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juanqunt · 2014-06-24T22:39:15+00:00

This is just dumb... it's market supply and demand. If the market research says that people will buy more games with female characters, then they will make games with more female characters. Why aren't laundry detergent commercials targeted to men? And we are actually seeing more games nowadays with female characters because more girls are now playing video games and personally the gender of the character does not matter to me at all as long as the gameplay is good. And when a game with a female lead like Tomb Raider came out, inadequate feeling feminists still blamed the game for making her look too good because "real women are beautiful with their imperfections and love handles". Bitch please, most male video game characters are juiced up with shredded abs, not like the typical real life male either. You play games to escape to a fantasy world.

Gittiup · 2014-06-25T01:10:49+00:00

Is she still pretending she's into video games ?

Poperiarchy · 2014-06-24T21:58:45+00:00

Men should complain about any game with a female-only lead. Maybe even threaten boycotts against female-character-led games and refuse to give these developers any of our money?

Not being able to make my choice of a male or female hero is sexist, right? It's sexism, and feminists want more men in gaming to recognize and attack sexism.

When an argument is this simple to destroy it deserves to be mocked.

theDarkAngle · 2014-06-25T07:37:08+00:00

Games are judged by whether they are fun or not. No one gives a crap how many male vs female leads there are except non-gamers like Anita.

And before the PC police that seem to be infiltrating this subreddit try to argue the point, let me just pre-empt: no, it isn't the case that more girls would play if there were more female leads, and no one in their right minds believes that bullshit. If it were even a remotely credible hypothesis, the gaming companies would be all over it.

Man - atheism, gaming, the tech world - I really wish the feminists would just quit with all their entitled attempts at re-arranging communities as soon as they enter. One foot in the door and it's a fucking five-alarm misogyny fire every goddamn time.

Brownhog · 2014-06-25T07:21:56+00:00

This basically sums up why I hate Anita Sarkeesian. What a hypocritical and selfish coont she is.

Prefer_Not_To_Say · 2014-06-25T11:58:12+00:00

Haven't watched Anita's latest video but I know one of her arguments is that bodies disappearing after enemies are killed is evidence of female disposability. This is a genuine quote: "Their status as disposable objects is reinforced by the fact that in most games discarded bodies will simply vanish into thin air a short time after being killed."

Now, even if you don't play video games, you'll probably know why this is ridiculous. To give the extremely simplified version, the more stuff there is on screen in a game reduces performance and this can end up slowing the game down. So bodies disappear to increase how smoothly the game runs.

And obviously, this affects both male and female bodies.

Cross_of_Coronado · 2014-06-25T07:28:48+00:00

I actually kinda like the videos of anita sarkeesian, because I like it when people analyze video games. But in her newest video is quite full of .. weeeell.... let's call it "inaccuracies". Also she does not upright tell me that I'm an asshole because I am male. At least that.

BSexclusionzone · 2014-06-25T07:22:51+00:00

Well, i could complain about how Hollywood decided that they would discard the character of Harry Mason, a father that would go to the depths of hell in silent hill just to rescue his daughter, to replace it with a woman. Probably because men bravely questing to rescue their offspring doesn't look right on the screen.

But hey, why not have everything revolve around women and nag to change the world instead of doing something productive with that victimhood cash?

GodOfAThousandForms · 2014-06-25T11:55:35+00:00

Why don't these people support the game developers that include female characters in their games by buying their games?

Ark-kun · 2014-06-25T20:16:44+00:00

Anita talks the usual hypocricial passivistic crap.

But I think that the "women in games" problem is more complicated. I think that there really is a bias (not saying it's devs' fault) against female characters in games and I have an explanation hypothesis.

Women characters cannot please women/feminists. Whatever you do, you would be hated by some group of women.

Common woman? => Boring! Stereotyped!
Fat woman? => Humiliating! Dehumanizing!
Thin woman? => Unrealistic body standards!
Write woman? => Racist!
Straight woman? => You shun sexual minorities!
Lesbian woman? => Fanservice! Objectification!
Trans woman? => That's a freaking male!
Beautiful woman? => Sexualization! Objectification!
Ugly woman? => Humiliating! Dehumanizing!
Woman that can die in game? => Misogyny!
Woman that can be attacked in game? => Sexism!
Black woman that can die in game? => Racism!

On the other hand, nobody really cares whether the main male character is fat, thin, ugly or beautifil, smart or dumb. No women - no problems (apart from the lack of women).

TimRattay · 2014-06-25T17:50:02+00:00

Quick Rant - The solution to sexism In video game…: http://youtu.be/MpJGkG1g-Lk

Steampunk_Moustache · 2014-06-25T18:45:05+00:00

Rekt.

avantvernacular · 2014-06-25T19:41:21+00:00

Then buy more tomb raider, buy more portal, buy more metroid, show the industry that there is a demand for games with female leads by making game with female leads in demand. Video game development is a business that Is dependent in profit. Make the time/effort/money spent making games with female leads worth the return by purchasing them.

texasjoe · 2014-06-25T21:01:02+00:00

IF she were actually a gamer, she could get into a huff about Ubisoft's statement about making a female protagonist, OR she could boycott them for a real reason, like their shoddy Watch_Dogs PC port.

Title	4Chan
Author	Linium
Upvotes	121
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Date	June 24, 2014 9:52 PM UTC (12 years ago)
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