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Posted by More, I Say!]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:42:50 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Sandiai]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:02:01 -0700 The Stranger Yeah, you kinda summed it all up in your first sentence though.

Unfortunately, the audience video game makers DO tend to focus on are somewhat anti-woman and immature. Which is likely part of the reason for a lack of female characters.
Posted by Urgutha Forka]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:17:43 -0700 The Stranger
I tend to lose interest quickly in games that don't have a female character option. Even first person shooters where you never see the character, I lose interest at some point. I still haven't finished Bioshock.
Posted by keshmeshi]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:10:18 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Sandiai]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:59:21 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Sandiai]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:57:46 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:12:22 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Dougsf]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:42:47 -0700 The Stranger
23, I remember those days. We called Tolkein books "Girl Repellant."
Posted by Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:31:23 -0700 The Stranger Posted by ScrawnyKayaker]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:16:36 -0700 The Stranger Posted by UNPAID COMMENTER]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:08:52 -0700 The Stranger
But then again, they were more the hardcore nerds who never got to touch women, while I was also on the football team and going to parties, so there is that. Keep in mind this was waaaay before being a "nerd" was cool and hip.
Posted by Theodore Gorath]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:59:36 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Clayton]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:47:58 -0700 The Stranger But I wanted to be BIG ape. The first thing I'd do is eat the princess (or eat the plumber if it was this gender switched version).

I also often played the female characters of games when given the option. I also played dungeons and dragons when I was a kid and almost always played female characters.

Just seemed more challenging (since I would have to role-play my opposite gender) and interesting.
Posted by Urgutha Forka]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:41:06 -0700 The Stranger
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong….

You could have been playing as the ape this whole time guys!

I always play as a female character when I play games like Skyrim, Fallout, Mass Effect, etc. Not sure why really. I guess I just find it more interesting (even though it really changes nothing) since 99% of video game heros are dudes, and I have to play a guy all the time in real life.
Posted by Theodore Gorath]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:25:02 -0700 The Stranger
She wants to "save the prince". This runs contrary to most cliche'd storylines, so the dad did something to delight his daughter. Why are you confused? You answered your own question.
Posted by undead ayn rand]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:20:38 -0700 The Stranger
I don't see why this has become some sort of gender debate. It is pretty natural for girls to want to play girl characters, an if more games included the option they'd probably sell more games to girls.

As a child, I would often mentally switch the gender of my characters. it would help me identify with them better. I also tended to prefer games where I could play a woman, even if I didn't always choose to do so.
Posted by wingedkat]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:08:39 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Urgutha Forka]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:05:10 -0700 The Stranger Posted by evilvolus]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:41:58 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Fistique]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:41:04 -0700 The Stranger Posted by treehugger]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:03:03 -0700 The Stranger Posted by velour]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:01:21 -0700 The Stranger Posted by undead ayn rand]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:26:19 -0700 The Stranger Posted by mubhappy]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:26:17 -0700 The Stranger
And when I see the phrase "false equivalency" it's usually used by a communist or fascist who's been exposed as a totalitarian."

I appreciate how you've brought up your failure in the same post so nobody else needs to bother telling you how your MRA supremacism comes off.
Posted by undead ayn rand]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:25:04 -0700 The Stranger