“A group of college boys find their world taking a dramatic turn when a pretty girl joins them in their tabletop role-playing game (RPG) session.”
I can’t work out if this is supposed to parody or is just completely lacks self awareness… and I don’t want to financially support it by buying a copy.
It’s 2015! The Guild has been out for seven years now and World Famous Nerd Princess Felicia Day (thisfeliciaday) has shamelessly been playing DnD for longer. Confessions of a Part Time Sorceress came out around the same time. There are long lists of women who write RPG materials. Women have been part of these games since forever!
How is “Oh my God! Does a girl really want to play a role playing games with us nerd guys!?” still a thing!? How did nobody in the publication process spot the obvious problems with these covers!?
– wincenworks
Ugh. This thing reeks of Big Bang Theory-style understanding of how male geeks look, behave and interact with women.
The only non-shitty “a girl joins a bunch of nerd boys in a roleplaying game” scenario that I recall is that Dexter’s Laboratory episode in which DeeDee, with no prior experience, proves to be a much more awesome Game Master than her brother.
How could she not be, though? She invented dungeon-forest!
And that was back in 1997. What went wrong since then?
~Ozzie
Successive pictures show her as she levels up, so at least she isn’t getting skimpier at higher levels.
Dunno what’s more annoying about this design, the fact that despite gaining more clothes with level-ups she’s nonetheless sexualized or that the game is shitting on the good name of Queen Boudica.
Cause obviously, real warrior women of the history need to be either denied from ever existing or re-invented as generic erotica for the purposes of entertainment.
Funny (as in, not funny at all) thing about this series is also that
, the rare well-armored female character, happens to be an alias of a MALE semi-historical warrior, King Arthur.
~Ozzie
Successive pictures show her as she levels up, so at least she isn’t getting skimpier at higher levels.
Dunno what’s more annoying about this design, the fact that despite gaining more clothes with level-ups she’s nonetheless sexualized or that the game is shitting on the good name of Queen Boudica.
Cause obviously, real warrior women of the history need to be either denied from ever existing or re-invented as generic erotica for the purposes of entertainment.
Funny (as in, not funny at all) thing about this series is also that
, the rare well-armored female character, happens to be an alias of a MALE semi-historical warrior, King Arthur.
~Ozzie
doctorsanity submitted:
Charlotte from the latest Fire Emblem Fates. If you look closely you can see she has high heels on.
While I understand her gimmick is wooing richer men to spoil herself, I basically find the design embarrassing.
I feel that the biggest flaw with these designing a character around them being seductive approaches is that they sort of disregard for the idea that:
- Seduction is a personal and intimate thing, particularly if it’s for something longer than overnight.
- People with wealth and power can usually have attractive company any time they like without being seduced and fleeced.
- Advertising that you’re trying to be seductive and sexy probably doesn’t help them relax and slip into being seduced.
From what I can gather about Charlotte… part of her being a seductress is she’s trying to pretend to be innocent and she’s also meant to be a mighty warrior. I can’t help but think that maybe more armor would help her with both of her goals.
– wincenworks