Bregalad wrote: ↑Fri Nov 20, 2020 2:44 am
It's very likely to be simple : Youngsters aren't used to the old style organizsed "threaded forums" conversation style like here. Instead they're used to the "social network style" where everyone is encouraged to comment everything in a huge mess of completely cahotic "big-data".
As such it's perfectly normal for them to add their little insignificant comments anywhere.
Yeah, I can get behind that explanation.
Nikku4211 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 19, 2020 8:02 pm
Also, if you're not angry or upset about it, then can you explain your language here?
DRW wrote: ↑Thu Nov 19, 2020 2:45 pm
I asked you why
the fuck you felt the need to post on-topic, but ultimately superfluous one-liners in 10 mostly old, inactive threads.
I'm not angry about the necrobump. But, yeah, if I call somebody out by asking him "What were you thinking?" and all he says is "Sorry", then this indeed
does get on my nerves. I hate stupidity. And when I ask you what you were thinking, I'm not expecting you to crawl on the ground and ask for forgiveness, I'm expecting you to answer me in a smart way.
nocash wrote: ↑Thu Nov 19, 2020 6:59 pm
Explaining that armored females aren't good because you prefer to identify more of their anatomy...
I didn't say they aren't good. I said: If of all the games in my list, I only have one that happens to have a female protagonist and all the others are male, then I want the female protagonist to be visible as female.
Among Mario, Link, Mega Man, Simon Belmont, the "Contra" guys etc., if the only female has a sprite that's just a robot suit, then the game might be good or it might be bad. The protagonist might be great or lame. But this specific game doesn't satisfy my desire to have one game with a clearly female protagonist.
I might still play the game for its quality. For example, "Super Metroid" might be a very fitting game if you're into really atmospheric science fiction games.
But the specific property "this game is one with a clearly female protagonist" (in the same way "Tomb Raider" or "Shantae" are) isn't covered by a game like "Metroid" or "Ms. Pac-Man".
nocash wrote: ↑Thu Nov 19, 2020 6:59 pm
it's one thing to say that in 2015... but few would expect to hear somebody to repeat that detailed considerations in 2020.
Oh please! I don't give a shit about the recent trend initiated by that crybaby cancel culture generation who takes issues with everything.
Those people always want to be so liberal, but in fact, today's generation actually has the morals of the 50s, minus the homophobia.
In all the decades since the 50s, the youth became more and more liberal, with their parents and grandparents being regarded as old-fashioned and conservative. Except for today's youth. They revert back to the morals of yester-yesterday.
For example, it were old, bitter soccer moms who took issue with stuff like Al Bundy or "South Park", and those shows rightfully made fun about this very thing.
Today, it's the exact opposite: The youth is bothered by the slightest things that aren't P.C. And the big companies bow down to the morons and remove harmless shows like "Little Britain" because they are insensitive or something like that.
But I won't make myself the bitch of this thin-skinned easily-upset generation.
If you want to present a non-sexualized tough woman as your hero, do so. We had that as well with Sarah Connor, Ellen Ripley, Beatrix Kiddo etc., so it's not even anything new that the current generation came up with.
But I won't let myself be guilt-shamed for liking some of my singers and game characaters in midriff-baring outfits, for preferring the fanservicey popcorn cinema that is 2000's "Charlie's Angels" as opposed to the bland, man-hating recent version, for preferring James Bond as a manly man playboy and for unironically liking the things that Al Bundy has to say.
People didn't fight for more freedom of expression just so that those little brats catapult us back to the morals of the 50s with the addition of complaints about "toxic masculinity".
So, don't tell me that in 2020 I cannot express the desire to have female videogame or movie characters or singers who look attractive, womanly and sexy. Because I don't give a shit about what sensitive little crybabies bitch about.
They want diversity? Fine. They can have it:
They can get that fat girl from the new 2020 X-Men and I take Coffy from 1973, a badass, sexy woman who fights pimps and drug dealers, but isn't a man-hating feminazi and isn't above using her looks to get what she wants.
That
is diverse, isn't it?
nocash wrote: ↑Thu Nov 19, 2020 6:59 pm
What was your goal when starting this thread, female empowerment, voyeurism, or something else?
Nothing of those stupid catchphrases. I simply wanted to fill my game list with some variety:
Several themes (fantasy, science fiction, contemporary etc.), several genres (platformers, puzzle games, racing etc.)
And since most of my games have a male character as the protagonist, I wanted to have one game in my list with a clearly female main character who fulfills the following criteria:
Is not just one in a group (unless the whole group would be female) (i.e. "Super Mario Bros. 2" doesn't count).
Is human or a human-like species (i.e. genies and elves count as well, but Ms. Pac-Man or a mother bird doesn't, she has to be what is commonly understood as a woman).
Is actually natively a videogame character (not just a comic or movie character in a videogame conversion).
Isn't just a character in a spinoff game based on a male character's franhcise (i.e. a game based on Mega Man's sister Roll wouldn't count).
And fights the bad guys just like the male characters in most other games (i.e. not a game like "Zooming Secretary" that's simply a female equivalent to "Paperboy", but I want a female equivalent to "Castlevania" or "Kung Fu").
And yes, the character being very sexy is not a requirement, but it surely wouldn't hurt either.
And so, I created my own little game that has all the properties that I listed, plus some optional stuff that I like. This game is "City Trouble" and you can see the main character Amy in my icon on the left.
And if you think her design is misogynist or whatever, please consider that my graphics artist who drew all the sprites and artworks (and the game's bad girl, Scarlett, has even skimpier clothes than Amy) is a woman as well.