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Cool hack, great dad, etc. However, I can't help but point out that one of the most popular video games of the moment, Tomb Raider, has a female protagonist, a
by Camillo 14y ago
Cool hack, great dad, etc.
However, I can't help but point out that one of the most popular video games of the moment, Tomb Raider, has a female protagonist, and hordes (brutish, sexist hordes!) of male gamers are playing it without issue.
Maybe it's not such a bad thing to learn to play as a character that is not exactly like you.
- egypturnash 14y agoGuys have to play as a lady about, what? Maybe 2% of the time. Girls have to play as a guy about, oooh, 90% of the time. For woman, playing as a character like themselves is a really refreshing change. (Numbers are pulled out of my ass based on years of playing games; the missing 8% are games with multiple character options that include a woman. If you're lucky there may even be two or three female characters to choose from out of a cast of about a dozen!)
- bconway 14y agoEver played an MMORPG?
- egypturnash 14y agoNo, I'm pretty sure that I'd fall into one to the exclusion of all else if I did. So I forgot about them. They are pretty much the only genre that actually offers female options on a regular, equal basis. I was mostly thinking about solo experiences. Which are... well, how many solo games can YOU think of that only offer a male character versus ones that only offer a female character or offer a selection to choose from? And how many that offer a selection have a lot more guys than gals?
- Evbn 14y agoTomb Raider has it's own history with sexism. Nearly no athletic women have a chest like Lara Croft. And I am not referring to chest muscles, which are relevant to an action hero.
- kragen 14y agoMy ex-wife does. (She loved Tomb Raider, too.)
- Camillo 14y agoI'm talking about the new TR that just came out. Many things have changed since the original.
- netrus 14y agoOne thing that certainly changed is that more women are buying video games - potential clients, that might dislike to control the anatomic equivalent of a sex doll.
- rmc 14y agoMaybe it's not such a bad thing to learn to play as a character that is not exactly like you. Perhaps, but most male gamers don't have to do that a lot. Most playable characters are male. If "learning how to play as someone different" is a good thing, we should radically increase the number of female characters so men can play as women more, right? right? (I'm being sarcastic, I think there should be more choice for everyone)