There is no certain set of rules, for a person to follow when he is expressing himself. I see nothing wrong with the video game industry at the moment.
There is no industry that is perfect. To me it is just attempts at censoring when you stop someone from depicting certain characters in a game in a certain manner. I think the blame ultimately goes on the person who gets upset enough to think he has a moral right to tell others what to do with their capital and time, and what they should do with their business. It is high time you realize that people who are making games are the one who put their money into it, not the ones playing it. The ones playing it pay for it to play the game, not to make it, and the ones making it are the ones responsible, ultimately to sell it. As people are not forced to buy a game, then they are not entitled to dictate what happens in it either.
Let us see then, how much MGS 5 sells. After all, it has openly come out and said that it is objectifying woman. Yes, that is wom(a)n. As in one person.
Should tell us the depth of the problem. Should bring things back in perspective too.
I also find it amazing that there have been conflicting arguments from the "objectification of women" side. One argument says that it is the reason why there aren't many women playing video games. The other says that it shouldn't exist because there are a lot of women playing video games.
Regardless. Video games are individual entities of their own. Each and every video game is an individual component of the industry. Saying video game industry is "objectifying women" is like saying video game industry doesn't "objectify women" because Mass Effect 3, Dragon Age 1, fallout series, and many other rpgs don't do it. Can't generalize video game industry as industry that proposes violence against animals because of games like pokemon, and many other games where creatures are harmed.
And ultimately, remember that you have the freedom of expression, because you can't harm anyone with it. It is just that simple.
