I'm all for it. Hopefully there's a game that deals with the amount of shit large breasted women have to deal with on a regular basis. My girlfriend is self-conscience about her breasts even though the are perfectly normal for this exact reason.
I also hope that it can remind people that breasts are not inherently sexist so we don't have to deal with more nonsense like the thread (I'm on my phone so I can't link it) decrying the original design of Bioshock Infinite's Elizabeth simply because of the presence of cleavage while lacking any real context for her as a character.
If there are any game developers out there, I came up with an idea for a totally original game for this jam, and you're free to use it if you give proper credit.
Okay, so it's not totally original, the idea is basically just to remake Bridge Builder, but with lingerie.
If you want to go down a deep, dark rabbit hole, check out Europa Universalis or one of the other Paradox grand strategy games. There's a monster of a learning curve, but if you can force yourself over that hump... so many dozens of hours of my life, gone to EU3...
What do boobs mean to a new mother, or to a new woman? To a person in actual, physical pain? What might they mean to a real superhero or armor-clad warrior? Or, if boobs really are sexual objects, who, besides straight dudes, can sexualize them?
No one is claiming that a great rack doesn’t have its place in gaming canon. But instead of having the same conversation over and over, why not try having a new discussion altogether?
Let’s demystify boobs!
Excerpt from the "Why" page of theboobjam.tumblr.com
What if you had to watch a sexy videogame character also buy bras, cry softly when she can’t find one that fits, and go in for mammograms
Jenn Frank (@jennatar) July 30, 2013 (as quoted on the "Why" page)
*I will say that this would be an opportunity to make a Navgtr joke, but that would be too easy.
Edit: Just to be clear, I don't want to come off as sounding like I'm mocking or dismissive of the idea. I do think that there are some serious and important conversations that need to take place about body image and character portrayals and all that. The part that I'm unsure about is how maturely the entrants and media will handle the subject matter.
The fun in fighting games for most people comes from playing other people, online or off. Fighting games by pretty much definition are competitive, so if you aren't looking to compete in some fashion (playing for fun still involves playing to win because someone has to win and someone has to loose) then it's probably not the genre for you.
This is precisely why I can't get into fighting games (or Starcraft). I have to make a concentrated effort not to let myself get too into the competitive spirit because I'm unfortunately one of those kinds of people that gets super frustrated easily. And not in a "complains and makes a bunch of excuses why I didn't win, but should have" way, in a "tapping the buttons becomes smashing the buttons becomes forcefully slamming my palm down onto the control panel as hard as I can becomes throwing the fightstick I payed $80 for onto the ground and yelling 'FUCK THIS GAME'" way.
I really wish I wasn't that way, but I am, and always have been. And since I can't change how I am (in this particular way at least), I figure the next best thing is to just avoid games that do that to me.
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