{"id":8512,"date":"2011-11-23T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T09:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.badreputation.org.uk\/?p=8512"},"modified":"2011-11-23T09:00:37","modified_gmt":"2011-11-23T09:00:37","slug":"gamer-diary-dystopian-beauties-how-the-apocalypse-killed-all-the-trolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/badreputation.org.uk\/2011\/11\/23\/gamer-diary-dystopian-beauties-how-the-apocalypse-killed-all-the-trolls\/","title":{"rendered":"[Gamer Diary] – Dystopian Beauties: How the Apocalypse Killed all the Trolls"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Are your boobs bulletproof? Apparently, Friday's are!<\/p><\/div>\n

First of all, my sincerest apologies for disappearing into the far reaches of the internet but that terrible thing called Real Life decided to poke its nose where it wasn\u2019t wanted.\u00a0 I will<\/strong>\u00a0tell you all about the Eurogamer Expo<\/a>, and I still have those goodies to give away, so please forgive my extended absence!<\/p>\n

Today, I present to you my observations of the post-apocalyptic female form, with visual examples from RAGE<\/strong><\/a>, the recent id Software<\/strong><\/a> release.\u00a0 In case I didn\u2019t mention it before, I am a bit of an id fan \u2013 seeing as how Doom<\/strong> was the first proper game I ever played \u2013 so criticising them was a bit of a forced exercise for me.\u00a0 But criticise I must!\u00a0 When I first saw the trailers and preview footage <\/a> for RAGE I noted the presence of female characters<\/a>(!). However, they were distinctly boobed-up and inappropriately attired for life in a wasteland environment, especially given all the violence<\/em>\u00a0also included in these vids.<\/p>\n

I’d noticed this before in other post-apocalypse\/global bad thing games, like Fallout: New Vegas<\/strong> and definitely<\/em>\u00a0in Borderlands<\/strong>.\u00a0 It is also apparent in fantasy RPGs like Dragon Age<\/strong>, as well as sci-fi\/horror titles like Dead Space<\/strong>.\u00a0 All these women are stereotypically \u2018beautiful\u2019, i.e. there is not a blemish in sight, their waists are tiny, their boobs are pert (and, more often than not, on display), their eyes are big and shiny, etc \u2013 you get the idea!<\/p>\n

However, my quibble here is not just the fact that it is disgustingly demeaning, shallow and pathetic but also that it is totally unreal and impractical.\u00a0 What were the developers thinking?!\u00a0 I\u2019m sure women may seem<\/em> all alien and scary to design, but when it comes to internal vital organs, like the heart and lungs, they\u2019re in the same place as a man\u2019s.\u00a0 IN THE CHEST.\u00a0 So, why would any vaguely intelligent female survivor of the apocalypse waltz around with the most vulnerable part of her body un-armoured and on display?\u00a0 How are they not all dead?\u00a0 In this world full of bandits, territorial gangs, mutants and some evil authoritarian organisation out to kill them, how is it all the bullets\/knives\/arrows\/rockets\/etc have missed the gaping void in their armour exactly where their hearts are<\/em>?<\/p>\n

So there\u2019s that part of the issue.\u00a0 Secondarily, if we look at these women in these games, they look as if they could be glamour models in this day and age.\u00a0 Now, not to cast doubt on the practicality of models in general, but how many of them, do you think, would even survive the initial global devastating event, let alone eke out an existence fighting and killing fellow humans?\u00a0 Personally, I intend to build a labyrinthine nuclear bunker under my house when I can, but I accept that I\u2019m abnormal and most glamour models won\u2019t be thinking of these things.\u00a0 My point being, I am not that kind of pretty<\/em>\u00a0and of all the people I know that might survive a wasteland environment none of them are model-esque in their features.<\/p>\n

Nor are any of them stupid enough to wear armour that exposes their chest.<\/p>\n

So this leads me to wonder whether all of these devastating global events were actually designed so that – in the most Bill Bailey<\/a> of ways – they killed all the trolls, leaving all the beautiful ladies (in danger) behind.\u00a0 If so, how then can we assume these women survived?\u00a0 Proffering sexual favours with the alpha males for protection?\u00a0 It\u2019s an ogre-ish thing to consider, but what other explanation is there for only the glamorous women surviving<\/em>?<\/p>\n

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Destinee, Jani and Mel model the high fashion of the dystopian future.<\/p><\/div>\n

I doubt that the developers ever think this sort of thing through, as they\u2019re too busy patronising their male audiences with images of huge tits to realise it\u2019s more than just sexist and misogynist.\u00a0 For games that desire heightened realism, they haven\u2019t thought it all through very well, have they?<\/p>\n

And that’s before we even go near<\/em>\u00a0the fact that all these women are caucasian.<\/p>\n