Sexism in games.

[Beardy]

(07-12-2012 12:45 AM)BumblebeeCody Wrote:  I've yet to find a case in which people buy a game for the fact that "there is a hot girl in it". It's more of the case, "this game features hot girls". How many men play Tomb Raider because it's actually good over How many men play Tomb Raider because she's hot?
Like with Lollipop Chainsaw, I've yet to find someone who bought the game to fap to it but would rather want to play as a cheerleader who's slicing up zombies with a crap ton of toilet humour and interesting characters.
Having a hot female lead is never a deciding factor whether to buy a game or not. So in your case, Big Boobs vs Girl in vans wouldn't be a point about whether the game was good or not/worth buying.

That's all beside the point, surely? The issue here is whether games are sexist or not, not whether the sexism is the driving factor in the marketing of it or how fun they are.

From what you say I would take it that yes, they are sexist, but you're not overly fussed about it. I don't mean that as a criticism, because it's pretty much my own view on it. It doesn't impact me personally so it's no biggie, but as a point of discussion (which is all this is), I would definitely say that the sexualisation of the women is WAY more overt than that of men. Don't get that many games where the dudes are required to wear skimpy, revealing outfits as a matter of course. It's about objectification rather than actually knocking one off the wrist to a game.