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Dove takes a stand against overly sexualized women in video games
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OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
World peace and ending hunger are so passé.
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
After we cured Lou Gehrig Disease with ice water, I think anything is possible. Which company will step up to the plate and find me a girlfriend?
Ulysses 31
Member
This will show those evil male gazers!
kurisu_1974
is on perm warning for being a low level troll
Dove the shampoo or what are we talking about there?
Shampoo?
What?
Shampoo?
What?
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
These woke activists don't want to see the chasm between what women say they want ("More diverse body types!") and what they actually choose ("Tiktok filter that makes them look like super models").
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Cyberpunkd
Member
Oy, girl be seriously thicc, Dove going for that thirsty audience.
So when can we expect progressive developers to make a default character like the one described in the video?
So when can we expect progressive developers to make a default character like the one described in the video?
The only thing I would change about that ad is to have a MASSIVE dust cloud when she lands the second time 
Seriously companies, no one wants to play a tubby flabby couch potato that somehow just happens to be able to leap tall buildings, fight non stop for hours, and can bench a small truck.
This really does drive home the psychological theory that males take the characteristics of their toys upon themselves (i.e. they see themselves as Batman and act like Batman) while females impress THEIR attributes on their toys (i.e. Wonder Woman acts like the girl playing).
How else to explain that guys WANT a fit competent, awesome avatar, male OR female, in games yet anything trying to appeal to girls suddenly has to have every body option imaginable lest fewwings get hurt?
Seriously companies, no one wants to play a tubby flabby couch potato that somehow just happens to be able to leap tall buildings, fight non stop for hours, and can bench a small truck.
This really does drive home the psychological theory that males take the characteristics of their toys upon themselves (i.e. they see themselves as Batman and act like Batman) while females impress THEIR attributes on their toys (i.e. Wonder Woman acts like the girl playing).
How else to explain that guys WANT a fit competent, awesome avatar, male OR female, in games yet anything trying to appeal to girls suddenly has to have every body option imaginable lest fewwings get hurt?
Wheeljack539
Member
Maybe Dove is thinking this is less of a hassle than what Bud and Millar are doing as not everyone is playing games. So if the needle barely moves they can call it a win but that's only due to no one caring.
John Bilbo
Member
need more belly physics
mcjmetroid
Member
Thats what I was thinking what or who is Dove?
mcjmetroid
Member
Oh wait it IS the soap company lol WTF
TerribleAtThisGame
Member
Telling girls that being obese, unhealthy, sedentary and prone to life-shortening ailments is fucking awesome is definitely the way to combat them feeling underrepresented in games.
Dove sells soaps, moisturizers, etc. Just another legacy brand (like Bud and Miller) that had broad market dominance and now can only go down because of more competition.
Go look at Old Spice to see how a fading brand can reinvigorate itself without pissing any of it's customers off.
Dove should realize that MEN do a lot of the grocery shopping these days so even if the wife wants Dove....well, there are a dozen alternatives right next to it that DOESN'T shit on my video game preferences. Hmmmm, maybe that vet owned brand or the openly patriotic one...yeah, they all make a damned lavender scent anyways....
TrueLegend
Member
Man, this and that but not a fully finished game. What a great change for gaming.
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
Man this is so stupid. When the hell did “feeling represented” become something we demand in video games (or any other fantasy medium)? I want to play as some cool, heroic, idealized character, not some average dude who looks like me in real life.
MikeM
Member
What about fat men? I mean, underrepresented men? Kratos does not represent the fat dudes. Where is their commercial??
Oh wait- its cause men don’t care.
Perhaps they should put more investments into making healthy food easier to obtain, educating on the benefits of active lifestyles, instead of saying “its cool to be thicker ladies!” Everyone knows that heart disease is the leading cause of death in the US.
Oh wait- its cause men don’t care.
Perhaps they should put more investments into making healthy food easier to obtain, educating on the benefits of active lifestyles, instead of saying “its cool to be thicker ladies!” Everyone knows that heart disease is the leading cause of death in the US.
Meicyn
Gold Member
gaaaaay
It's not gay if it makes my balls smell good....
...wait, is that the DEFINITION of gay, wanting balls to smell good???
I'm so confused
AlteredForms
Banned
I actually made a thread recently about sexualized gaming characters and their modest counterparts. Got some pretty good views, though most people were interested in the tiddies though so I made a thread dedicated to them called #BustMust.
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Meicyn
Gold Member
Everything is fair game, just say “no homo” and you’re good.It's not gay if it makes my balls smell good....
...wait, is that the DEFINITION of gay, wanting balls to smell good???
I'm so confused
Mistake
Member
Same old shit since burning bras. If a guy likes it, it’s bad.
Also, this is one reason why asian games are quickly gobbling up market share. Not as afraid to make character models visually appealing
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RoboFu
One of the green rats
stories 1000 years ago and today are about what you should strive for. Yes everyone cannot be flawless looking but everyone shouldn't be okay with being fat and unhealthy that is not what we should be teaching our kids. there is a big difference between having a different shape and being unhealthy.
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Ulysses 31
Member
Weird they caved so fast when people complained about boob jiggle that they patched it out.meanwhile every female skin in Fortnite has an exposed midriff and massive ass
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
Cognitive dissonance. The same people who complain that beer ads objectify women also say with a straight face that sex work empowers women.
MMaRsu
Banned
Let me tell you, women don't care either.
Noone wants to play as a fat chick, not even gamer girls.
LordOfChaos
Member
We're going to look back on this decade of body positivity and obesity acceptance as an absolute train wreck disaster for health and the obesity epidemic, with consequences akin to smoking
I'm sorry your feelings are hurt but there's no such thing as "healthy at any weight", no person on earth is healthy with an extra 200 pounds of fat to lug around
The other funny thing is that I've literally seen people post fat acceptance memes on facebook where like a morbidly obese woman was being hugged by a completely jacked guy lol, what's up with that, accept me but you have to work
I'm sorry your feelings are hurt but there's no such thing as "healthy at any weight", no person on earth is healthy with an extra 200 pounds of fat to lug around
The other funny thing is that I've literally seen people post fat acceptance memes on facebook where like a morbidly obese woman was being hugged by a completely jacked guy lol, what's up with that, accept me but you have to work
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Lean athletic women with implants can't get natural boob jiggle and they complained.Weird they caved so fast when people complained about boob jiggle that they patched it out.
I'm totally sure that's who was offended
Dr. Claus
Vincit qui se vincit
99.9% of people are against it. 0.1% are for it. Most people call out fatties for being fatties. Somehow companies think those 0.1% who live perpetually on the internet, are their biggest customers.
Only if fat lara collapsed bridges thin Lara didn't, can't pull herself up ropes like thin Lara, cant sprint lime thin lara, but ALSO can ram dudes off cliffs while thin lara just bounces off, can wrestle down bears, and gets twice the healing from potions as thin lara
Cant wait to play as Fat Lara
TerribleAtThisGame
Member
This is like the gun issue and the Onion headline. "No way to avoid this says only nation where it happens regularly" to paraphrase.
The fact people don't see that corporations are only telling you this is great so they can shove more products that make you unhealthy down your gullet is beyond me. I've been overweight. It's not cool, it's not fun and it doesn't fucking feel good. But of course turning the copium to 10/10 and being lied to is much more convenient and easy than actually doing something about it. I'm not saying there aren't people with genuine issues that prevent this, nor am I saying people should be shamed and mocked for how they look but what trigger the fuck out of me is corporations lying to people with a fake accepting smile on their faces and the affected demographic actually nodding their heads.
I found it even funnier that they show the empowered girl character all happy and satisfied...laying in a fucking gaming chair in her depressing, small room like Cartman in that Warcraft episode. Her stomach is even protruding upwards like she's half laying in that thing. The whole idea of this being "empowering" is grotesque.
kurisu_1974
is on perm warning for being a low level troll
Can't wait for Diabetes Diablo IV