Guilt by association eh? Condemn all for the idiocy of few, really cool Patrick really cool. Way to make someone not wanna come to a website they've loved for years.
My 19 year old little sister is a huuuuge fighting game fan, her main character that she has put hundreds and hundreds of hours and mastered is Nightmare from Soul Caliber...I know what your thinking " bu but, shes a girl, shouldn't it be from skull girls?" No, and you wanna know why? because she is NOT her gender, she is NOT her sexuality. She's smart enough to realize that pixel orientation on a screen in the form of the male or female form does not represent her.
It's so strange how being seen as a " victim" has become a legit aspiration in the past couple of years. Getting outraged and being so easily offended is not something I want to associate with. This whole "social justice warrior" I'm a superior human being trend is a real bummer...I don't wanna be told i'm a piece of shit, I just wanted to read about video games.
Eh, you're missing the point here buddy. This goes back to when men played women's roles in theater, or Mickey Rooney's role in Breakfast at Tiffany's etc. It is not about being a victim sir, it is about girls and women having avatars and role models they can relate and look up to as fellow women. Yes, they can have men and that's fine, just like a guy can have a woman as a role model or whatever, but it is not the same. It's about creating a space in which women can be seen for who that are and can be on a legitimate level that is free from the connotation of men and male characters. There is no "victim" of any sort.
Okay, so what do you propose we do to solve this "issue?" Remove game creators artistic freedom and force them to use an equal ratio of men to women? Also, video games are the last place people should be looking for role models. Saying they should/do is the same as saying video game violence causes real life violence, it's just entertainment.
My 19 year old little sister is a huuuuge fighting game fan, her main character that she has put hundreds and hundreds of hours and mastered is Nightmare from Soul Caliber...I know what your thinking " bu but, shes a girl, shouldn't it be from skull girls?" No, and you wanna know why? because she is NOT her gender, she is NOT her sexuality. She's smart enough to realize that pixel orientation on a screen in the form of the male or female form does not represent her.
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