While, of course, a few of the usual offenders were present – overall there seems to be a trend of improvement in gender representation in games being nominated for awards.
Pictured above:
Even Until Dawn, a horror/slasher game with the obligatory shower/walk around in a towel trope, seems pretty good for depicting the women as dressing for the situation rather than the camera and a presumed straight male audience.
It really goes to show much you can accomplish when you’re not trying to fit worn out gender tropes and boob windows into everything.
– wincenworks
How the leading women of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate and Halo 5 are changing games
How the leading women of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate and Halo 5 are changing games
While unfortunately the article does take a focus on events over details of the characters, it’s important to note that all the games listed as positive changes are ones that avoid (at least mostly) the bikini armor trope. This isn’t coincidental.
The vast majority of the time the visual representation of your character is the first impression on the audience, and hence essentially their introduction. Characters hamstrung with an generic introduction of “well she’s sexy like a lingerie model and dresses like one too” are, at best, going to have fight an uphill battle to be taken seriously or seen as interesting in a long over-saturated marketplace.
If, however, you start with trying to make them interesting and let the visual grow as a reflection of the character – then you open yourself up to all kinds of possibilities.
– wincenworks
How the leading women of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate and Halo 5 are changing games
How the leading women of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate and Halo 5 are changing games
While unfortunately the article does take a focus on events over details of the characters, it’s important to note that all the games listed as positive changes are ones that avoid (at least mostly) the bikini armor trope. This isn’t coincidental.
The vast majority of the time the visual representation of your character is the first impression on the audience, and hence essentially their introduction. Characters hamstrung with an generic introduction of “well she’s sexy like a lingerie model and dresses like one too” are, at best, going to have fight an uphill battle to be taken seriously or seen as interesting in a long over-saturated marketplace.
If, however, you start with trying to make them interesting and let the visual grow as a reflection of the character – then you open yourself up to all kinds of possibilities.
– wincenworks
@strawberryshakeus submitted:
Cortano, winning intellectual points on your phone 😀
Tools : James model (Poser), 3ds max, photoshop, Corel Painter
This may seem like exploitation – but he’s really just showing you that he’s so confident and commanding he doesn’t need to look like it!
– wincenworks
Here’s Why Cortana Is Always Naked – IGN
Here’s Why Cortana Is Always Naked – IGN
“She’s not really nude … but that’s what it makes you think of,” says O’Connor. “So one of the reasons she [chooses to appear without clothes] is to attract and demand attention. And she does it to put people off so that they’re on their guard when talking to her and she has the upper hand in those conversations.”
“It’s kind of almost like the opposite of that nightmare you have where you go to school in the nude. You’re terrified and embarrassed and she’s kind of projecting that back out to her audience and winning intellectual points as a result.”
@nora-bright submitted:
Franchise Director Frank O’Connor just pulled a “it’s a distraction!” excuse as to why Halo’s Cortana doesn’t wear clothes. Could he have tried any less? “She’s not really naked, but that’s what it makes you think of?” Umm, ya that’s what it makes me think of, along with everyone else, because ya know, she is naked. With the amount of effort Kojima put into his excuses, he’s putting you to shame Frank.
Wow, what a “creative” explanation for a sexy nude lady AI: a bunch of stock excuses piled on top of each other!
“She’s not technically naked, because non-human. Also her nude (but again, not technically nude) appearance empowers her and distracts people around her! Obviously, it’s her choice to look like that!”
~Ozzie
I don’t want to tell Frank how to do his job – but I have an idea for a means that an AI hologram could demonstrate confidence and authority to individuals who had been trained as soldiers since age six (and were selected by their genetic pre-disposition).
An appropriate officer’s uniform.
But a real one though, no more of those J J Abrams’ Star Trek shenanigans. You guys have shown us are better than that.
– wincenworks
Here’s Why Cortana Is Always Naked – IGN
Here’s Why Cortana Is Always Naked – IGN
“She’s not really nude … but that’s what it makes you think of,” says O’Connor. “So one of the reasons she [chooses to appear without clothes] is to attract and demand attention. And she does it to put people off so that they’re on their guard when talking to her and she has the upper hand in those conversations.”
“It’s kind of almost like the opposite of that nightmare you have where you go to school in the nude. You’re terrified and embarrassed and she’s kind of projecting that back out to her audience and winning intellectual points as a result.”
@nora-bright submitted:
Franchise Director Frank O’Connor just pulled a “it’s a distraction!” excuse as to why Halo’s Cortana doesn’t wear clothes. Could he have tried any less? “She’s not really naked, but that’s what it makes you think of?” Umm, ya that’s what it makes me think of, along with everyone else, because ya know, she is naked. With the amount of effort Kojima put into his excuses, he’s putting you to shame Frank.
Wow, what a “creative” explanation for a sexy nude lady AI: a bunch of stock excuses piled on top of each other!
“She’s not technically naked, because non-human. Also her nude (but again, not technically nude) appearance empowers her and distracts people around her! Obviously, it’s her choice to look like that!”
~Ozzie
I don’t want to tell Frank how to do his job – but I have an idea for a means that an AI hologram could demonstrate confidence and authority to individuals who had been trained as soldiers since age six (and were selected by their genetic pre-disposition).
An appropriate officer’s uniform.
But a real one though, no more of those J J Abrams’ Star Trek shenanigans. You guys have shown us are better than that.
– wincenworks