What will you feel about chainsawing a woman in Gears 3?
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Can the Locust really have been an all-male race up until now, anyway? Well, I guess if they're like bees, since they have a (BRITISH!?WTF!) queen.
Anyway I look at it like this: if I coulda took my Lancer to that annoying queen character while she stood around expositioning in the second game, I woulda.
Anyway I look at it like this: if I coulda took my Lancer to that annoying queen character while she stood around expositioning in the second game, I woulda.
I don't feel any different about chainsawing a woman in half in a video game, and to do so would be sexist.
If all those anti-violence pricks get their scrotums and/or ovaries in a knot over this, it will be absolute hypocrisy, and us gamers will prove that we are the more sensible party
If all those anti-violence pricks get their scrotums and/or ovaries in a knot over this, it will be absolute hypocrisy, and us gamers will prove that we are the more sensible party
But even the most realistic looking video games I don't see them as "real human beings", as almost all video games have never achieved much more than the illusion they are computer/remote controlled androids. I mean it may bleed red blood... but it isn't a real person.
The idea that I would not care about fighting males yet suddenly care about fighting females:
-Could that be because I am more likely to humanise and connect with a female "artificial"?
-or is it just my dick getting in the way? i.e. worried about killing a female simply because it is an opportunity for sex, pure female objectification.
See video games characters to spite how much they try to act "real" always fail and are little more than allegories for real life, which is fine, you are able to stay quite distanced, they are just objects. Just elaborate chess pieces in an elaborate game.
But could it be that slap some tits on there and our instinct to kill is overtaken by our instinct to screw?
I don't think so. I think if Gears 3 does have prominently sexual female characters in multiplayer then they will be killed just as quickly by the opposing team (no difference), but her team-mates will be far more protective of her and try to avenge her death more vigorously. that's assuming the majority of gamers are still male.
See, I heard the reason women have generally not been permitted in the military is not that they don't make good warriors, but that fellow males soldiers are too protective of them. I'm not saying a Marines/Soldiers doesn't get angry when their brother in arms gets killed by the enemy... it's just losing women they take it far worse.
Women can handle being in war, it's the men who can't handle women in war.
The idea that I would not care about fighting males yet suddenly care about fighting females:
-Could that be because I am more likely to humanise and connect with a female "artificial"?
-or is it just my dick getting in the way? i.e. worried about killing a female simply because it is an opportunity for sex, pure female objectification.
See video games characters to spite how much they try to act "real" always fail and are little more than allegories for real life, which is fine, you are able to stay quite distanced, they are just objects. Just elaborate chess pieces in an elaborate game.
But could it be that slap some tits on there and our instinct to kill is overtaken by our instinct to screw?
I don't think so. I think if Gears 3 does have prominently sexual female characters in multiplayer then they will be killed just as quickly by the opposing team (no difference), but her team-mates will be far more protective of her and try to avenge her death more vigorously. that's assuming the majority of gamers are still male.
See, I heard the reason women have generally not been permitted in the military is not that they don't make good warriors, but that fellow males soldiers are too protective of them. I'm not saying a Marines/Soldiers doesn't get angry when their brother in arms gets killed by the enemy... it's just losing women they take it far worse.
Women can handle being in war, it's the men who can't handle women in war.
Oh , so what , we should be able to chainsaw a man with no remorse , but when it's a woman we should fall into a deep depression and maybe be thrown into prison if we feel good about it?
So my answer will be : nothing
And if that particular character will be a psycho ***** , or just guilty in any way , I will feel very good , thank you.
So my answer will be : nothing
And if that particular character will be a psycho ***** , or just guilty in any way , I will feel very good , thank you.
unless the woman in question ISN'T in a ridiculous suit of power armor, there won't be a huge difference
It depends on the context for me.
Male or female - if they're on the enemy side they're going to get it
Male or female - if they're on the enemy side they're going to get it
I find the thought incredibly arousing (joking of course) frankly I've killed women in games in so many other ways its not realy an issue for me.
In Fallout 3 I just went on a killing rampage in a raider town chopping up male and females alike, then stacked their heads up to build a shrine to my psychotic rage.
Gears 3 is for kids...=)
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Anyways back on topic, the last time this was a major issue I believe was in Final Fight when Capcom got worried American's wouldn't like the idea of beating up Poison who was a girl, so they turned her into a transvestite....0o
Honestly, do you want to see Epic turn Anya into a transvestite just to make it alright??
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Gears 3 is for kids...=)
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Anyways back on topic, the last time this was a major issue I believe was in Final Fight when Capcom got worried American's wouldn't like the idea of beating up Poison who was a girl, so they turned her into a transvestite....0o
Honestly, do you want to see Epic turn Anya into a transvestite just to make it alright??
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