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I agree, and actually find it a bit telling that a game based on a story with such a strong female protagonist feels the need to have a male playable character

• wongarsu 12y ago
  Probably because 12 year old boys like to play as somebody who looks like them just as much as 12 year old girls do. Games offering both options is exactly what the article was advocating.
  • detcader 12y ago
    Edit: see wongarsu's comment below, as what I say below is uninformed. The author was advocating for games in general offering characters of both sexes more often; I doubt she'd assert that every single game must have female options. Hunger Games an existing plot, and just as girls have been dealing with male-character-only games for decades, boys can deal with games that stick to the plot -- and I think 12-year-old boys can understand the motivation to stick to it.
    • wongarsu 12y ago
      I wouldn't complain if the game wouldn't have male characters. What the game offers (after thirty seconds of google search [1]) is that you can play as different characters (there seem to be multiple males and multiples females), and all of them are prominent characters in the story (at least in the movie). As this isn't shoehorning something in, I can't see anything to complain about. There's legitimate reasons for including male characters and as there's already multiple females to choose from it's only logical to allow male options too. [1] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-hunger-games-panem-rising/id885877695?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-hunger-games-panem-risin...
      • detcader 12y ago
        That's logical, I agree; I wasn't aware of that.