wanderingprostheyltite
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Ha same. A 90s gem, wish they still did filmed sketches.
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Let's talk about sexualized men in gaming and lack of diverse body types
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Ha same. A 90s gem, wish they still did filmed sketches.
NinjaCoachZ
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That's because that's in Dissidia where he does look good. This is how he looked in FFXII:
I guess what they were going for is he's so impoverished you can see his ribs, but man the execution could not have been creepier.
Drillary Clinton
Banned
Damn looks great. Vaans abs do look a lot better too.
There's HBO's Looking Season 2 and well, that's pretty much it.
Crayon
Member
His abs remind me of an engine block shredder.
I think I get what they where going for with it given the limitation of ps2 textures. I really never batted an eye at vaan. He made sense to me. I would consider him mildy sexualized.
His abs remind me of an engine block shredder.
I think I get what they where going for with it given the limitation of ps2 textures. I really never batted an eye at vaan. He made sense to me.
Well in case you missed it, they fixed them.
CrimsonSquall
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But the after looks better thoWhich I why I usualy go for FF Mevius for the fragility of straight people. It even includes a "those sjw are censuring our games" type of plot twist !
encephalon
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Let's be honest with ourselves, Vaan's in game abs are bizarre, but it's the CG promo art that people post when they show distaste for the character design. JRPG Aladdin was too much for the western world.
I'm also going to go ahead and say that most people on GAF probably have no idea what male sexualization would look like if it were equivalent to anything we see on the female side.
Many female designs would as well.
I'm also going to go ahead and say that most people on GAF probably have no idea what male sexualization would look like if it were equivalent to anything we see on the female side.
Many female designs would as well.
Like 99% of the time they complain about censorship of nakedness
I prefer the more revealing original look, tbh
Astral Dog
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Ok why was the op banned
Kremzeek
Member
I found Varl to be really sexy. They did a great job with that look.
And yeah Erend was sexy in his way too.
They posted links to naked butts and balls.
MsKrisp
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Man just 1 reunion episode would rock my world.
OMG HOT! Work it Wario!
So the thread survived the death of the OP. But anyway I like this topic. The jontron stuff made me remember when that jackass used Kratos as an example of a sexualized male video character. A bare chest isn't really the same as a bare ass. I don't think there are many (any?) sexualized men, none clearly meant to be wank-bait like so many female characters are. Gay men are a small population, clearly, but wouldn't straight women like a man meat display?
The FF mevius thing was interesting because they way they dressed him up was exactly like the goofy way women are designed, the design felt more feminine because of that. And Vaan's abs always seemed to be noticeably bad. When the game first came out I remember a classmate of mine talking about how his abs looked like they were strips of tape.
The FF mevius thing was interesting because they way they dressed him up was exactly like the goofy way women are designed, the design felt more feminine because of that. And Vaan's abs always seemed to be noticeably bad. When the game first came out I remember a classmate of mine talking about how his abs looked like they were strips of tape.
Those? Aren't implants.
Spine_Ripper
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Cause he had balls
Leona Lewis
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Iva Demilcol
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Garrett Hawke
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encephalon
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Great, we found one. It's still relatively conservative.
Wait you can make him shirtless? I was so miffed when he took off the jacket he put on a tank top. But I don't think gladiolus is quite the same as quiet or cameltoe-bot from Mass effect.
Poor GRIMES
Banned
I don't think this is as gratuitous as female characters though.
I feel like a better example would be something like Chris Redfield's DLC costumes
hamauzu kaito
Member
I found Varl to be really sexy. They did a great job with that look.
And yeah Erend was sexy in his way too.
In that certain scene Varl made me blush, so I'll agree he's very successful. As for outfits I always think of vagrant story make protag and antagonist.
seriously, have his pants a little lower please. This thread disappointed me.
I'll take this time to say that some of the Until Dawn men were attractive ;-).
the clown obviously
TheRedSnifit
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encephalon
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I think it's important to clarify that muscles alone are not really that much in the way of male sexualization. I'm not saying that it counts for nothing or its not sometimes evidence of using male sexual appeal to sell games, but it's not really much on its own.
I also want to make sure that my posts in this thread don't reflect a desire to see equivalent male sexualization, but rather, are in response to "see? males are sexualized too" comments I've seen over the past few years.
I also want to make sure that my posts in this thread don't reflect a desire to see equivalent male sexualization, but rather, are in response to "see? males are sexualized too" comments I've seen over the past few years.
no bulge, no buy.
Kremzeek
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All the dudes in FF15 have such flat asses & crotches. So disappointed, because otherwise Gladio is total hotness.
If they had spent half as much effort as they did with stripper Cidney....
Hmm, his pants are so high, they cover his belly button.
So this is what straight men think other people think is attractive, huh.
Leona Lewis
Banned
I feel like Chris' costumes were more jocular than anything.
The same way that although characters like Kratos or naked Raiden might be showing more skin, Gladiolus is clearly designed to be sexually appealing.
Poor GRIMES
Banned
Astral Dog
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Leona Lewis
Banned
ivanthebearable
Member
Gladio has the flattest of ass, so he barely counts at all.
Give me the T H I C K men though, there's a serious lack of that in games. Make it Big Boy Season.
Give me the T H I C K men though, there's a serious lack of that in games. Make it Big Boy Season.
encephalon
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You can file this under Japanese humor. Often in Japanese media, depictions of the male body are meant to be humorous.
molnizzle
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username checks out.
Astral Dog
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I thought it was kinda big for game guy ass standards but maybe its the leather i love leatheryeah this ain't really doing much.
me irl
Ruud_Luiten
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I feel as an object and sexualised 
I didn't like Vaan's design because wearing scraps of metal on bare skin combined with black leather trousers and metal boots/greaves seems like a particularly dumb choice of outfit for someone living in a desert. For a poor street kid, wouldn't some softer, lighter clothing have been better than scraps of heavy armour/jewellery?
Not too fussed about his abs on show/waistcoat, reminds me of Aladdin, that's cool.
Merchandise
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I was too late to this thread, what was the link for?
(Was busy reading my school's new spicy meme page.)
(Was busy reading my school's new spicy meme page.)