Riders of Icarus
@vonboomslang submitted:
Dear BABD
Please let me share with you a tale of hopes and disappointment, starring Riders of Icarus, by our old mutual friend Nexon.
“Well, that is an interesting looking class. I wonder how it looks on females. It probably has a battle skirt or something.”
“Good lord, is that actual full plate? Armored legs and everything?”
“Oh. I don’t know what I expected.”
Yours, vonBoomslang
Nexon is such a wild ride, I mean I struggle to understand how the same people publishing Vindictus also publish Dirty Bomb!
Looking at the promotional screenshots for this game, one might easily be tricked into believing that the armor for ladies would not be terrible:
I mean it doesn’t look great, but the main issue is the stock-standard boobplate that seems to be mandatory in so many fantasy RPGs these days. Even the trailer isn’t too bad for the first sixty seconds… then:
Apparently there are still people out there who believe that the MMORPG market is not yet over saturated with this exact same style of double standard nonsense. Somehow.
– wincenworks
Riders of Icarus
@vonboomslang submitted:
Dear BABD
Please let me share with you a tale of hopes and disappointment, starring Riders of Icarus, by our old mutual friend Nexon.
“Well, that is an interesting looking class. I wonder how it looks on females. It probably has a battle skirt or something.”
“Good lord, is that actual full plate? Armored legs and everything?”
“Oh. I don’t know what I expected.”
Yours, vonBoomslang
Nexon is such a wild ride, I mean I struggle to understand how the same people publishing Vindictus also publish Dirty Bomb!
Looking at the promotional screenshots for this game, one might easily be tricked into believing that the armor for ladies would not be terrible:
I mean it doesn’t look great, but the main issue is the stock-standard boobplate that seems to be mandatory in so many fantasy RPGs these days. Even the trailer isn’t too bad for the first sixty seconds… then:
Apparently there are still people out there who believe that the MMORPG market is not yet over saturated with this exact same style of double standard nonsense. Somehow.
– wincenworks
@bleedinginkxiii submitted:
Found this oh so lovely set of female mage armor on Artstation. I had some time so I decided to make some fixes. They’re not amazing by any means, but at least these women can move without worry of a breeze or breaking an ankle/neck in the heat of battle.
The artist also made a set of male counterparts to these and they look nothing alike (surprise, surprise).
Here’s the link:
Very nice redesign. Personally what I find amazing about the male counterparts is that it seems their outfits are already very unisex and would be quite flattering on many bodies:
Looking around these appear to be concepts for a new “card” game by the creators of Vindictus. It seems, that they’ve been quite free and loose with the art direction, but apparently quite determined to maintain double standards.
This is why we can’t have nice things.
– wincenworks
Why stuntwomen are in more danger than men
Why stuntwomen are in more danger than men
@sartoriainsulindica submitted:
An interesting look at how dubious costume choices/designs can significantly increase the level of danger that must be faced by real-life women (stunt performers, in this case) working to portray fictional characters.
An oft overlooked factor when people insist that this is all just make believe and so doesn’t really matter.
It goes without saying, of course, that if trying to do stunts in carefully controlled environments becomes more dangerous due to ridiculous costumes then those same outfits raise the dangers in a chaotic environment (such as a battlefield) exponentially.
– wincenworks
Why stuntwomen are in more danger than men
Why stuntwomen are in more danger than men
@sartoriainsulindica submitted:
An interesting look at how dubious costume choices/designs can significantly increase the level of danger that must be faced by real-life women (stunt performers, in this case) working to portray fictional characters.
An oft overlooked factor when people insist that this is all just make believe and so doesn’t really matter.
It goes without saying, of course, that if trying to do stunts in carefully controlled environments becomes more dangerous due to ridiculous costumes then those same outfits raise the dangers in a chaotic environment (such as a battlefield) exponentially.
– wincenworks