Comments on: Why Video Game Designers Are Missing The Mark With Women http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/07/28/why-video-game-designers-are-missing-the-mark-with-women/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:53:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: The Bosshttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/07/28/why-video-game-designers-are-missing-the-mark-with-women/#comment-308423 The Boss Sun, 07 Aug 2011 19:36:27 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=28469#comment-308423 When I saw that part about playing a game where all the dudes wore male stripper clothes, I finally understood your point. When I saw that part about playing a game where all the dudes wore male stripper clothes, I finally understood your point.

]]> By: Emma Emeryhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/07/28/why-video-game-designers-are-missing-the-mark-with-women/#comment-308416 Emma Emery Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:02:42 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=28469#comment-308416 Yeah. I completely agree with this article. Even in a recent game I got that is extremely customizable, the smallest i could get my female characters boobs was a C. It kinda disturbed me how that worked cause I'm not a big fan of excess fat int he realm. Also it seemed quite unreasonable to be fighting monsters in an outfit that... well let's just say my underwear covers up more. Yeah. I completely agree with this article. Even in a recent game I got that is extremely customizable, the smallest i could get my female characters boobs was a C. It kinda disturbed me how that worked cause I'm not a big fan of excess fat int he realm. Also it seemed quite unreasonable to be fighting monsters in an outfit that… well let's just say my underwear covers up more.

]]> By: Llb41http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/07/28/why-video-game-designers-are-missing-the-mark-with-women/#comment-294583 Llb41 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:19:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=28469#comment-294583 Nah, man. They were pretty stacked. They weren't quite Lara Croft status, but they were definitely unrealistic. Nah, man. They were pretty stacked. They weren't quite Lara Croft status, but they were definitely unrealistic.

]]> By: Llb41http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/07/28/why-video-game-designers-are-missing-the-mark-with-women/#comment-294582 Llb41 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:17:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=28469#comment-294582 Women could most CERTAINLY be a COG soldier. Aren't there, I don't know, REAL female soldiers today? Women do fit a lot of roles in games, you (itsjustajumptotheleft) were obviously brought up on certain stereotypes that you feel only you can break, obviously. Hell, I don't like women either really. But I certainly know we're not useless. We can actually do things if we weren't told we couldn't. Women could most CERTAINLY be a COG soldier. Aren't there, I don't know, REAL female soldiers today? Women do fit a lot of roles in games, you (itsjustajumptotheleft) were obviously brought up on certain stereotypes that you feel only you can break, obviously. Hell, I don't like women either really. But I certainly know we're not useless. We can actually do things if we weren't told we couldn't.

]]> By: Tanya DePasshttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/07/28/why-video-game-designers-are-missing-the-mark-with-women/#comment-293799 Tanya DePass Mon, 04 Apr 2011 03:43:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=28469#comment-293799 If I start seeing pink lances and such in my games in an attempt to appeal to women gamers I'm done with the industry. Give me death, blood and violence. So sick of the "you must barbify games to make girls want to play them". Fie on that trope I say. I'll be playing MVC3, let me know when the attempt to girlify everything is over. If I start seeing pink lances and such in my games in an attempt to appeal to women gamers I'm done with the industry. Give me death, blood and violence. So sick of the "you must barbify games to make girls want to play them".

Fie on that trope I say. I'll be playing MVC3, let me know when the attempt to girlify everything is over.

]]> By: Deconhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/07/28/why-video-game-designers-are-missing-the-mark-with-women/#comment-290371 Decon Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:45:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=28469#comment-290371 Don't want to be an asshole but I do think it's a bit ridiculous that you avoid games because you don't get to play as a girl. I'm a guy and have been playing games all my life. I've recently been playing through the Metroid Prime games, where you play as a woman named Samus Aran. She so NOT overly sexualized, a lot of people go through the games not knowing it's a girl until the end, I had no problem with this at all. Metroid Prime 1 was easily one of my favorite games of all time, I didn't spend the cutscenes staring at her, she was a badass, she could be taken seriously. All I'm saying is you're missing out on some great games if you reject them just because you can't play a female. Don't want to be an asshole but I do think it's a bit ridiculous that you avoid games because you don't get to play as a girl. I'm a guy and have been playing games all my life. I've recently been playing through the Metroid Prime games, where you play as a woman named Samus Aran. She so NOT overly sexualized, a lot of people go through the games not knowing it's a girl until the end, I had no problem with this at all. Metroid Prime 1 was easily one of my favorite games of all time, I didn't spend the cutscenes staring at her, she was a badass, she could be taken seriously. All I'm saying is you're missing out on some great games if you reject them just because you can't play a female.

]]> By: Mehttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/07/28/why-video-game-designers-are-missing-the-mark-with-women/#comment-286709 Me Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:30:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=28469#comment-286709 look im a guy and sure i enjoy whats been put in games for the female gender but there has to be a boundary line look im a guy and sure i enjoy whats been put in games for the female gender but there has to be a boundary line

]]> By: Nitokrishttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/07/28/why-video-game-designers-are-missing-the-mark-with-women/#comment-286000 Nitokris Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:26:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=28469#comment-286000 I'm a female and I dont find it offensive or anything that most of the female characters wear sexy clothing. I love Morrigans clothes :) It's fantasy, so I think that as a female player it lets us play a sort of other version of ourself that plays upon our own fantasies (eg: looking and dressing that way perhaps). To me it makes the characters more confident. My character has very short skimpy armour and I think she looks cool. I have a bit of a crush on her (even though i'm not that way inclined..). But anyway, there are certainly plenty of games with sexy guys in them, its just that girls have enough imagination not to need to see guys in sexy clothes-in fact alot of the outfits they wear ARE sexy...I mean, i'm not sure about other girls but I dont find guys wandering around in male g-strings or anything like that sexy to be honest. With the exception of Zevran but he would still be sexy wearing a plastic bag LoL. I'm a female and I dont find it offensive or anything that most of the female characters wear sexy clothing. I love Morrigans clothes :)
It's fantasy, so I think that as a female player it lets us play a sort of other version of ourself that plays upon our own fantasies (eg: looking and dressing that way perhaps).
To me it makes the characters more confident. My character has very short skimpy armour and I think she looks cool. I have a bit of a crush on her (even though i'm not that way inclined..). But anyway, there are certainly plenty of games with sexy guys in them, its just that girls have enough imagination not to need to see guys in sexy clothes-in fact alot of the outfits they wear ARE sexy…I mean, i'm not sure about other girls but I dont find guys wandering around in male g-strings or anything like that sexy to be honest. With the exception of Zevran but he would still be sexy wearing a plastic bag LoL.

]]> By: guesthttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/07/28/why-video-game-designers-are-missing-the-mark-with-women/#comment-285788 guest Sat, 20 Nov 2010 16:38:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=28469#comment-285788 You pretty much said most of it but I like to think women having better shopping taste, so we like only excellent games. Maybe that's not true for everyone, but still.... You pretty much said most of it but I like to think women having better shopping taste, so we like only excellent games. Maybe that's not true for everyone, but still….

]]> By: Nintendofreakhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/07/28/why-video-game-designers-are-missing-the-mark-with-women/#comment-285562 Nintendofreak Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:07:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=28469#comment-285562 I (somewhat sarcastically) like how Fable is mentioned so often, yet there are other games that have a similar situation and aren't mentioned--my choice example being Harvest Moon. I guess I haven't kept up with games enough to be familiar with Fable, but Harvest Moon appears to present the same "issue," if that's what you want to call it. The series has been around since the time of the SNES, but I believe that the first time you could be a girl in the series was in a re-make of the GCN's "A Wonderful Life" (wasn't a choice between gender so much as they made two separate game disks at different times that was essentially the same game. I had the initial version for it as it came out earlier, and I believe my brother purchased it at the time of release). I've played the game for the SNES and the original version of the game for the GCN, both being guys. Sure, it's weird, but kind of refreshing in a strange way. It's nice that they have the option now, but it doesn't matter too much to me, as it's essentially the same game. I (somewhat sarcastically) like how Fable is mentioned so often, yet there are other games that have a similar situation and aren't mentioned–my choice example being Harvest Moon.
I guess I haven't kept up with games enough to be familiar with Fable, but Harvest Moon appears to present the same "issue," if that's what you want to call it. The series has been around since the time of the SNES, but I believe that the first time you could be a girl in the series was in a re-make of the GCN's "A Wonderful Life" (wasn't a choice between gender so much as they made two separate game disks at different times that was essentially the same game. I had the initial version for it as it came out earlier, and I believe my brother purchased it at the time of release). I've played the game for the SNES and the original version of the game for the GCN, both being guys. Sure, it's weird, but kind of refreshing in a strange way. It's nice that they have the option now, but it doesn't matter too much to me, as it's essentially the same game.

]]> By: Nintendofreakhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/07/28/why-video-game-designers-are-missing-the-mark-with-women/#comment-285561 Nintendofreak Tue, 16 Nov 2010 07:48:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=28469#comment-285561 Totally agree. I'm confident with how I look, but I wouldn't mind being a bit curvier. Also, I like playing as a curvy lady with clothes that show off, just for the fantasy of it. Totally agree. I'm confident with how I look, but I wouldn't mind being a bit curvier. Also, I like playing as a curvy lady with clothes that show off, just for the fantasy of it.

]]> By: Nintendofreakhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/07/28/why-video-game-designers-are-missing-the-mark-with-women/#comment-285556 Nintendofreak Tue, 16 Nov 2010 07:42:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=28469#comment-285556 Nicely put. I fancy that I'd be like one of the ladies who you've had an open-minded discussion with. Radical feminism is a problem. My mum's a bit like that but she doesn't admit it. Tipping the scales in the opposite direction is pointless. And the Soul Calibur series is awesome, even with the alterations throughout the games (Sure, Kilik got a bit more buff throughout the series (which I honestly didn't much care for; I honestly preferred his proportions in SC1&2), but notice that in Soul Calibur 4 his outfit is rather concealing). They've got options in aesthetics, which is nifty, but also great gameplay and compelling characters. Nicely put. I fancy that I'd be like one of the ladies who you've had an open-minded discussion with.
Radical feminism is a problem. My mum's a bit like that but she doesn't admit it. Tipping the scales in the opposite direction is pointless.
And the Soul Calibur series is awesome, even with the alterations throughout the games (Sure, Kilik got a bit more buff throughout the series (which I honestly didn't much care for; I honestly preferred his proportions in SC1&2), but notice that in Soul Calibur 4 his outfit is rather concealing). They've got options in aesthetics, which is nifty, but also great gameplay and compelling characters.

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