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A huge reason why there aren't as many "girl" characters is because most games are made by men. Thus the games naturally caters to themselves. I'm male. Back w
by JDiculous 12y ago
A huge reason why there aren't as many "girl" characters is because most games are made by men. Thus the games naturally caters to themselves.
I'm male. Back when I experimented with game development, all the games I wanted to make involved the main character being male. It's not something I ever consciously thought about, it's just how it happened to be. Does that make me sexist? Of course not. I can make whatever the hell game I want. You can't tell an artist how his art has to look.
- wongarsu 12y agoI don't think we make male characters because we are male, it's just because that's what we are used to. If the default character in nearly every game would be an emo girl, we would all make games with emo girls without thinking about it. Right now the default is the muscular white male, so that's what we all make if we don't think about it.
- mod 12y agoMaybe--but why is every character in a game male, regardless of it being self-reinforcing at this point?
- JDiculous 12y agoI think we just tend to make games that we relate to. Look outside of games. If I told you to write a novel, would you write it from the perspective of the opposite gender? Personally my gut instinct is to write from the perspective of a male, because that's what I relate to most.
- mod 12y agoBeing allowed to make "whatever the hell game you want" doesn't mean you're not sexist. You're allowed to be sexist, too. I don't think your story makes you sexist, though.
- howlingfantods 12y ago>It's not something I ever consciously thought about I think that's the point. Perhaps it's something that you might want to think about. Institutional bias is insidious because it's so pervasive as to be normal, banal. No one gives it a second thought.