I liked it as well. I only stopped my second play-through to work on my backlog. I"m also waiting for a DLC sale. It'll probably come right before the third game is released.
Darkstalkers Resurrection was on sale on PSN a while ago for Plus users, and so was the Capcom Arcade Cabinet games.
Love that cake! It's too cool!
I was interested in Chronicles of Mystaria, but $15 is too rich for my blood. Maybe PS+ will put it on sale.
Rayman Legends also looks cool, but I still haven't played the last one... which is in my pile of shame...
No worries Ben. I don't feel like you're attacking me, and I hope you don't think I'm attacking you. Us talking about this here is way better then us commenting on most of the articles about this stuff on the internet. I agree with you that it's a hot button topic that game sites are milking for page views. Besides, I think we agree on most aspects of this issue and only disagree on a few.
Also Street Fighter (and Virtua Fighter) are pretty good with their depictions of female characters. Chun Li, Juri, and Cammy all look like they can kick some serious butt. And while Dead or Alive goes the sexy over strong route design wise, I love that series too.
Also don't be ashamed for liking sexy depictions of women in your entertainment. That's how the terrorists win!!! lol For real though, don't be ashamed for liking what you like. I like most of the same things, and I'm not ashamed. I don't see why sexual expression is such a big deal and violence isn't. We can admit that the violence in games is just fantasy and an acceptable form of entertainment for adults. What's the big deal about sex?
Also I saw this and I remembered your blog about the Hawkeye initiative. I hope you get a laugh from it (and I hope it doesn't just pour salt on old wounds).
Hey Ben. I hear what you're saying, and I agree that there is some male objectification in games... But I don't think that it's the same or equal.
That being said, I'm the kind of person that just thinks there should be more male objectification and a little more variety in female characters to make up for it. All other forms of entertainment have tons of objectification in them. Video games are getting such a bum rap at the moment because the objectification is mostly (not totally check out games like Hakuoki) one sided. Also people keep treating gaming like it's a hobby for children, which it clearly isn't. Outside of sports titles, most game's ESRB ratings are Matures. A movie like Machete Kills isn't going to get as much flak as Killer is Dead, because games aren't respected the same way films are.
On a side note, I wonder if anyone remembers the first Bloody Roar. It was pretty progressive when it comes to female characters. While it had the standard cute girl Alice, it also had the older heavy set Mitsuko, and the transgendered Fox.
After years and years of creative pokemon designs, they now have to scrap the bottom of the barrel... Or the bottom bottom... Things have been questionable since Diamond and Pearl.
I've still only played through Journey once, and I really want to play through it again. I was afraid that there wouldn't be too many people still playing it online. I guess it's still active, so I'll have to pick it up again sooner then later.
Sorry I was out of imagination yesterday. The Mappy cartoons were nice though.
Happy Birthday!
I also think we are going to reach the point where we have to discuss (again) sexual expression in entertainment. I have too much work to do to touch on that today though...
You're right though. Until we play MGSV, and see Quiet in action we can't really judge the character. Her outfit might work great in the context of the game, or it might totally pull us out of the immersion. Only time will tell. A lot of time, since I don't plan on buying any new consoles for a couple of years...
