U know that shitty anime girl armor?
yeah…
Expect more cause I’m drawing more.
Reinhardt in Symmetra’s costume just looks cool. Reinhardt in D.Va-style bodypaint suit? Sexy.
Reinhardt in a custom-made bikini armor? EMPOWERED!
Please tag us if you draw more men in shmexy armor, @thatoneweirdooverthere! We’re all for promoting male empowerment.
~Ozzie
So, while it’s good that Blizzard recognized the Chinese New Year in Overwatch and game Mei a neat costume… it’s really disappointing that they seemed to feel the need to give it a pull in waist… to the extent they managed to glitch it.
Unsurprisingly, there seems to be quite a few people in the community who are skeptical of the idea that this @eschergirls worthy design is actually a bug.
– wincenworks
HANZO SHIMADA 2.0
aka. Hipster Hanzo
Print for MAGFEST 2017 and beyond. Please click for better quality tumblr REKT this image XD
If I ever sell online it’ll be at my etsy!
Now, this is is the sort of empowerment that Blizzard should be providing for their male heroes in these trying times. Look at that confidence and badassery – plus the sexual empowerment of being willing to let you see all his piercings (or is it just most of his piercings… if you know what I mean)
Here’s hoping someone on the Overwatch team latches onto this idea and lets it inspire their next Hanzo skin.
– wincenworks
The image chosen to go along with this parody headline is so perfect…
Another example of how amazingly acute Point & Clickbait’s satirical articles are.
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.
Perhaps one day, Blizzard will be the kind of company who upon declaring their game is to improve representation will fix these issues before they publicly showcases a beta with finished art.
– wincenworks
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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?
(Best view on Twitter: here, here and here)
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.
– wincenworks
Spooky Ladies competition entries Part 2/2
The gallery of the Spooky Lady category from our Overwatch Halloween Contest comes in two halves. Huge thank you to all the participants!
Artist credits are on the caption of each image. We’re glad to display all of them as the evidence that Blizzard could do so much better for Halloween – even the simplest ideas prove that there’s more to novelty female costumes than “sexy witch”, whitewashed undead or shameless exotification.
Sexy Gentlemen category entries can be viewed here.
Spooky Ladies ½
~Ozzie