Who’s gonna break it to that lady character and explain to her that this is not appropriate attire for hacking and slashing?
~Ozzie
Yet another female character who looks unimpressed that her first quest is to find who stole the rest of her outfit.
– wincenworks
Dragon Age: Magekiller #1 Preview: Magic is a cheat
Dragon Age: Magekiller #1 Preview: Magic is a cheat
(Link above has blood and gore)
@ilikelookingatnakedmen submitted:
I’m so excited for this comic, but… boob window?????
Caveats: Boob window character is a mage, hot shirtless man also provided.
While I don’t work there or really know anyone who does, I sometimes feel like I can almost hear the discussions that must go on at Bioware with demands of Creepy Marketing Guy and then everyone else working out how to compensate for them.
In Dragon Age: Inquisition it seemed to be that they had to keep Morrigan’s original outfit (even though the concept art shows they had some amazing ideas) but we got wonderful takedowns on bikini armor and dashingly handsome male romance options.
In Magekiller it seems we’ll have to have booby evil mages:
And handsome male protagonist who walks around with his shirt off:
Since they have ditched the battle bikinis, I hope that one day soon we will see the day when Thedas’ morally questionable female mages get a less cliched outfits.
– wincenworks
Dragon Age: Magekiller #1 Preview: Magic is a cheat
Dragon Age: Magekiller #1 Preview: Magic is a cheat
(Link above has blood and gore)
@ilikelookingatnakedmen submitted:
I’m so excited for this comic, but… boob window?????
Caveats: Boob window character is a mage, hot shirtless man also provided.
While I don’t work there or really know anyone who does, I sometimes feel like I can almost hear the discussions that must go on at Bioware with demands of Creepy Marketing Guy and then everyone else working out how to compensate for them.
In Dragon Age: Inquisition it seemed to be that they had to keep Morrigan’s original outfit (even though the concept art shows they had some amazing ideas) but we got wonderful takedowns on bikini armor and dashingly handsome male romance options.
In Magekiller it seems we’ll have to have booby evil mages:
And handsome male protagonist who walks around with his shirt off:
Since they have ditched the battle bikinis, I hope that one day soon we will see the day when Thedas’ morally questionable female mages get a less cliched outfits.
– wincenworks
@i-might-be-a-nerd submitted:
Watch. Just… Watch. This is actually painful. I came across this on a game with ads… Blah!
So the amazingly insecure “sexiest RPG ever” has an amazingly terrible trailer… but personally what I find most baffling is the blurb:
“Sword of Chaos combines the elements of fatal attraction and chaotic violence into a unique and astonishing visual feast. Immerse yourself in a world of violence and unleash your inner wildness. Sensing, Tasting, Hacking, Slashing and Fighting dominate your every move, as you fight to destroy all that stands before you!“
And here I thought that Fallout 4 was the only RPG with cannibalism being released this year. Of course, that’s not surprising given how truly creative and original this production is.
And apparently no expense has been spared regarding quality either…
I’m really hoping that mainstream games will start to notice this trend and be inspired to distance themselves from it bikini armor.
– wincenworks
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
This Dragon’s Crown Statue Is Freaking Me Out
This Dragon’s Crown Statue Is Freaking Me Out
@ajhasaplan submitted:
Front page of Kotaku.
What in the shit.
The history of this Dragon’s Crown statue is a wild ride that keeps on going. Originally it appears it was unlicensed, then it was licensed for an exhibition and limited release only within Japan in 2013. And when the world saw how the stylized Amazon looked like when she was represented as something three dimensional, they were horrified.
Now apparently the figure is going to be given a second shot – no word on if they’ll be selling this outside of Japan. But the article provides a pretty great summary of how opinions have warmed:
But really what I love about this statue is that it highlights just how limiting this kind of character design is. It’s not horrifying because they’ve departed from the original design principles, it’s horrifying because in a 3D form that encourages examination – it’s no longer shielded by distraction and the expectation of acceptance due to it’s dependence on tropes.
Seriously, nothing about this design was ever anything less than horrifying – it’s just (poorly) concealed behind distractions and rhetoric about it being some sort of statement about the fantasy adventure genre.
Seriously whether it’s the question of where does the rest of her body go, or what is happening with her “armor” everyone one of these action shots is a moment of horror in the making.
– wincenworks
This Dragon’s Crown Statue Is Freaking Me Out
This Dragon’s Crown Statue Is Freaking Me Out
@ajhasaplan submitted:
Front page of Kotaku.
What in the shit.
The history of this Dragon’s Crown statue is a wild ride that keeps on going. Originally it appears it was unlicensed, then it was licensed for an exhibition and limited release only within Japan in 2013. And when the world saw how the stylized Amazon looked like when she was represented as something three dimensional, they were horrified.
Now apparently the figure is going to be given a second shot – no word on if they’ll be selling this outside of Japan. But the article provides a pretty great summary of how opinions have warmed:
But really what I love about this statue is that it highlights just how limiting this kind of character design is. It’s not horrifying because they’ve departed from the original design principles, it’s horrifying because in a 3D form that encourages examination – it’s no longer shielded by distraction and the expectation of acceptance due to it’s dependence on tropes.
Seriously, nothing about this design was ever anything less than horrifying – it’s just (poorly) concealed behind distractions and rhetoric about it being some sort of statement about the fantasy adventure genre.
Seriously whether it’s the question of where does the rest of her body go, or what is happening with her “armor” everyone one of these action shots is a moment of horror in the making.
– wincenworks