Lets talk about these crazy organisms we call Women.
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I suppose this thread would not be complete without a whiff of homophobia.
Al-O-Meter
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Should female characters in video games be fatter, more hairy, and less attractive? I don't think so. I think it is weird effort to push for. I'm Gen X and I don't remember a single one of my friends ever bemoaning that Arnold Schwarzenegger was too impossibly buff for us to live up to. As a scrawny kid, I never had any problem relating to musclebound heroes. They were aspirational. I wanted to be able to take on the challenges they did and get the girls they got.
It is completely alien to me that modern women are angry at video games for making their female characters too hot, and video game developers have been listening. Female characters have been getting less buxom and more conservatively dressed. There has been a upstart community to battle against this uglification of female characters by releasing mods to undo the efforts. That this community is allowed to exist at all makes some unhappy.
It is completely alien to me that modern women are angry at video games for making their female characters too hot, and video game developers have been listening. Female characters have been getting less buxom and more conservatively dressed. There has been a upstart community to battle against this uglification of female characters by releasing mods to undo the efforts. That this community is allowed to exist at all makes some unhappy.
It did not occur to you when you were typing this that Schwarzenegger is an actual person, while the primary complaint about females in video games is that they were unrealistic? There are about 5 other reasons your comment was misguided, but this is one you should have at least recognized.
Fosto
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Weren't you the one complaining about nudity in pride parades? Or am I thinking of someone else?
I actually agree that some progressives are strangely conservative about sexuality and sexual expression. But I don't care about naked men riding motorcycles either.
Al-O-Meter
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It is so crazy how far the Overton window has moved and who is now on what side. This is a screen-grab from the animated movie Wizards from 1977 which was rated PG. It has the exact same rating that Disney's Frozen had 44 years later.
It used to be the religious right and the so-called moral majority making all the noise to oppose this type of content. Now it is the party of Karen leading that effort.
That was before PG-13 existed. It would be PG-13 today.
They still do.