| Jaicee said: I just don't see people creating threads that go in the reverse direction, complaining about the over-representation of men in games or movies or the making thereof or what have you (which frankly would be far more justified objectively) or about the far more common phenomenon of all-male casts of lead characters (as compared with the rare employment of all-female ensemble casts) or what have you. Only when it is girls or women who are presented in those roles does there seem to be a political issue. |
Ok. Ill try to mansplain it to you as good as i can. Please try to understand and please dont go all wilderbeastly and witchcrafty on me.
When female gamers asked which gender they prefer when given the option, the majority goes for a female character. Same goes for male gamers, prefering male characters. No problem there, right? And what goes for a singular can also be applied to a group. What goes for the individual is applicable to a collective.
If we go back in time, to the beginnings of video games, what come to mind when we think of the first consoles? Intellivision, Magnavox Odyssey. What was targeted demographic? Exactly. It was everyone. Young, old, girl, boy, a thing the the whole family can enjoy. Or... there was no specific age or gender the marketeers had in mind. After the great crisis of the north american video game industry this changed. It changed with none other than Nintendo. When setting up the stage for the NES it was determined to narrow the target audience, for marketing to be more focused, thus more effective. They went out to find out who plays videogames the most. It was the Boys. To this day this hasnt changed much...
Generations of male gamers building, supporting, growing up the whole video entertainment art form. Growing attached to franchises, consoles, videogame icons and developers.
The issue isnt how much and in what way women are represented. The problem is, you - the women - are hostile invaders. You are entering someones abode and redecorate very much to his dismay. You are the girls besieging the boys tree house...
..trying to conquer, for the sole purpose of making yourself comfortable in it with all your girly stuff.
Nono, it is you who gyrals the whole thing into a social political drama. I'm not the one bursting into a Girls Only Night and screams: "Misandristic Bitches!"
When i saw the reveal of the newest mainline Gears Of War, i was baffled. For a overwhelmingly male audience? Hu.. thatsuuhh...
Also mindboggling was Microsofts decision to make turnbased Gears game a PC exclusive. Of a franchise that has its mainbase on a console. But they made the Halo RTS available for the Xbox.
Hunting Season is done...
