Exactly. Both the male and female stereotypes are for the tastes of men. Or rather, for the tastes of stereotypical men, which makes it a self-fulfilling circle of shite, or something.ChattinWithChet wrote:It's redundant because a lot of men dig on that shit, and its purpose is not stereotyping that appeals to women. False equivalency arguments are the fuck.Isn't the arguement that says "but all men are stereotyped in games too" redundant because they are for the most part represented better?
ChattinWithChet wrote:Also speaks to the inability of developers and publishers to imagine men who can imagine themselves as Lara Croft, which is a whole other box of eggs.
Kow wrote:It's not really a media wide issue. There are plenty of perfectly well defined women in cinema (outside of brainless blockbuster nonsense) and books and music.
The Bechdel test. Probably wouldn't work for most games, even if you are playing as a woman who's talking to a woman, they'd probably still be talking about killing a man. Anyway Showgirls passes the Bechdel test so I'm not sure it's that meaningful.Fentonizer wrote:There is a test for films (the name escapes me) that I'd like to try on video games.
Aaroncupboard wrote:
...the Silent Hill film shoe-horned in the Sean Bean stuff...
Roujin wrote:Aaroncupboard wrote:
...the Silent Hill film shoe-horned in the Sean Bean stuff...
How dare you.
Sean Bean was cast entirely on his own merits!
You tell me another leading actor or actress who can fire three rounds a minute in any weather.
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