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author=Solitayre

Or Yuna from FFX, she had this subservient vibe about her...

I spent years thinking I hated Yuna, but then I realized Yuna is awesome and I actually hate her voice actress. Yuna is actually a pretty proactive, clever, and heroic character and there are hints that she has a wilder/more adventurous side that resents authority, with her proper lady summoner act being the brave face she puts on for everyone else's benefit.

Not defending the pretty pretty princess dress-up aspect of the sequel, because it was ridiculous.

Well I was only using Yuna to further illustrate the topic at hand which was what your perspective on how the women are being portrayed in the media, music, and news
was.

author=Clareain_Christopher
"pixel art master?" LoL, I'm a hack. Those are RMXP sprites edited and frankensprited. I still need to learn A LOT before I can call myself a pixal artist. But thanks! I downloaded Graphics Gale not that long ago, so hopefully I'll find myself drawing unique sprites in the future.
:)

Im wanting to get that program too, its around $20 isn't it?

(sorry if the title was misleading guys :P)

Ladies how do you view the roles of females on TV and in games?
What is your perspective on how the women are being portrayed in the media, music, and news? As a female artist, designer, gamer, etc... how do you present yourself and make your mark to/on the world?
Have there been times when you were recognized more for your appearance rather than skills? How do you did with that?

I most commonly see women fall into the same old categories.
In America women on television, internet, and games are mostly dress to be provocative, kinky looking, or complete stereotypes like the girl next door or the everyday mom. I hardly see any shows where a woman is the main character but works with wits instead of looks. Im wondering if this is just an American thing or is common practice on tv internationally.

The gaming world it hardly differ, like Princess Peach in earlier Mario games. A blonde who always needed rescuing. Or Yuna from FFX, she had this subservient vibe about her which at first seemed natural because she growing into her role as a summoner in the game, but then FFX-2 comes and BOOM!!! Total fan service. Dress spheres and more skin to be seen. And dont get me started about DOA girls, I mean at first I really appreciated the game's battle system, the fighting styles, and the fuild flow of the control schemes, aside from the breast physics the game was great. Then, years later DOA Xtreme Beach Volley Ball. I was like are kidding me?

Some of the few female characters in a game I think that break that mold is Chell and GLaDos form Portal and Rin and Ayame from Tenchu Fatal Shadows.

I would like to see a good game with a normal or even comely female protagonist. I want to see what game designers can do with a female that is repellent in her looks rather than eye candy.

Gaming is apart of the technological future, but the people who play games are still very much human. And as with anything related to humans, attitudes and perspectives are flawed. It is really going to be an uphill battle for female designers, the only way I can see us getting, or should I say putting our foot down is to have someone dedicated enough, skilled enough to make an indie game or system from their time.

But to make something that is capable of bringing us into the light and breaking the gender mold take teamwork and vision!! (To any of you ladies out there who are in the works of doing something like this please bring me abroad. I dont have much in the way of skills, but I will do my utmost in character designs!)

Im really tired of seeing games made by men, big boobs or a cute face is always something in male designed female characters. It's tiring. Just today I watched a speedrun of Super Metroid, and the top comments about Samus was wanting to "poke her or touch her boobs." They didnt mention Samus amazing space pirate butt kicking skills or her courage in the face of danger.

Playing a game like Yume Nikki and .flow help me to see a female character outside that mold. I know big boobs and nice butts will always sell but I see room for something better.

author=JosephSeraph
I am really liking it, as it's kind of a more realistic approach, it's very nice. <3
I don't see anything wrong with it, at all.

now I got to wait a week b4 I can get the money to buy sai.

sigh -_-