Comments on: Ethics of Beauty and Body Image in Video Games http://kotiro.petermichaud.com/production-notes/ethics-of-beauty-and-body-image-in-video-games/ The Making of an Indie Game Sun, 18 Sep 2011 02:39:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Paora http://kotiro.petermichaud.com/production-notes/ethics-of-beauty-and-body-image-in-video-games/comment-page-1/#comment-1100 Paora Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:24:11 +0000 http://kotiro.petermichaud.com/?p=1022#comment-1100 Far out, that sounds primo! What a cool conversation. What Emily says makes sense to me, cause heaps of guy actors are ugly, but they get made out to be hot. What about a woman who is solidly built. If a main form of transport was by canoe, she'd have strong arms & shoulders. Ah, just a thought. Heck, I don't even play. Have fun, peop's! Far out, that sounds primo! What a cool conversation. What Emily says makes sense to me, cause heaps of guy actors are ugly, but they get made out to be hot. What about a woman who is solidly built. If a main form of transport was by canoe, she’d have strong arms & shoulders. Ah, just a thought. Heck, I don’t even play. Have fun, peop’s!

]]> By: Pete http://kotiro.petermichaud.com/production-notes/ethics-of-beauty-and-body-image-in-video-games/comment-page-1/#comment-1010 Pete Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:34:45 +0000 http://kotiro.petermichaud.com/?p=1022#comment-1010 That's a great idea. That's the direction I'm going in with Aroha, Kō's girlfriend. We'll see how it works in practice. That’s a great idea. That’s the direction I’m going in with Aroha, Kō’s girlfriend. We’ll see how it works in practice.

]]> By: Emily http://kotiro.petermichaud.com/production-notes/ethics-of-beauty-and-body-image-in-video-games/comment-page-1/#comment-1008 Emily Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:27:56 +0000 http://kotiro.petermichaud.com/?p=1022#comment-1008 I think you can display beauty in the attitude of the character. For example, if the character was more physically "uglier" than the traditional hot looking female characters, but yet walked the same way the other characters did, had the same facial expressions, talked the same way, and the other characters in the game reacted to her like she was hot, well people playing the game might be taken in by this and believe this new look is hot, because of all the suggestions of it being hot. I think you can display beauty in the attitude of the character. For example, if the character was more physically “uglier” than the traditional hot looking female characters, but yet walked the same way the other characters did, had the same facial expressions, talked the same way, and the other characters in the game reacted to her like she was hot, well people playing the game might be taken in by this and believe this new look is hot, because of all the suggestions of it being hot.

]]> By: Selene http://kotiro.petermichaud.com/production-notes/ethics-of-beauty-and-body-image-in-video-games/comment-page-1/#comment-438 Selene Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:14:17 +0000 http://kotiro.petermichaud.com/?p=1022#comment-438 You might be interested in checking out the <a href="http://borderhouseblog.com/?tag=my-commander-shepard" rel="nofollow">My Commander Shepard</a> series on Border House Blog. It's a series of posts where people talk about their Commander Shepards from Mass Effect. I think all the featured ones are women. The recent post <a href="http://borderhouseblog.com/?p=1326" rel="nofollow">Do Game Designers Have a Social Obligation</a> touches on some of the same points you do. You might be interested in checking out the My Commander Shepard series on Border House Blog. It’s a series of posts where people talk about their Commander Shepards from Mass Effect. I think all the featured ones are women.

The recent post Do Game Designers Have a Social Obligation touches on some of the same points you do.

]]> By: The Courage to be Immoral « Kōtiro http://kotiro.petermichaud.com/production-notes/ethics-of-beauty-and-body-image-in-video-games/comment-page-1/#comment-61 The Courage to be Immoral « Kōtiro Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:59:00 +0000 http://kotiro.petermichaud.com/?p=1022#comment-61 [...] About « Ethics of Beauty and Body Image in Video Games [...] [...] About « Ethics of Beauty and Body Image in Video Games [...]

]]> By: Amora http://kotiro.petermichaud.com/production-notes/ethics-of-beauty-and-body-image-in-video-games/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Amora Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:22:30 +0000 http://kotiro.petermichaud.com/?p=1022#comment-16 Female characters I like and trust, but who aren't sexualized, tend to have some or all of the following features: big eyes=someone who cares big head=big brain lots of hair=vitality, flow very old (think Yoda) = wisdom clear skin/clean clothes: indicates they take care of themselves adequate clothing: skimpy, tobacco paper-sized bras indicate to me that the character is more interested in finding a mate than solving a quest. So adequate (or culturally acceptable) clothing is a must. Female characters I like and trust, but who aren’t sexualized, tend to have some or all of the following features:

big eyes=someone who cares
big head=big brain
lots of hair=vitality, flow
very old (think Yoda) = wisdom
clear skin/clean clothes: indicates they take care of themselves
adequate clothing: skimpy, tobacco paper-sized bras indicate to me that the character is more interested in finding a mate than solving a quest. So adequate (or culturally acceptable) clothing is a must.

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