First screens and art of Bethesda’s Elder Scrolls Online. The MMO will be utilizing the HeroEngine, the same engine powering Star Wars The Old Republic. Expect tons of new info on the title at next months E3. Elder Scrolls Online is slated for PC and MAC next year.
I am curious
cautious, but curious
(via whataboutmonday)
After you’ve completed all sorts of minor acts of heroism to get recruited into the Grey Wardens, Alistair points out that not many women have joined the order. It’s not an insult, but it does make you feel like the odd one out. In response, the player has the following dialogue options: - You want more women in the Wardens, do you? - Probably because we’re too smart for you. - I can handle myself better than most. - How about you stop thinking of me as a woman? In other words, you can: - Flirt. - Take the “boys have cooties” route. - Admit that your gender is a handicap, or that you are unusual. - Deny your femininity. Aside from the fact that those options all suck, they also lack one key response: Alistair, are you high? I’ve seen women fighters in every single environment in this game.
The Hey Sweetheart Scenario: Deconstructing How Role-Playing Games Talk to Women | The Mary Sue (via quarterclever)
attn: Samantha
the whole article is worth a read; I’ll be on the lookout for this trope in future
(via hyrulechozo)
I’ve heard about the upcoming game-that-isn’t-a-game-but-is-like-a-game Dear Esther and hadn’t really paid much attention to it - but this trailer has my interest piqued. It looks… very pretty. Coming from a books-and-films background, I don’t mind if a ga- a playable thing is lacking in gameplay (oh dear, this is all starting to sound very recursive), but it still remains to be seen if it has enough substance. It’s out on the 14th of February.
I played an early draft of Dear Esther a couple of years ago and found it extremely compelling, if somewhat lacking in polish. It proved difficult to parse; I was unsure if that was a design flaw or the whole point. Regardless, I will definitely be watching for this (re?)release.
Brenda Brathwaite lead an interesting discussion on twitter about THAC0 and age - you can tell a gamer who is over 30 by whether they can compute THAC0 in their head or not.“Just this guy, you know” on io9’s article about 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons
Gamers get hella uncomfortable over male sexuality too. Can you imagine a “good male character who just happens to be wearing sexually exploitative outfits because he’s ok with his masculinity?” Constantly has the camera pan lovingly over his asscrack and firm glutes, and big ole dangly ballsack that is totes sweaty from all this MMA and soldiering. Time to hit the showers, and do you, personally, think it’s ok to have a long slow pan up the dude’s package (indiscreetly hidden in a jock of course), to his chiseled physique and erect nipples (pierced). He’s not even a Bond-esque confident man, he’s basically a weird Bowie caricature that’s constantly having near-dickslips in every single cinematic as the completely nonsexualized female characters do their business of being gruff and shooting dudes and advancing the plot. Finally, at the end he falls in love (out of nowhere) and/or is killed by the big baddie.
a forum post I read recently, trying to give a solid example of what ‘male objectification in gaming ’ would actually look like if it was anything equivalent to current female objectification in gaming. (via nothingbutsurrender)
is it bad that i want to play a game with this character
(via weeaboo-chan)
“Men can expect that their presence at an event won’t automatically be assumed to be decorative or secondary to another man. Despite the growing presence of women in comics, as publishers, editors and creators as well as consumers, a preponderance of men will either treat women at conventions as inconveniences, booth bunnies or even potential dates. Many a female creator or publisher has had the experience of convention guests coming up and addressing all of their questions to the man at the table… despite being told many times that the man is often the assistant, not the talent, only there to provide logistical support and occasional heavy lifting.”
but Catwoman is basically all of the Strong Female Characters rolled into one
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