the female characters “gritty” by sexualizing them to a ridiculous extent.

The guy and the dog up front appear to be Dick Dastardly and Muttley:

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In both cases, while their attire was created with intent of making them look intimidating and dangerous… making this a case of a pet receiving more practical attire than a female character.

The Internet is already filled with places where you can find images of characters from your childhood to whack off too – there is no need publish an official comic with imagery like this.  Especially not one where you’re trying to pass every other character off as an actual gritty reboot.

– wincenworks