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In response to "Step 1. Deliberately take footage/gameplay out of context. Step 3. Profit." by Scots-IrishStephen

If Bayonetta conforms to the same misogynistic attitudes about women already prevalent in games, that's hardly a good thing even if the creator is a

Posted by TWuG Mar 17 '15, 20:22

woman.

It's still trying to appeal to the narrow, existing audience and not the broader audience hoping for content that isn't insulting or degrading toward women.

The issue isn't that games are made to target that narrow audience, it's that there are precious few games being made that appeal to that wider audience.

The list of games that don't trade on misogyny and stereotypes of women and minorities is distressingly short.

We aren't calling to have their games taken from them, we're asking to have games made that aren't off-putting in their depictions of women and minorities because that's the type of game we want to play.

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The problem with that is you have devs who are now saying that they're actually afraid to create any female characters because there's ALWAYS - Scots-IrishStephen Mar 17, 20:30 8
- I would say that based on developments it's a) not a minority b) having a positive effect - Reagen Mar 17, 20:35 7
  - Sorry, but I call bullshit on your "GG freaking out when minority characters are included" -- nm - Scots-IrishStephen Mar 17, 20:44 3
    - Dragon Age: Inquitions, for a start. - Reagen Mar 17, 20:46 2
      - Which isn't representative of the whole.... -- nm - Scots-IrishStephen Mar 17, 20:57 1
        
        Or any time you see developers make a move towards more progressive decisions - Reagen Mar 17, 21:00
  - Exactly. And the "make your own" suggestion is a bit hard to put in to practice since these games take millions to develop. That requires - TWuG Mar 17, 20:41 2
    - Didn't GG partly start over a small "make your own" game? - tobor.2 Mar 17, 20:44 1
      - Depression Quest? -- nm - tobor.2 Mar 17, 20:45
About 46-48% of the gsming community is female, and the area that's had the largest growth the last few years. - tobor.2 Mar 17, 20:29

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