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[-] Nerdybynature@lemmy.world 179 points 10 months ago

Honestly, might be nostalgic for guys, but as a girl who was playing games in this era, it made me feel like I wasn’t a part of the culture, rarely if ever were there ads marketed towards me, but man were there a lot of half naked ladies. Glad we don’t do this as much, but god this caused a lot of younger girls to feel ashamed of playing games “for boys”.

[-] Daxtron2@startrek.website 64 points 10 months ago

It really sucks looking at the detrimental effect this had on gender ratios in gaming to this day. It's gotten a lot better but it's still not there yet.

[-] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 52 points 10 months ago

Yeah, we need to level the playing field by having half naked sexy guys on the cover of games. ^please

[-] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 10 months ago

Like Fabio? Pretty much any depiction of a barbarian is some muscular dude wearing only a loincloth and his broadsword.

[-] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 10 months ago

Doubt that's going to be enough, I think if you want to make a sexually objectifying 90s magazine ad that appeals to female nerds you're going to have to break out the homoerotic innuendos

[-] TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

People used to bring up Kratos in these discussions but before these new games he seemed far more likely to bite someone's face off than to kiss anyone. There's a difference.

[-] vox@sopuli.xyz 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
[-] Daxtron2@startrek.website 7 points 10 months ago

I'm ok with that

[-] molochthagod@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

I'd rather we stop sexualizing characters altogether. If anything, it's silly and makes it more difficult to take them seriously.

[-] TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

I think there is space for both sexualized and non-sexualized characters, as long as they are treated evenly. This is entertainment, they don't need to be all business serious.

I dread that in trying to be perfectly respectable, the medium might err to the side of prudishness and sexual repression.

[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 months ago

looking in your direction, clive rosfield

[-] BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world -5 points 10 months ago

After a woman says she doesn't like being sexualized, your response is to not worry because the sexualization of women will continue, but you'll start to sexualize men, too?

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