Yeah, that rant about sexism in games feels annoying and out of place, or rather maybe you would have reblogged it if it weren't for the rant because the idea of a btvs game is appealing. But then i strayed into the whole "boohoo you're all so sexist" and you instead scrolled on.
Let me ask you one question: from the top of your head, c how many strong female only lead games can you think of?
Okay, and now how many strong male only lead games come to your mind?
Let me ask another question: why does the Sims have two bodies to choose from, instead of one base where you then add boobs or bulge?
Why does every game that has a character editor give you "female" bodies that are smaller than "male" bodies, without the option to change? Is it because we hate tall women? (Spoiler: no. We love them.)
Why does Bayonetta get pussyshots and Geralt of Rivia does not?
Why do men walk around in plain white shirts ingame while women aren't? (Oh, they are? Show me three.)
You are probably tired of these rants. And so am I. I don't want to write this up. I want to play games.
But the truth is, that within the past fourty years, nothing has changed.
We must break the binary and finally get actual nonbinary characters.
But the game designers and devs also owe it to the women living in this actual real world, to give them games in which they get to play the heroine and kick ass.
My biggest issue is that i can not produce such a game as I have it in mind. I have tried, but my skills are too low and disability keeps me from reaching this goal.
But the sole fact that I know that no BtVS or Magical Girl game that looks and feels like The Witcher 3, Assassin's Creed or Batman because the people who have the ability to make such a game will never do it because shareholders of publishers think women do not deserve to play such a game, should make you angry. It should make you go "fuck this stranger on the internet, you're wrong, such a game CAN exist" and then harrass whoever to make it.
We deserve our own games. We deserve games that have female only leads which are NOT simply objects FOR the player.
And yes, I know that TW4 will be about Ciri. And i already know that i will be seeing her through the male gaze. Because once again, she's not supposed to be me. She's supposed to be for me.