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I am annoyed with how women characters are sexualized in games (piefed.social)
submitted 3 days ago by JerryMerweather@piefed.social to c/goodoffmychest@lemmy.world
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Makes me frustrated and hopeless, Its quite clear that they do this for the male gaze and whatever its called, but that doesnt justify it and makes me very sick.

Not saying that beautiful characters are bad, but semi naked characters with unrealistic beauty which both have nothing to do with the game at all is terrible, very terriole.
Why ruin a good game for the so called" male gaze" or "sex sells" thing? why?

I feel like a hypocrite and a loser.

Not sure if indie games are any better, itch io is very good, it has great (hidden) gems.

But its also filled with dating games and whatnot, I didnt check the nsfw games, but I wouldnt be surprised if they filled the entire front page.

Anyway, Its a deep issue for me, wanted to vent, thanks for reading.

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[-] JerryMerweather@piefed.social 8 points 3 days ago

I am talking about sexualization and pornification.

Too much of those is very common in games, and they contribute nothing to the fantasy game / story.

[-] DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Not saying that beautiful characters are bad, but semi naked characters with unrealistic beauty which both have nothing to do with the game at all is terrible, very terriole.

You did talk about unrealistic beauty as well.

And as for why, the answer is simple. For every person like you that strongly dislikes it, there are probably 9 gamers that prefer it this way and buy games that do it. Which of course results in about 9 out of 10 games including it. (numbers made up to illustrate point). There really isn't anything wrong with that. If art had to appeal to everyone, there would be no art. You are just unfortunate that your taste is in the minority so there is less content matching your preferences.

[-] JerryMerweather@piefed.social 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I am struggling to accept what you just said, but it does make sense.
If it was frown upon, then such dirty designs wouldnt have existed.

Its unfortunate that because I refuse to accept this pornification, I have become in the "minority"

[-] magnetosphere@fedia.io 1 points 2 days ago

Its unfortunate that because I refuse to accept this pornification, I have become in the "minority"

Well said. Strong agree.

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