Kickstarter: Tropes vs. Women in Video Games
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Dammit. When I saw this thread updated I thought she posted her second video already.
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That's weird. They even blocked out the bare breasts with pink bars. I think she must have been reported by people just because of who she is.
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I did get to watch it, and since I don't play that many games anymore I was shocked at the overall story laziness. There was a lot of dead female motivators.
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Probably got falsely reported by youtube assholes, which seems to be a redundant description these days.
It could also be a robot tagged it for copyrighted content, but I think the error specifies that. I know Nintendo caused a stir recently by enabling copyright content matching on many of their titles's gameplay footage, but even then it leaves the video in place and Nintendo takes the ad revenue.
It could also be a robot tagged it for copyrighted content, but I think the error specifies that. I know Nintendo caused a stir recently by enabling copyright content matching on many of their titles's gameplay footage, but even then it leaves the video in place and Nintendo takes the ad revenue.
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I was able to watch it, there's nothing there that should cause it to be pulled.
Not as good as the first installment...seemed a little redundant. Not to mention that in most of the games she profiles, hundreds of male characters get killed...but she focuses on the deaths of the female characters only.
Lots of spoilers for newer games, as you can imagine. No mention of Tomb Raider or Bioshock: Infinite.
Not as good as the first installment...seemed a little redundant. Not to mention that in most of the games she profiles, hundreds of male characters get killed...but she focuses on the deaths of the female characters only.
Lots of spoilers for newer games, as you can imagine. No mention of Tomb Raider or Bioshock: Infinite.
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It seems to be up again. I'm loading it now. Can't wait to watch it.
EDIT: I had to stop viewing halfway to say that I knew I really like this woman when she laughed at the Bionic Commando remake because I know she was thinking exactly what I thought when I was told of that game's big twist.
EDIT #2: Finally finished watching it. Loved it. Bring on part 3.
In all fairness, most of those male deaths are canon fodder rather than the McGuffin that sets the story in motion.
Hell, look at Max Payne 3. Even though he takes the male deaths hard as well, what really gets Max going is a kidnapped helpless woman. And he also has to deal with her obnoxiously whiny sister later on.
EDIT: I had to stop viewing halfway to say that I knew I really like this woman when she laughed at the Bionic Commando remake because I know she was thinking exactly what I thought when I was told of that game's big twist.
EDIT #2: Finally finished watching it. Loved it. Bring on part 3.
Hell, look at Max Payne 3. Even though he takes the male deaths hard as well, what really gets Max going is a kidnapped helpless woman. And he also has to deal with her obnoxiously whiny sister later on.
Last edited by RocShemp; 05-28-13 at 06:16 PM.
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So is this a "women in refrigerators" theme (haven't watched it yet)? If so I blame Ron Marz for writing the story that prompted Simone to coin the term...
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Women in Refrigerators is mentioned, but the scope is bigger than that, and the trope is much older than a 90's comic book.
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I hope that in part 3 she mentions that in Uncharted, Drake races to rescue Elena only for her to have to rescue him. Sure she later has to be rescued again but it’s more a case that she’s out cold due to a helicopter crash she indirectly caused while trying to escape.
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