why are female game characters usually buxom?

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  1. Aspargusman

    Aspargusman Well-Known Member

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    eg- soul calibur characters, metroid, etc
    WHY???
     
  2. jecebn

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    Because most video games are created by hopeless geeks who live in their moms basements and have nothing better to do than to create their ideal mate in cartoon form, because they recognize they will never acheive that in real life
     
  3. thewiirocks

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    #3 thewiirocks, Jan 1, 2010
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    For the same reason that all the guys in those games are totally ripped.

    (Not strictly true, of course. You have some feminine pretty-boys. But then again, you have a few flat-chested school-girls in those games as well. The principle is still the same. :p)
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  4. AttackOfThePwned

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    You really don't know?

    Ever heard of "sex sells?" The mentality is the more eyes on a product (booth babes/car show models), the better. And women are appreciated more in this society for their outer beauty than men are.
     
  5. gekkota

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    Agreed! And anyone who would even ask such a stupid question might want to think about moving out of their mother's basement! ;)
     
  6. MidianGTX

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    Metroid?

    1. This is a metroid:

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    2. I find it amusing that you describe a character 101% of gamers originally assumed was a man as buxom. In recent years of course, Nintendo have decided to use sex appeal to sell Samus and the games she appears in, but the first game (or first few games) were almost designed specifically to smash the rule you're talking about by making her masculine and her suit decidedly modest.

    ...but yeah, sex sells. Obvious.
     
  7. Boardumb

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    At least sports games don't succumb to that trend. They always depict your typical, everyday, average woman's figure.

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  8. Kamazar

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    lol, that was the first game I played on an xbox. It was a demo running at Gamestop (or EBGames, before they got bought out). The physics in that game. One word: Incredible :D
     
  9. spidey146

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    1) There's a movie based on the game with the same 'physics" ;).

    2) That game is based off the fighting game Dead-or-Alive which has an option called "Bouncy boob" mode or something, kind of self-explanitory


    All courtesy of Screwattack.
     
  10. MidianGTX

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    I own that game, and yes... I bought it for the obvious reasons. It was a moment of weakness, but in my defense, it was very cheap.
     
  11. Boardumb

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    Yeah, I was pretty disappointed to find out that real life breasts don't keep jiggling for 10 seconds after a woman has stopped moving.

    (Just kidding ladies :))
     
  12. Negamaki

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    im detecting increasing testosterone levels in this thread
     
  13. kijib

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    how do u go about buying this
    arent u embaressed by yur shameful embaressment?
     
  14. MidianGTX

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    Via the internet! The pervert shoppers safehouse.
     
  15. Mr. Crazy

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    Kijib because you are 6 you don't understand.
     
  16. Boardumb

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    At least you didn't get the sequel that came out on Xbox360. I think the only sporting events in that one were from how great a distance you can shoot oil onto a girl in a bikini, and speed jump roping.

    Or wait... do you own that??
     
  17. kijib

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    ok then good sir

    :eek:
    for future reference TA:
    we need a crying smilee, a shifty eyes smillee, and an evil eye smilee
     
  18. MidianGTX

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    Nah I'd grown up a little by then ;)
     
  19. Kamazar

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    a "punch kijib in the kisser" smiley. hell, I'm gonna work on that right now.
     
  20. Negamaki

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    Pow, right in the kisser!
     

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