I generally don't think about when playing Halo, Gears or similar games, because I'm male, so I'd pick a male character anyway.
I dunno...I can definitely see objectification in plenty of games though.
Left 4 Dead has a girl player! ...and 3 guys hehe.
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Bet with disolitude: Left4Dead will have a higher Metacritic rating than Project Origin, 3 months after the second game's release. (hasn't been 3 months but it looks like I won :-p )