...Denying that there are any problems with the portrayal of women in videogames is unlikely to win you many allies outside of Reddit.
Why does everyone bringing up Reddit? What is with this huge perceived hive of scum and misogyny on Reddit?
There's how much they whined when they were forced to shut down /r/jailbait, the entirety of /r/MRA, that creepy thread where they bragged about committing rape, and the overall fact that they're 4chan without any of the originality, humor, or self-awareness.
Whoa, where did anyone get that Other M was made by Japanese misogynist? Its a pretty terrible game, but the down grade on Samsus as a character isn't due to misogyny, but due to the production studios being completely fucking wrong for the game.
The story was written and directed almost entirely by Yoshio Sakamoto. Given how proud Sakamoto is of the plot, it's pretty clear that he's incompetent (given the egregious plot holes) and
sexist to the point where one can assume he has never had contact with a woman. Team Ninja can really only be blamed for the mediocre gameplay, and even that can be somewhat excused due to the fact that if Sakamoto hadn't been so draconian about linear unskippable cutscenes they might have been able to add some actual metroidvania elements to the game.
I certainly haven't seen any fictional females "outside of obvious parody" that have HOLY SHIT WHAT THE FUCK level cleavage.
Cleavage - noun The area between a woman's breasts, especially when revealed by a low-cut neckline.
I see no cleavage in the linked picture.
There's no need to be pedantic; we all know what he's referring to. It's also funny how tame 1996 Laura seems compared to some of the other examples brought up. I think it'd even be arguable that that character is not portrayed in a deeply misogynistic way (the creepy eroticised sadism of the 2012 E3 trailer is another story though).
"a bizarre fetish creature"
I'm afraid I don't speak reaction image. Would you be so kind as to explain what you find so entertaining about my post?
Most likely the fact that we've moved from mocking terrible kickstarters to trying to hash out what constitutes a "bizarre fetish creature". As much as I agree with him, I must admit we've got the wolf by the ear in with this debate.