Bit of a spicy video today explaining why in 2024 I choose to play games that are almost 20 years old (or older) on my modern gaming PC(: PayPal - https://st...
I was surprised when she brought up Mortal Kombat as an example of over sexualized characters, and not, say, the entire Dead or Alive series. Especially Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball. She does make some good points in her video, and I don’t want to dismiss her point of view, but I feel she took the easy way out in addressing this point.
Games, and movies and tv, have treated women as sexual objects for a long time, and now the pendulum has swung the opposite way in reaction to that. It’s going to take a while for games, and movies and tv, to allow for better perspectives on women. I think the indy scene is where we will find this happening before we ever see it in the major studios, since the latter has to worry about limiting risk and making investors happy. But hopefully the recent flops will be a shot across the bow and wake them up.
Except for that, this was a good video. She lays out her arguments well. I don’t agree with every point, but I understand where she’s coming from and can respect her point of view.
That said, I don’t think this video has much to do with patient gaming. My understanding is that most are patient not because modern games aren’t worth playing, but because they’re not worth playing at launch.
So while the video has merit on its own as a critique of the weird AAA over-correction, it’s not particularly relevant to patient gaming.
I was surprised when she brought up Mortal Kombat as an example of over sexualized characters, and not, say, the entire Dead or Alive series. Especially Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball. She does make some good points in her video, and I don’t want to dismiss her point of view, but I feel she took the easy way out in addressing this point.
Games, and movies and tv, have treated women as sexual objects for a long time, and now the pendulum has swung the opposite way in reaction to that. It’s going to take a while for games, and movies and tv, to allow for better perspectives on women. I think the indy scene is where we will find this happening before we ever see it in the major studios, since the latter has to worry about limiting risk and making investors happy. But hopefully the recent flops will be a shot across the bow and wake them up.
Except for that, this was a good video. She lays out her arguments well. I don’t agree with every point, but I understand where she’s coming from and can respect her point of view.
I 100% agree here.
That said, I don’t think this video has much to do with patient gaming. My understanding is that most are patient not because modern games aren’t worth playing, but because they’re not worth playing at launch.
So while the video has merit on its own as a critique of the weird AAA over-correction, it’s not particularly relevant to patient gaming.
“NOTHING IS MORE BADASS THAN TREATING A WOMAN WITH RESPECT!”
-Mr. Torgue Flexington. Borderlands 2
Thanks for the reasonable take. I almost lost hope for a second.