I saw an ad on Tumblr for another battle MMO…and I was actually pleasantly surprised with most of the costume choices. While there are some ladies in impractical armor, there are also men who are clearly designed to appeal to a female audience.
I’m really not sure how long it’s going to take for the humanity to get over this idea that “MEN = MUSCLES! WOMEN=BEWBZ!” but it really can’t happen soon enough.
But, pro-tip:
If this is the best copy your marketing guys can come up with – get better marketing guys.
– wincenworks
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So, this game called Breakaway that seems to want to sort of pitch itself a multi-player battle game… but is apparently more of a sports game… so why are the characters all dressed like this? And why named off historical or mythological figures?
Let’s take a moment of thoughtful appreciation for the fact that they devoted an article to concisely sum up a huge chunk of our “creative freedom” tag.
~Ozzie
The ongoing saga of people getting outraged that Blizzard uses their beta period as a beta period and adjusts the game. It’s worth mentioning that Blizzard also removed a tasteless masturbation joke at the same time.
Ordinarily we wait longer before we bring back posts but it seems that there’s been a recent event involving a certain product we post about from time to time, and the response by certain demographics has been woefully predictable.
In case you missed it: Blizzard has revealed via a comic for people who enjoy Overwatch and want more fluff (x): Tracer lives with her female romantic partner. How did the aforementioned demographic reply?
So yes, predictably it turns out that the people who are used to being pandered to constantly don’t actually appreciate creative freedom – they just think it makes a cool catchphrase (or magic incantation in some cases).
There was, however, a bright side: the response from women who celebrated that Overatch’s mascot character was confirmed to a lady attracted to ladies, and loudly reaffirmed their appreciation of as well as their right to representation. That was truly awesome.
The new Warborn race from ArcheAge’s most recent update
File under:Ridiculous differences between genders in fantasy game races
Imagine how great these designs could be if “interesting” was a higher priority on female character design than “have as much tiddy hanging out as possible”
Instead, we get a continued effort to subvert the satirical value of Oglaf.
I’ve been holding back on commenting too much on Andromeda promotion material just because it’s been a wild ride and, as we’ve covered previously, Mass Effect has an odd history of jumping back and forward with quality of female costumes.
Given the juxtaposition between Dragon Age’s general design shifts and Mass Effect’s I can’t help but worry part of this this problem is that since Mass Effect is science fiction and hence seen as more accessible it gets more interference from Creepy Marketing Guy.
This is doubly a shame since it would be nice if we could have a vision of the future where these kind of double standards are not an issue.
– wincenworks
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So, while Valve itself has a pretty good track record for female characters such as Chell and Alyx Vance… it seems when allowing others to use the Counter-Strike And apparently it gets worse once you start playing:
This is from the publisher that brought us Vindictus, Ghost in the Shell: First Assault and Riders of Icarus so it’s not a really that surprising. Though what continually surprises me is that the same publishers also produce the rather excellent Dirty Bomb.
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So, it seems the line of games that pitch themselves as icons of double standards with bikini armor that you don’t actually have to play (hurray?) we have Dungeon Rush… which seems an odd name for a game where the primary mechanic is wait.
Also I can’t be the only one who sees tiny throwing knives like that and immediately puzzles over whether they’re poisoned or not…
