So ... here I sit Friday night at home, a few sweet tea vodka tonics deep watching my husband play "Mass Effect 3" ... and I wonder, has anyone noticed how women are portrayed in video games? Yes, there's anger over the violence, bloodshed and hours of time spent indoors, especially in relation to young minds, but what about the chicks? Is this what teenage boys (and older men like my hubby) think about women?
Every woman character -- whether human, alien, or other -- has huge boobs, a tiny waist, and a hourglass figure. Really? Every female character in every video game is stacked?
Do I play these games? No. However, I've spent enough time in a room with someone who does. I've glanced up at the screen or walked past the boob tube (literally) and noticed ... wow, that body is sick! Oh wait, all the chicks in this game have sick bodies! Absolutely fabulous.
Pretty much any girl in a Team Ninja/Tecmo game -- which features chicks with ridiculous size breasts -- as well as Capcom, both Resident Evil and the Dead Rising series .. again we see boobies the size that Wyatt and Gary from "Weird Science" would cook up.
OK, mama didn't raise no fool. I get it. Who's the market audience for video games? Adolescent, youngish adult men, and the nerd-type who haven't gotten laid and probably never will. Live your fantasy through these games because you'll never get these women in real life so jerk the snake! Don't worry, you won't go blind. I promise.
So, obviously gamers don't want to see Precious-size women featured, running down the street scarfing down stolen fried chicken, but what about normal women? Everyday women? What about a little variety? These female characters serve men by looking over-sexualized in addition to often being subservient to male characters. Men want to play as a jacked up, muscular, hottie hero and want the chicks to be their ultimate fantasy and serve them.
I'm not going to go all feminist on your ass because I get it. As a woman, if I were into video games, I wouldn't want my male characters looking like a fake ass Jonah Hill! If I'm going to spend hours with this shit, I would definitely want a hottie (where's Joe Manganiello when you need him? Maybe Eric Bana ... mmmm). However, I wonder ... hopefully older men understand these big-breasted porn stars aren't the norm but what about the youngsters who don't know? What is going through their minds?
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