Rebecca Mayes Muses: Love Song for Yahtzee
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Hm,I really hoped to hear Yahtzee sing in this video,still awesome though.I'd like to see him reviewing your songs,Zero Punctuation-Style.
Not sure how to respond to that. I guess it all comes down to how serious she was.
On the one hand, yes, Yahtzee uses way too many inappropriate references at times.
On the other hand, the review that he made the most in (Sims 3), to me, sounded like willful self-parody. It seemed like he was intentionally over-doing it to take the piss out of himself, and he even went on that whole "If you think you're funny when you're really etc. etc." rant in which he pretty much ripped into himself.
Also, was it intentional to make the singer look like Yahtzee's version of Lara Croft (same hair and color shirt I mean)? Because that's the last female game character any feminist should be standing up for. She's a poorly written cardboard cut-out of exploitation, who wears unnecessarily revealing clothes and is anatomically unfeasible. I mean her last game's box art didn't even show her face.
If you want to stand up for female video game characters there are a lot better ones than Lara Croft. Jennifer Mui from the first Mercenaries game, is my personal fav. She's incredibly smart, incredibly skilled, and best of all, the game doesn't make a big deal out of her being female. There's no stereotypes, no sexual references, no revealing outfits. She's a highly trained mercenary and that's how the game portrays her. Unfortunately the sequel kills her by making her talk about things like fashion and shopping and dressing her in skin tight pants (none of which the character in the first game would have done at all).
Another good one is Wynne from Dragon Age. It's not every game that has the guts to incorporate a strong-willed, out-spoken old woman, and then still portrays her as being a woman, talking about her love life and even flirting with Oghren. A very rare character. Though, to be honest they could have cut the jokes about her age in half.
On the one hand, yes, Yahtzee uses way too many inappropriate references at times.
On the other hand, the review that he made the most in (Sims 3), to me, sounded like willful self-parody. It seemed like he was intentionally over-doing it to take the piss out of himself, and he even went on that whole "If you think you're funny when you're really etc. etc." rant in which he pretty much ripped into himself.
Also, was it intentional to make the singer look like Yahtzee's version of Lara Croft (same hair and color shirt I mean)? Because that's the last female game character any feminist should be standing up for. She's a poorly written cardboard cut-out of exploitation, who wears unnecessarily revealing clothes and is anatomically unfeasible. I mean her last game's box art didn't even show her face.
If you want to stand up for female video game characters there are a lot better ones than Lara Croft. Jennifer Mui from the first Mercenaries game, is my personal fav. She's incredibly smart, incredibly skilled, and best of all, the game doesn't make a big deal out of her being female. There's no stereotypes, no sexual references, no revealing outfits. She's a highly trained mercenary and that's how the game portrays her. Unfortunately the sequel kills her by making her talk about things like fashion and shopping and dressing her in skin tight pants (none of which the character in the first game would have done at all).
Another good one is Wynne from Dragon Age. It's not every game that has the guts to incorporate a strong-willed, out-spoken old woman, and then still portrays her as being a woman, talking about her love life and even flirting with Oghren. A very rare character. Though, to be honest they could have cut the jokes about her age in half.
Oh, they definitely are, at least in the sense that he has said on several occasions that women (or their bodies) disgust him... but how much of this is real or played as joke is not so obvious. I think one of her points is that, even if he is being ironically misogynist it still hurts and alienates part of an audience that would otherwise really enjoy the intelligent and funny things he has to say. (By the way, I love Yahtzee).Nojh said:
What has me curious is that she seems to be referring to a specific thing he said... "you really pissed me off cuz you put her down" (2:30ish)... is this Her as in women, or is this a specific incident?
You didn't even watch it did you? If you did you wouldn't be making yourself look like a fool with your pants on the ground by saying something that was the exact opposite of the video.Coliumbos said:
I have not watched one of these in months, yahtzee's name is the only reason i did. Just as bad as i remember. I guess it worked for getting some views.
That was a nice song, though I'm not 100% sure what tone and direction you were aiming for, you were saying he can be a jerk (which he can), but also that he is irresitable (which he is).
Beside that, a nice song with some nice video accomponiment.
Beside that, a nice song with some nice video accomponiment.
I couldnt help but smile all the way throught that. Really sweet and really well done. I look forwards to see Yahtzee's responce.
The end was a little scary mind, slightly off putting :|
The end was a little scary mind, slightly off putting :|