tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310141367986647635.post1590206268683251666..comments2024-01-25T12:15:23.886+00:00Comments on aaru tuesday: always christmas and:thenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11851538869806389235noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310141367986647635.post-56398727772623252362007-10-19T13:35:00.000+01:002007-10-19T13:35:00.000+01:00"and the only reason I switch is to get at the glo..."and the only reason I switch is to get at the glorious acres of male-only plotline"<BR/><BR/>Actually that's a really good point and explains (forgives?) my attitude quite a bit. Traditionally I suppose, games have been made predominantly from a male POV and the development of female characters wasn't there in a)any actual degree, or b) any worthwhile degree. So I'll put my mysogyny down to theIrving Washingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629950051474221320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310141367986647635.post-54482073955421717282007-10-19T12:52:00.000+01:002007-10-19T12:52:00.000+01:00No need to take it seriously - you don't *write* t...No need to take it seriously - you don't *write* the things, after all. It's like with Warner Bros's decision to not make films with female leads any more - they're relying on the audience containing more people like you than people like me, which is a self-fulfilling prophecy, especially in games which more or less screw you over if you play as a woman. (I think WoW doesn't do that, and I know thenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11851538869806389235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310141367986647635.post-22387522640641976482007-10-19T12:40:00.000+01:002007-10-19T12:40:00.000+01:00Oh dear, I think you really show me up for the unr...Oh dear, I think you really show me up for the unreformed mysognist I really must be. <BR/><BR/>I've never played WoW and rarely get on RPGs, but the thought of playing in a game as a female character's never occurred to me. Although I did like Perfect Dark (although saying that, if I could've chosen I probably would've played as a bloke character).<BR/><BR/>Reminds me of my Combat Flight Irving Washingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629950051474221320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310141367986647635.post-68593634014361002642007-10-18T23:23:00.000+01:002007-10-18T23:23:00.000+01:00AAAHAHAAA. I recall a lesbian friend of my sister...AAAHAHAAA. I recall a lesbian friend of my sister's who did that in reverse so she could get some Jaheiraslash.<BR/><BR/>I've never tried the <A HREF="http://weidu.org/main.html#install" REL="nofollow">Solaufein mod</A> but the blurb notes that it is eminently slashable.thenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11851538869806389235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310141367986647635.post-72405740511271672122007-10-18T23:08:00.000+01:002007-10-18T23:08:00.000+01:00Baldur's Gate was the first game I gender-switched...<I>Baldur's Gate</I> was the first game I gender-switched for; after that experience I literally did not play another female character in a game until WoW.<BR/><BR/>Well, that's not <I>quite</I> true. I used to play male <I>avatars</I>, but (thanks to the lovely character editors people made for the Infinity Engine games) would set the internal gender flags to female. Mmm, self-made slash. >:]Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16859899126394842784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310141367986647635.post-89841855828896235132007-10-18T18:53:00.000+01:002007-10-18T18:53:00.000+01:00The problem with FF1 is simply that when genning c...The problem with FF1 is simply that when genning characters <I>no gender is specified at all</I>. So I genned these four adventurers I had sat around my head, all of them female, and it wasn't til I was a few hours into the game that I realised NPCs were referring to all my characters as being male. The idea that a PC would not be male hadn't occurred to the developers at any stage of the thenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11851538869806389235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310141367986647635.post-34511185500388714572007-10-18T18:14:00.000+01:002007-10-18T18:14:00.000+01:00Now I'm interested in playing FFI! Maybe there is ...Now I'm interested in playing FFI! Maybe there is something to be said about that particular series changing with the times, because not all female protagonists later are asexual or desireless. I like to think they've depicted some women of strength, also: Celes, Tifa (disproportionate chest aside; and she's not the magic-user class, hooray!), Ashe, Quistis, Lucca (Chrono Trigger)... <BR/><BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com