No, he didn't. That's what I see very often when westerner try to translate japanese. They put it in a totally different context. Even in the update of the kotaku article you can read it was meant lighthearted and not like "haha you're gay".
Pretty much this. But if you're on bad terms with the writers of popular video game websites, you won't get positive coverage. So I dunno what to say.
The 'pointing and laughing' was because the game is 'stupid embarrassing perverted anime bullshit', not because the girl on the US cover had a pretty generic Queen's Blade-like design. Lady Zozo was far less generic and people reacted the same way to her. A lack of originality clearly isn't the problem here, people who believe in some kind of 'nerd hierarchy' just want an excuse to go 'heh get a life you weeaboos' over silly anime things.
It's dumb, but I'm glad PA is giving the game even more exposure.
Ignoring the stupidity of 'dick = boobs', the difference is that most people wouldn't play that huge-dicked warrior. It's not a popular type of male sexualization at all.Today's Penny Arcade
Doubt it.
This reminds me of when people say "if guys were designed to be attractive to women, MEN WOULD BECOME UNCOMFORTABLE TOO!". Not worded in the form of a question, like "how would YOU react to this?" but a definitive *statement*. Like... wow, great! Please continue to inform me about how I'd react to a given situation.
Would we even know the difference?
Yeah but those aren't designed for women.
The old Dante has way more fangirls as far as I'm aware, and guys like him more, too. But beyond that, yeah, I often get this idea from guys in the games industry & journalism that women are these otherworldly beings who only approve of sexualization if it is ONLY for the sake of character and story, and would never fangirl over a male character or enjoy fanservice. This is ironic because Tumblr, the most common source of their misguided pseudo-feminist views, is ironically also the perfect counter-argument against that misconception. You just need to read beyond the social justice blogs.
I don't think they're designed for anyone. They look like crap.
They're generic XXXTREME stuff that I guess the type of Xbox Live kids who scream into their headsets would like. There's a reason why Rob Liefeld was genuinely popular for a while, there's a market for this stuff.
http://art-eater.com/2010/07/test-1-darkstalkers/ Another good article.That's fine, but that doesn't really describe DC. It has a wide variety of female characters, and they all look quite a bit different from one another. Some do look sexy, while others are very conservative. Just look at the Elf or Princess Vivian
The art is quite clearly based of off classic interpretations of those character classes. An Amazon is typically a muscular woman that wears a bikini, a Sorceress is typically a busty woman. Then you have characters like the Elf and the Wizard, both of which look plain in comparison to the Fighter, Amazon, Dwarf etc.
This article actually does a fantastic job of show just how deep the art inspirations for this game go
http://art-eater.com/2013/03/from-m...ragons-crown-trailer-is-full-of-epic-homages/
Everything from Disney to Frank Frazetta.
Probably. I'm not an expert but there's a difference between eg Cho Aniki and Gears of War.
"Why aren't they," or "why can't they be"? I'm sure they can be, it depends on the person and what resonates with them. But it's not necessarily the sort of depiction you see in popular media targeting women in particular, vs media that targets men in particular.
Why is a sorceress "typically" a busty woman? First, that's not what I immediately think when I think of sorceresses. Second, if that is a common trope maybe there's a reason for it? Amazons make sense, they at least have some historical context and therefore a perception based in some sort of reality as being fighting women in an apparently warm climate. Sorceresses less so, but note that "wanton" women were often burned as witches in puritanical societies.
