While she doesn’t score terribly high on the Female Armor Bingo… can we talk about how ridiculously sexualized Vicki Grimm is… to the extent she doesn’t even look like the same species as the rest of the Army Men?
Also, while her opposing number, Bridgette Bleu is worse (much worse) this attempt at making her into eye candy was so terrible I can’t find decent images to use for the purposes of Bingo. Possibly because the end result is simply horrifying:
– wincenworks
Emily Kaldwin, optional protagonist of Dishonored 2, was probably the best thing of E3 this year, certainly the best thing in terms of female costumes.
Especially since when I saw her in Dishonored she looked like this:
Full trailer is here, but be warned that it does contain some gore and outright gruesome imagery. If you want to avoid that then skip to 0:58.
(ht: whereismywizardhat)
– wincenworks
The sad part is, Ciri’s shoes here actually look wearable compared to way too many designs we’ve seen.
Most designers not only put female warriors in high heels inappropriate for the character’s activities. They also create footwear that ignores how feet work and would require them to be broken or liquefied… because body horror is sexy?
The ubiquity of “women’s feet = high heels” thing is quite scary. Awkwardly arched, nearly vertical “Barbie” foot shape is so prevalent in portrayals of women that there’s a generation of artists who apparently think that’s how female anatomy works.
It still amuses me that parodies of Samus Smash Bros “jet boots” understand that a heel this high needs thick platform under the ball of the foot, while the original barely had any sole in front part of the shoe.
~Ozzie
Personally I love this bizarre tendency for people who are are emotionally attached to having high heels in games insist that there’s a scientific reason for Samus and other women having high heels.
Like, high heels have these great and obvious martial applications – but literally no military or martial art has ever chosen to employ them… because it would be unfair to the enemy?
– wincenworks
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