opinions on female game characters

[Kashima]

firstly ill say this stereotypes and subjective media exist everywhere if you dont wish to be exposed to anything possibly offensive you should take residence in a cave and cease all contact with the outside world. Now onto the subject of videogames being a pretty much neutral heterosexual male ill say this which will probably get me flamed by the females on sight but normally i always take up for you all. First the majority of videogame designers out there are males meaning two things one they naturally want to design a game that suits their own tastes could be the developmental team on capcom making scary ass resident evil games or the good ole boys at rockstar pumping out new gta's faster than most shotguns do shells or two they will make games that they feel appeal to other males out there like themselves the guys who made extreme beach volleyball even said this is for all the other men out there who are fans of the slim beautiful female figure. The thing is we as consumers have the right not to buy anything that doesnt suit our personal tastes for most women this means not buying games in which women are objectified and for your "COMMON" male this means buying games where you shoot shit use cheat codes and catch the occasional sneakpeak at a girl or two. Me just being a gamer in general i buy anything that catches my attention annoying all hype both good and bad about it like the guy who developed gta 3 said i dont think anyone paid fifty dollars to watch a car bounce up and down for twenty seconds. Now its not fair that the videogame industry leans solely towards men but one must realize for how long a time men sustained it there was a time in recent history where women just were not interested in games so of course this form of media as a whole has started to lean towards male fantasies wants needs and what have you . So while its not right it is to be expected even now the video game community is only comprised of a small amount of women. My suggestion go out and get your other female friends into game numbers cant be ignored the more voices you have the farther they carry. Now in response to a few members post about videogames further perpetuating the stereotype of what a good or "pretty " woman should be ill say this. In every culter counter culture genre and sub genre there are expectations and stereotypes be it based of race religion or gender the media portrays certain things about a group of individuals at any time while its disheartening to have teen stars like lindsay lohan and brittany spears saying you have to weight 110 lbs and have a double d cup for boys to like you its a part of society and as long as there are men who buy into it and females as well they will keep a firm foothold in our lives all i can say is be a strong enough person to say to hell with any perceptions others have of you or any opinions of what they think you should be. Well that was my rant been ages since i had one :bandit: