Opinion: On Sexualization in Video Games

As far as I am concerned this article is complaining about story writing in video games.

Some games have great writing, great character depth and such. Other games are completely focused on gameplay, and this boils down to shooters.

The GTA franchise to me is centered towards male gamers. I don't really see how girls can get into it unless they're just too cool.

Also I disagree, American society is more scared of violence in video games than sex.

At the end of the day, it's all about your target audience.

Even games that lack character design like, sports, racing, simulators and such are mostly played by males.

Games cost a lot of money to make, no company is going to make a game just to be politically or morally correct...they want that dollar.
 
I have to think that the writer of this article is using some rather specious reasoning to back up his claims. For instance there are plenty of games where the women are more likable than the men or more competent. His view that all gamers are maladjusted white, male, malcontents with a "deplored" hobby already issues clearly his bias and misunderstanding that the average "gamer" is just a typical person who enjoys playing a video game over watching a movie or reading a book. It seems to me that this guy is the one (or another one) who needs to overcome his own stigma and the threat he seems to perceive it presents to society.

That said I understand his qualms to an extent. But I have no problem with realistic relationships in my games. When one is presented I'll let you know. Is the romance between space commando captain shepard and blue alien psychic vegetable Liara Tisoni all that realistic? I found some the dialogue painful to hear for it's typically hollywood cheese factor and the uncanny valley was certainly a factor but what do I know, clearly I feared it because the women were not helpless maudlins. Well Liara was but what do I know? I'm not a professional blogger.

There always comes a point in video game relationships like movies where things feel forced. Four conversations and now we're in love? I just asked where you grew up!
 
Ghengis_John said:
I have to think that the writer of this article is using some rather specious reasoning to back up his claims. For instance there are plenty of games where the women are more likable than the men or more competent. His view that all gamers are maladjusted white, male, malcontents with a "deplored" hobby already issues clearly his bias and misunderstanding that the average "gamer" is just a typical person who enjoys playing a video game over watching a movie or reading a book. It seems to me that this guy is the one (or another one) who needs to overcome his own stigma and the threat he seems to perceive it presents to society.

That said I understand his qualms to an extent. But I have no problem with realistic relationships in my games. When one is presented I'll let you know. Is the romance between space commando captain shepard and blue alien psychic vegetable Liara Tisoni all that realistic? I found some the dialogue painful to hear for it's typically hollywood cheese factor and the uncanny valley was certainly a factor but what do I know, clearly I feared it because the women were not helpless maudlins. Well Liara was but what do I know? I'm not a professional blogger.

There always comes a point in video game relationships like movies where things feel forced. Four conversations and now we're in love? I just asked where you grew up!
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