Having female characters in Halo and Gears of War just seems out of place. You don't expect to find women in those situations. Yeah it's possible, but if the designers had to include every type of person in their games so no one would be upset, they'd have to throw in cripples, retards, short people, tall people, Asians, Hispanics, Whites, Blacks, Reds and Purples. You'd have more characters than the developers would ever want to have to build models for. Characters should be designed based on the nature of the story, not so no one feels left out.
As for GTA hookers, you think male hookers will make more sense to the player? Just because one woman is a hooker does not mean every woman is; I don't think the creators are trying to make a statement about the nature of womankind.
Guys relate better to guy characters. Guys make up the majority of gamers. Hence the trend. And big boobs and asses are there because guys like them. Does that make it right? Not anymore than porn is "right." But does that explain the trend perfectly? Sure does.
And for the record, I'm absolutely not sexist. I show women more respect than I think many can claim to (I'll joke around at times but that's just goofin'). I'm just mapping out the logical explanations/arguments here.
Edit - @GotchayeX - Well said. Think you said what I said but better.
"Whenever you find a man who says he doesn't believe in a real Right and Wrong, you will find the same man going back on this a moment later." -C.S. Lewis
"We all make choices... but in the end, our choices... make us." -Andrew Ryan, Bioshock
Prediction: Wii passes 360 in US between July - September 2008. (Wii supply will be the issue to watch, and barring any freak incidents between now and then as well.) - 6/5/08; Wow, came true even earlier. Wii is a monster.
