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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2013-08-19 06:47 pm

[ SECRET POST #2421 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2421 ⌋

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saku: (Default)

Re: Feminist Friendly Gaming

[personal profile] saku 2013-08-19 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
since everybody else is being SUPER helpful allow me to give some recs

the portal series is really good in my opinion. the protagonist is female but is very rarely seen in the game, and when she is, you can see that she's clothed adequately for her situation. (valve as a company is generally really good with not being gross, but some of their other games like l4d and tf2 have mild sexist language in them, if that's something you're really trying to avoid)

i also like mirror's edge. the protag is a woman and isn't dressed for anybody's gaze. she proves herself to be very capable.

i have other recs if you need them

Re: Feminist Friendly Gaming

(Anonymous) 2013-08-19 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't need them, but I would be interested in hearing them.

Portal 1 was indeed brilliant. Portal two started to get a bit too male centric (Did we really need Wheatly? Did we really need to hear what Cave Johnson did to GLaDOS?) But I am totally in favour of Portal 1

Never played L4D, seemed really dudebro-ish. Pleased to hear I made the right choice.

Also, I agree with Mirrors edge. A great game. REALLY looking forward to the second one...

Re: Feminist Friendly Gaming

(Anonymous) 2013-08-19 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Soooo... if you already know of games that aren't disgusting male power fantasies, why did you ask if anyone could name one that wasn't?

Re: Feminist Friendly Gaming

(Anonymous) 2013-08-19 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think that anon is the OP.
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Re: Feminist Friendly Gaming

[personal profile] insanenoodlyguy 2013-08-20 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
Yes they are. They just slipped a bit.

In case you didn't notice:

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Re: Feminist Friendly Gaming

[personal profile] saku 2013-08-19 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
to be fair wheatley was more comedic than anything. i mean i guess they could have given him a female VA but i think he was fine as is. he was incredibly flawed (not as in he was a bad character, i just mean he wasn't a gary stu or anything)

i play l4d2 more than i play any other game bc i play it with my dad a lot but really the only thing that i dislike is some of the dialogue. like some of the characters will refer to the group as "ladies" to be derogatory and that's lame but i think that's less a reflection of the developer's feelings and more a reflection of the character saying them. but that differentiation doesn't mean a whole lot if that kind of language really bothers you. tf2 is the same way with some of the language, and there are no playable female characters (though there are theories that the pyro is a woman, but that's baseless fan speculation). also the player base is horrid. i mute everybody when i join a game.

if you like puzzle games, you'd probably like limbo. the protagonist is male in appearance but it's just a silhouette, and there's nothing sexist in the game.

i know of a lot of indie games/simple ones that are fedora-free too, like eufloria, the ship, etc.

Re: Feminist Friendly Gaming

(Anonymous) 2013-08-19 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd reply to this seriously if I thought this was a serious question. If OP cannot think of a SINGLE game that is not a disgusting male power fantasy... they are not actually a gamer or anyone with a legit interest in games. Why are people falling for this troll?
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Re: Feminist Friendly Gaming

[personal profile] saku 2013-08-19 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
if this is a troll you'd only be "falling" for it by causing wank. answering the op's question doesn't seem like it'd get a troll's rocks off or anything