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@Sunjammer: the argument is that neither of those characters are sexualized and that if you did make such arbitrary and objectifying changes gamers would be up in arms. again, why do these characters need to be expressing their sexuality at all?

@Sunjammer said:

@Juno500: Sure it's their job, but the real problem exists when they design characters in which sex appeal is the only thing they have going for them. Even ignoring any issue of sexism or pandering, it's lazy and uninteresting characterization. Isn't that reason enough to criticize it?

Of course, but those aren't the designs I was talking about.

As for the trend I'm referring to I'm not talking about cleavage. I'm talking about the urge to produce female character designs that are incrementally more and more normalized and desexualized, because the slightest inclusion of sexuality in a character design seems prone to inspire outrage.

Specifically about cleavage, just people freaking out over the Syndicate trailer, as well as Elizabeth's design for Bioshock Infinite, and the Battle of Femshep. There's enough discussion about it that I feel okay about calling it out.

why do these characters need to be sexualized at all? and why is always almost elusively female characters? i doubt we'll ever see nathan drake in short-shorts or marcus fenix with a giant cod-piece on his armor.

uh, but all male characters are super muscly, super handsome beefcakes and i don't see you feminazis complaining about those!

just check out such flawless handsome studs such as: marcus fenix, e. honda, mario, old snake, the joker, gordan freeman, niko bellic, nier, geralt, the gunzerker in borderlands 2, john marston, scott shelby, james sunderland, travis touchdown, mike "did you kill rita?" dawson, gabriel angelos, vincent from catherine, guybrush threepwood, raz

p.s. please play this song while you're reading the list of characters to get the full effect. tia

i'd be ok with all of this as long as rockstedy commits to releasing sexy batman DLC

i still don't get why this game is making me play as a stripper with a cat hat. where's catwoman?

....oh

congratulations on not raping a drunk girl, i guess :/

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whoa, women? lemme tell you something about women. you can't live with them, you can't kill them! what's a man to do?!?!

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