So...this occurred to me today, and I was hoping the fine intelligent people at Neogaf could explain this to me.
Disclaimer: do not support objectification of women in videogames. Do not buy the "they're not real women" argument. It makes me feel ill.
But why is it that amongst the gaming community a game like MGS is criticised for showing Quiet in basically no clothing, but nothing is made of you routinely killing people? Obviously that's a war game, but what about something like GTA where it's more obviously murder? The people I kill in those games I never think of as real people...which is exactly the argument a lot of gamergate types use for objectified video game characters.
Sorry if stupid. Just wanted to know the difference. If you can't tell I'm genuinely embarrassed to post this, and I'm sure a few of you will come back and tell me I'm right to be.
Close if I'm a KKK Witch.
Disclaimer: do not support objectification of women in videogames. Do not buy the "they're not real women" argument. It makes me feel ill.
But why is it that amongst the gaming community a game like MGS is criticised for showing Quiet in basically no clothing, but nothing is made of you routinely killing people? Obviously that's a war game, but what about something like GTA where it's more obviously murder? The people I kill in those games I never think of as real people...which is exactly the argument a lot of gamergate types use for objectified video game characters.
Sorry if stupid. Just wanted to know the difference. If you can't tell I'm genuinely embarrassed to post this, and I'm sure a few of you will come back and tell me I'm right to be.
Close if I'm a KKK Witch.