Tag: Tomb Raider

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Lara Croft still doesn’t know how to put a damn top on

Lara Croft still doesn’t know how to put a damn top on

One day… one day we may see a Tomb Raider game where the Lara has gear that looks the bare minimum for what she should have brought or will be about a power fantasy.  The current trend of making everything gritty and “realistic” while having Lara in a tank top and basically slowly killing herself by scratches and abrasions really needs to go.

In the early games she at least came across as an unstoppable badass… now she comes across as unable to understand how clothing works.

– wincenworks

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Women at E3 2015

Anonymous submitted:

Hey, awesome blog! You’ve already made a post about Emily Kaldwin in Dishonored 2, but I just wanted to ask your opinion on this year’s E3 in general. Not only were there more women presenters than ever, but signs of real progress when it comes to representation for women:

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As noted, Emily from Dishonored 2!

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The shieldmaiden from Eitr!

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Lara Croft from Rise of the Tomb Raider, having finally exchanged her 90s male-gaze outfit for something one would actually raid a tomb with!

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Aloy from Horizon: Zero Dawn! I think there’s still a discussion to be had here about cultural appropriation, but at least she was designed as a hunter rather than eye candy.

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The protagonist from Recore!

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Evie Frye from AC: Syndicate! I’m still really cynical about the fact that she’s more or less an add-on to her brother’s story and that she does the stealthy bits while her brother does the punchy bits, but her outfit is very reasonable.

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Rae from Beyond Eyes! It’s great to see more non-violent games on display too.

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The mercs from Dirty Bomb!

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And of course, Faith from Mirror’s Edge: Catalyst.

The majority of characters on display are still white and slim, but it’s a noticeable improvement from last year – and it was nice to hear cheers from the audience when it was announced that women were playable in FIFA and Fallout 4.

Thank you the line up.  While certainly are issues with each individual game and depiction it is great that this year E3′s character line up included many badass women who are dressed to get shit done.

I sincerely hope this will become an ongoing trend in video games and one that lasts a long, long time.  We shall certainly have more to say on various titles as time and further information is released.

For those interested, the Mary Sue also did a post on games with female protagonists that includes the promotional videos.

– wincenworks

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Women at E3 2015

Anonymous submitted:

Hey, awesome blog! You’ve already made a post about Emily Kaldwin in Dishonored 2, but I just wanted to ask your opinion on this year’s E3 in general. Not only were there more women presenters than ever, but signs of real progress when it comes to representation for women:

image

As noted, Emily from Dishonored 2!

image

The shieldmaiden from Eitr!

image

Lara Croft from Rise of the Tomb Raider, having finally exchanged her 90s male-gaze outfit for something one would actually raid a tomb with!

image

Aloy from Horizon: Zero Dawn! I think there’s still a discussion to be had here about cultural appropriation, but at least she was designed as a hunter rather than eye candy.

image

The protagonist from Recore!

image

Evie Frye from AC: Syndicate! I’m still really cynical about the fact that she’s more or less an add-on to her brother’s story and that she does the stealthy bits while her brother does the punchy bits, but her outfit is very reasonable.

image

Rae from Beyond Eyes! It’s great to see more non-violent games on display too.

image
image
image
image

The mercs from Dirty Bomb!

image

And of course, Faith from Mirror’s Edge: Catalyst.

The majority of characters on display are still white and slim, but it’s a noticeable improvement from last year – and it was nice to hear cheers from the audience when it was announced that women were playable in FIFA and Fallout 4.

Thank you the line up.  While certainly are issues with each individual game and depiction it is great that this year E3′s character line up included many badass women who are dressed to get shit done.

I sincerely hope this will become an ongoing trend in video games and one that lasts a long, long time.  We shall certainly have more to say on various titles as time and further information is released.

For those interested, the Mary Sue also did a post on games with female protagonists that includes the promotional videos.

– wincenworks

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BABD Recommends (Special Collector’s First Edition)

We’ve received a few requests for information regarding bikini armor free media that people may enjoy and while the main focus of the blog is to bring critical attention to products that embrace bikini armor – we’re certainly not against celebrating people who do it right.

For PC games we already have the Curator section of the Steam Group, but we’re now going to start a new section of BABD Recommends to promote things that are available by other means.

Print Comics

We highly recommend that you consider buying your comics at your local comic shop – not just to support local business but also to encourage them to get in more awesome stuff.  In case your local comic shop isn’t a pleasant place to be or isn’t local, we’ve included links to where you can get the comics online:

Help Us! Great Warrior (Comixology | Tumblr)
The hilarious adventures of the great warrior who’d really rather not be out saving the world today.  A fun and inclusive breath of fresh air.

Princeless (Comixology)
As well as providing this masterpiece commentary on fantasy armor for women, this comic is a brilliant deconstruction of so many fantasy tropes that have gone relatively unchallenged for so long.

Princess Ugg (Comixology)
The daughter of a barbarian tribal chief is sent to a Princess Academy in order to learn the ways of “civilized” kingdoms and gain allies for her people.  It goes about as well as you expect. 

The Rat Queens (Comixology | Free Sample Comic)
Sword and sorcery the way it should be, a fantastic mix of irreverent escapism, important commentary and heart warming affirmation.  Current artist is Stejpan Sejic ( nebezial-asheri )  – who we know and love for his snarky commentary comics.

Tomb Raider (Dark Horse Digital)
Follows on from the 2014 reboot of the video game.  With her inner action hero now thoroughly awakened, Lara’s ordeals continue and take her all around the world to face all kinds of ruthless opponents.  Written by Gail Simone ( gailsimone ) and Rhianna Pratchett.

Video Games

As mentioned above, we have a Steam Group with a Curator page, however since not all games are available on Steam, here are a few you may want to check out if the group isn’t much good to you.

Assassins Creed III: Liberation HD ( Steam | PlayStation | X-Box )
Set in 18th century New Orleans.  By means of agility and disguises

Aveline de Grandpré

moves between the worlds of privileged nobility, impoverished slavery and a war between secret societies. The console and PC re-releases of this game have been amazingly under marketed by Ubisoft (the company that said female assassins are too much work).

Dragon Age: Inquisition ( Origin | X-Box  | PlayStation )
Not only did this game provide us glorious representation of women in a fantasy setting, it also inflicted glorious snark upon the bikini armor trope and the boobplate.

Commentary

Not focused on bikini armor itself but on in related issues.

Escher Girls ( Tumblr )
Part catalog of terrifying trends in comic art, part delicious snark at these trends – also partially the inspiration for this blog.  The perfect response to anyone who tries to tell you it’s “just Liefeld” or “just some comics”.

Killscreen Daily ( E-Zine )
This is a unique video games site in that it aspires to discuss video games as part of our larger culture and humanity.  Aspects such as gender, violence, sexuality, race and advertising. 

PBS Games/Show ( YouTube )
A weekly show that asks important questions of what’s currently the biggest media market on Earth. Questions such as why are video game bodies so extreme, why can’t Link be a girl, and what is a game and why does it matter? Inclusiveness and the value of representation are topics that are regularly raised.

– wincenworks

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BABD Recommends (Special Collector’s First Edition)

We’ve received a few requests for information regarding bikini armor free media that people may enjoy and while the main focus of the blog is to bring critical attention to products that embrace bikini armor – we’re certainly not against celebrating people who do it right.

For PC games we already have the Curator section of the Steam Group, but we’re now going to start a new section of BABD Recommends to promote things that are available by other means.

Print Comics

We highly recommend that you consider buying your comics at your local comic shop – not just to support local business but also to encourage them to get in more awesome stuff.  In case your local comic shop isn’t a pleasant place to be or isn’t local, we’ve included links to where you can get the comics online:

Help Us! Great Warrior (Comixology | Tumblr)
The hilarious adventures of the great warrior who’d really rather not be out saving the world today.  A fun and inclusive breath of fresh air.

Princeless (Comixology)
As well as providing this masterpiece commentary on fantasy armor for women, this comic is a brilliant deconstruction of so many fantasy tropes that have gone relatively unchallenged for so long.

Princess Ugg (Comixology)
The daughter of a barbarian tribal chief is sent to a Princess Academy in order to learn the ways of “civilized” kingdoms and gain allies for her people.  It goes about as well as you expect. 

The Rat Queens (Comixology | Free Sample Comic)
Sword and sorcery the way it should be, a fantastic mix of irreverent escapism, important commentary and heart warming affirmation.  Current artist is Stejpan Sejic ( nebezial-asheri )  – who we know and love for his snarky commentary comics.

Tomb Raider (Dark Horse Digital)
Follows on from the 2014 reboot of the video game.  With her inner action hero now thoroughly awakened, Lara’s ordeals continue and take her all around the world to face all kinds of ruthless opponents.  Written by Gail Simone ( gailsimone ) and Rhianna Pratchett.

Video Games

As mentioned above, we have a Steam Group with a Curator page, however since not all games are available on Steam, here are a few you may want to check out if the group isn’t much good to you.

Assassins Creed III: Liberation HD ( Steam | PlayStation | X-Box )
Set in 18th century New Orleans.  By means of agility and disguises

Aveline de Grandpré

moves between the worlds of privileged nobility, impoverished slavery and a war between secret societies. The console and PC re-releases of this game have been amazingly under marketed by Ubisoft (the company that said female assassins are too much work).

Dragon Age: Inquisition ( Origin | X-Box  | PlayStation )
Not only did this game provide us glorious representation of women in a fantasy setting, it also inflicted glorious snark upon the bikini armor trope and the boobplate.

Commentary

Not focused on bikini armor itself but on in related issues.

Escher Girls ( Tumblr )
Part catalog of terrifying trends in comic art, part delicious snark at these trends – also partially the inspiration for this blog.  The perfect response to anyone who tries to tell you it’s “just Liefeld” or “just some comics”.

Killscreen Daily ( E-Zine )
This is a unique video games site in that it aspires to discuss video games as part of our larger culture and humanity.  Aspects such as gender, violence, sexuality, race and advertising. 

PBS Games/Show ( YouTube )
A weekly show that asks important questions of what’s currently the biggest media market on Earth. Questions such as why are video game bodies so extreme, why can’t Link be a girl, and what is a game and why does it matter? Inclusiveness and the value of representation are topics that are regularly raised.

– wincenworks