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Are Women No Longer Sex Objects In Video Games

It seems that times have changed in the way women are portrayed in video games. More and more developers are casting female characters as the lead in their video games. A lot of gamers out their today are women and recent studies are showing that women make up around 48% of the gaming population and some studies actually women gamers ahead with 52% of the gaming market. So are female characters just used for sexually objects now? or has the gaming industry evolved?

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TwoForce2859d ago (Edited 2859d ago )

Well, I don't know. To be honest, I don't mind half naked female characters in video game. Like really, I don't mind. But I do prefer a female character that confidence and badass. In the past, Ripley from Alien series, she is the most badass female characters. I can name more. Aloy from upcoming Horizon Zero Dawn, the more I see her the more I like her design and her personality. When I heard Aloy is inspired by Ripley and other famous female characters, I'm freaking excited.

And about female gamer, well I don't know how to say but I do have some female gamers on PSN. They are good friends and they are just playing video game for fun. And yes, I do know female gamer do face some serious issues on internet. Before this "cough" SJW "cough" happened, we gamer used to have discussed this and it wasn't gonna be problematic. Now it just getting annoying for us. I don't care about gender, I only care about who is good or bad. Not every individual groups are prefect, but SJW is just so selfish and misguided for so many reasons. And gamer, no offense, but we do lose patience and can be way off with our word. And about my previous comment about diversity of gaming, now we gamer don't have problems with but force to do the " diversity " is not okay. Look if you want us to make diversity of gaming, let us decide for ourselves not you(SJW). If Nintendo want to make a female main character in Zelda game, let them decide. Freedom which is for people to decide what they want.

JROCKNXL2858d ago

Aloy is inspired by Ripley? I had no idea. that is AWESOME!! totally agree with you on Ripley being badass!

TwoForce2858d ago

Yes, GG did said that Aloy inspired by Ripley.

UltraNova2858d ago (Edited 2858d ago )

@two force

Just a general question for ya:

So let me get this right, when females are portrayed in any entertainment medium they will have to be as manly and macho as the next male video game/movie character to be deemed acceptaple?

In other words did we, as a society accepted the social brainwash of a feminine female character as racisism and that all female character portrayals must be equally manly as any male one? Is this really the bottom of the hole for modern society?

Disclaimer: Well...sue me for liking the occational female to be you know FEMALE and not testosterone induced killing machines.

Edit:

? My gripe isnt with you twoforce but with modern society.

TwoForce2858d ago (Edited 2858d ago )

@UltraNova Easy there, I don't really mind half naked female characters in video game. Like I said, it entirely up to the people to decide. I have been gaming for 16 years. I don't get offense by these half naked female in video game. Yes, sex do sell. The only problem I have with sexy female characters in video game. It not half naked or anything. It just that people doesn't care about story development of these characters. The original Lara Croft was sexy, badass and confidence. If people want to make sexy female characters, they need to make them have personality. Even Overwatch have female character who have personality even they are sexy.

Edit : I get what you mean about modern society. It not easy to be honest. But We have to live and fight it.

Kingthrash3602858d ago

I never seen women in games as sex objects though.
Were they sexy...yes fantasy levels of boobage yes.. (some) but I wasn't getting my rocks off to them. Nor have I ever felt like buying a game depending on how curvy a female character was.
I hate articles like this ...especially when real things like snap chat and instagram have girls doing....things....just for likes...no age limit on these app tho....but we talking about games...like forms of art made out of pixels..lol ok

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SaveFerris2858d ago

Ask Koei Temco. In any case, I will leave it up to the developers.

sdcard4gb2857d ago

Someone like Hideki Kamiya, who has the best stance on the matter:
"- This is offensive !!!
- Okay, so ? XD"

JROCKNXL2858d ago

I'd have to say Lara Croft is still my all time favorite! these new games released in the last few years have been mind blowing. looking forward to the next one.

Deep-throat2858d ago

BTW, those studies include "gamers" who tap on their smartphones or play games on Facebook.

Hoffmann2858d ago

This comment was written by someone who named himself Deep-throat ;-P

bunt-custardly2857d ago

Yeh obvious MGS fan. Get wid da program blud.

OoglyBoogly2857d ago

People seem to not realize this. While, yes, games like Farmville (big game at the time of the study) can be constituted as a "game" the 52% number for women isn't what I would consider to be "core" gamers. Gamers that own consoles, play more serious games, etc. So even if you play Facebook games for an hour a week you'd be considered a gamer by the studies guidelines.

Hoffmann2858d ago

Lara Croft never was a sex object in one of the games. At least not in the old ones.

MasterCornholio2857d ago (Edited 2857d ago )

In the first game the butler was a sex object. Everytime Laura bumped into him he would have an organism and fart at the same time. And then to cool him off she would lock him in the freezer.

That poor butler.

:(

Wait what were we talking about?

@Hoffmann

You monster.

Lol

Hoffmann2857d ago

Damn. I remember doing that to him as well.

OoglyBoogly2857d ago

She wasn't a sex object but one of her objectives was to certainly be sexy. Hard to pull off with triangle tits but they were better by the second game.

DanteVFenris6662857d ago

Then you could say the same thing with men in video games. Have you ever played a male character in games that wasn't sexy? Kratos buff as fuck no shirt, Nathan drake chaming and handsome as fuck, Crash Bandicoot wild and an animal in bed

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ARK: Survival Ascended Premium Mods on Consoles Q&A - By 2030, Time Spent on UGC Will Be Way Bigger

ARK: Survival Ascended has introduced Premium Mods on consoles. Wccftech talked to Studio Wildcard and their partner Overwolf about the rising importance of user-generated content, especially for live service games.

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Neil Druckmann clarifies true intent of new Naughty Dog game comments

Following a recent interview with Sony, Naughty Dog head Neil Druckmann claims the original intent was “unfortunately lost” in the process.

just_looken4d ago

He can take dog shit put it in a oven with seasoning then call it waistland cookies the sony fans will pay $40 a cookie give them a medal of cooking.

No mater what trash this sobs puts out/talks about it will sell.

The true fact in the 8 years sense uncharted 4 his first time in the main seat to a point all this "amazing" team did was get 2 dudes to fuck in a van then destroy a franchise they never created.

But being a port studio they are decent at they should keep in there lane at being just that a glorified port studio.

fr0sty4d ago

Salty Bots... gotta love it.

just_looken4d ago

@frosty

Over what? naught dog under his command is a glorified port team tlou2 was mostly tlou 1 asset's with the same game play loop but forced a trans down your throat.

I would gladly help pay for this blight and his team to get removed from gaming in general.

fr0sty4d ago

Seeing a LGBT person exist in a work of fiction isn't "forcing them down your throat". Nobody is forcing you to play it. Nobody is forcing you to agree with it. If you think that just seeing a LGBT person exist is "force", it sounds like they make you very uncomfortable, and maybe you need to be doing some serious reflecting on exactly why... looks to me like you're suppressing something with all that fear.

just_looken4d ago

@fro

When i think of the last of us i think of a group of survivors crossing the apocalypse wasteland with a growing bond between 2 people that end up with Joel making ellie his new daughter.

Then you fire up the 2nd one bang joel is dead oh that comic series? bang dead

Oh you want to continue all that we grew in the first one? na f that toss it in the trash

Now here is a trans woman so strong superboy would blush go out there kill all what made tlou1 then halfway get a forced sex scene that you can not skip between 2 dudes.

The gameplay? just like the first game the combat/backpack system crafting sytem? 0 changes/improvements.

I could go on but lets face it they copy pasted that tlou 1 assets bin a shit ton of times.

There is nothing on the box or the ads or anything before the game that said you would going to spend most of the game controlling a new trans character that has no ties to anything of the first game the only existence was to kill what the first game made.

Oh but hey there is a mp mode coming out before 2022 wait what is that? oh we made it its own game then cancelled it now go but the game again as we port it a few times.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

mkis0074d ago (Edited 4d ago )

What has Straley or Henig released since they left ND? Not a thing! stop scapegoating! Which of them is credited with co-writing a majorly successful show?

just_looken4d ago

@mkis007

You bring up Bruce Straley really? someone that gave us 4 generations of amazing games and was there in the creation of 4 legendary franchises but was tossed in the trash for the pos niel druckmann not 7? years ago

So yeah in those 7? years you right all he has done is get 2 awards one is a game award for a puzzle game he made oh boy right like for fuck sake's all niel has done is one game that was a overhyped fan boy orgasm underneath all that ps jizz was just a typical 5/10 game.

Then you drag Amy Hennig that poor woman was also kicked out then became this century's Brendan Fraser with her sexual misconduct information coming out.

We all know how horrible people are treated behind the scenes she might have been sexual attacked groped or something.

So yeah all she did after was battlefield hardline forspoken now that new marvel 1945 game but hey Brendan Fraser was a great actor till he also said he was sexually attacked just now he is allowed back in no doubt she also had to take a leave of absence out and or was forced out on ice.

Man there are way to many out there that look at niel at the new gaming jesus when all he had done is some work on uncharted 4 then tlou2

Oh also the tvhshow? for real all they did was use stuff from the 2013 game its like saying GOT was a 10/10 but never watching past season 3

-Foxtrot4d ago

@mkis007

That's highly unfair to them both

Amy Hennig got messed around working on projects that got cancelled by the publishers (EA) and then ended up on a awful game (Forspoken) where you had 4 other writers working on it which is just a recipe for disaster. She is now working on Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra. Not her fault she was pushed out of NaughtyDog, something both Nolan North and Richard McGonagle have both said in interviews.

Bruce Straley left after burn out, the rest of the story we don't know and will never know just like what happened with Amy Hennig. He decided to take a break and wasn't sure if he wanted to come back to gaming however he had an idea he wanted to make so he founded Wildflower Interactive, a smaller studio where they are currently working on a new game.

Tacoboto4d ago

@the obvious stain of a commenter

The trans character wasn't Abby. Try playing Part 2 instead of gatekeeping what you think Part 1 was about and meant.

Maybe try watching the show while you're at it, because you're terribly off with your opinion on that too

MajorLazer3d ago

Naughty Dog is better than all the MS studios put together.

derek3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

@just he has been behind 2 of the greatest games ever made. Tlou2 was easily the best non-vr game made last gen. Losers just can't get over Joel's death, mixed with the usual console war nonsense. The fact that you so casually call him a sob shows how deranged some gamers have become about Drunkmann.

derek3d ago

@frosty, for people like Just, including anyone that can be categorized as being a minority in any kind of media is "forcing it down his throat " lol. I to don't care for poor "checking box" inclusion for inclusion sake but that was not the case with tlou2.

fr0sty3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

The pathetic part about it is, you can tell just_looken never even played TLOU, because that was the game where Ellie's sexuality was first brought to light... No "that was forced down our throats" to be said about that.

Only terrified folks in the closet that use their hatred as cover from outing themselves fear LGBT people that much. They exist. They will exist in all aspects of life, including popular media. Get over it.

just_looken3d ago

@all

Once again you drag out something like its a big win

Here is my old channel a clip of me playing TLOU on ps3
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Search my channel for more clips

Proof its my channel? look at this profiles banner that is 7yrs old then look at other vids on that channel like my bf3 clips to see my psn id. But knowing this group that is way to much work.

Also elle being a lesbian is another trump card? one dlc is all we got of that a dlc that took over a year to be tossed out.

Rainbowcookie3d ago

Hey at least we have cookies to eat 😄

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Rangerman12084d ago

Glad he clarified it but i'm still somewhat skeptical. Plus, his comments about how Ai will revolutionize storytelling were still pretty iffy.

anast4d ago

No need to bow down, Stan your ground. The AI comments were gross though.

S2Killinit4d ago

Pretty excited as I read these. I just cant wait to see what ND is up to.

Export4d ago

put a chick in it and make her gay !

shadowknight2034d ago

Next they need a diverse couple, and perhaps some climate activists

StormSnooper4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

I would love that if only to piss off all the lunatics. Lol

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Naughty Dog Boss Neil Druckmann Says AI Will 'Revolutionize' Development

Druckmann claims the tech could 'push the boundaries of storytelling in games.'

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Jin_Sakai6d ago

I’m more interested in what else he said.

“Neil Druckmann says new Naughty Dog title could ‘redefine mainstream perceptions of gaming’

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H96d ago

It will be something like "we erased gameplay all together it's just a movie now"

purple1016d ago

every time naughty dog make a game, you play it and get the feeling "this is not possible'

from the boulder running towards you in crash, on ps1,
to the massive open world of jak and daxter, on ps2,
to the QuickTime events sequences of uncharted on ps3/4

and now we will see what they do with ps5,

H96d ago

Press X for doubt at "PS5"

-Foxtrot6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

Arrogant asshole who sniffs his own farts bigs up next game…sounds like typical PR to me

You know what I find interesting? Almost every site reporting this as the main title where the REAL interesting bit of the interview is Neil praising AI and saying it will be used to help push story, characters, dialogue and more.

It’s super shitty to big up AI especially when it comes to story telling and other creative elements.

senorfartcushion6d ago

Just because someone says this type of stuff, it doesn't mean that it's guaranteed to be good news.

You can say this about microtransactions. MXTs revolutionised the gaming industry.

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Levii_926d ago

Geez how full of themselves are these guys.

Einhander19726d ago

He also said it has "ethical issues we need to address" but of course that doesn't get the clicks.

CrimsonWing696d ago

I’m all for it. Cuts the time to make a game. Look, Hellblade 2 took 5 years to make, if AI can do that in half the time, as a consumer, I support it.

Chard5d ago

Things will get far sloppier brother

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