| Khuutra said: .....Strong women characters are destroying gaming? Jesus Christ. I mean. I don't know what to say. This whole article is deplorable but that one in particular, my God. |
You ever take any reading comprehension tests back in middle school? I'm guessing not.
The article says "Strong female leads= Edgy, clever, and desirable"
what the writer is lamenting is that "strong" female characters are now always made: clever, edgy, but, ultimately, nothing more than eye-candy for sex-starved male gamers. Basically, in lieu of actually attempting a real, deep, developed character, female leads are simply created as leather-clad babes who are nevertheless always ready with a witty one-liner or smarmy non sequitor.
He goes on to cite poor examples with muddled-as-ever writing, but the point is still valid. Though I don't like the article overall, at all, I agree with the author on this one. Female protaganists are as cookie-cutter predictable as any other penultimate videogame archetype (like the grizzled space marine or quiet-and-young-but-determined-and-so-on-blah-blah-blah JRPG hero).
Crusty VGchartz old timer who sporadically returns & posts. Let's debate nebulous shit and expand our perpectives. Or whatever.
