tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-886868484666652260.post4428161257185670480..comments2024-03-09T03:49:50.699-05:00Comments on Your Critic is in Another Castle: Strong vs. Violent (Part 3...)K. Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06554183349391372039noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-886868484666652260.post-75168921342583704592010-09-29T13:04:16.049-04:002010-09-29T13:04:16.049-04:00@esteemed author:
what bothered me the most about...@esteemed author:<br /><br />what bothered me the most about <i>heavy rain</i> was the way in which madison's character is introduced--the sex/violence stuff that sets the tone for the rest of her appearance in the game (not to mention the nearly-rape scene later). it wasn't until a second playthrough, though--also a madison only ending--that i was able to find anything about her character that i liked.<br /><br />the only reason i brought her up is because she isn't a gun-toting, ass-kicking badass. i don't think she, or the game, is a great example of positive female representation (especially considering the creepy voyeuristic lens always cast on her), but i do think she stands as a character with her own job, her own personality, her own identity--at least until she (slash the writing team) cops out and sells her out to the main character.<br /><br />i guess what i'm saying about <i>heavy rain</i> is that it's a step toward a female character that has actual depth. i would love to see the next game they put out be headed by a female protagonist, since i can kind of guess that the company is heading in that direction at some point.<br /><br /><br />@benjamin: i almost brought that one up, too. terra, in particular, is one of the most compelling 16-bit characters ever. the whole sequence with her and the orphaned children is beautiful, and sad.enstarhttp://twitter.com/thecrazyrodiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-886868484666652260.post-1880596149985450312010-09-28T04:32:51.538-04:002010-09-28T04:32:51.538-04:00Since we got on the topic on the open thread at TN...Since we got on the topic on the open thread at TNC's today, it might be appropriate to bring up Final Fantasy VI again. That game had not one, but TWO strong female leads, one (Terra) of whose strength was defined by her discovery of love, which is most unbecoming in a genre known for farming hordes of enemies to build yourself up.<br /><br />Then again, it's a 17 year-old Japanese game, so I suppose that doesn't get us very far.Benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14709333325776591295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-886868484666652260.post-8106997530906679292010-09-27T16:43:16.450-04:002010-09-27T16:43:16.450-04:00@enstar: it's up next. Husband wanted it on t...@enstar: it's up next. Husband wanted it on the "we play together" playlist and as soon as we finish the current title (Gabriel Knight 2) TLJ has been bumped to the top of the "us games" queue.<br /><br /><i>Indigo Prophecy</i> is one I was in the midst of when my entire games collection was stolen a few years ago, so I wasn't able to finish it. (Ditto TLJ -- and worse, it was a copy I was borrowing.) <i>Heavy Rain</i>... Madison Paige just pissed me right off. Husband started calling her "Miss Gratuitous," as in, "Oh look, Miss Gratuitous is in her underwear AGAIN." Although interestingly enough, on first playthrough, we had a Madison-only ending (Ethan and Jayden out of the picture) that I liked better for her than the "happy ending."K. Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06554183349391372039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-886868484666652260.post-64714181032631623122010-09-27T15:35:12.109-04:002010-09-27T15:35:12.109-04:00finish it!
and you should really play "indig...finish it!<br /><br />and you should really play "indigo prophecy" if you get the chance. i'm liking the female lead a lot more than the one from "heavy rain" so far, though the one from heavy rain was pretty cool too. (there are certainly troubling things about the games/stories, gender-wise, but there's some neat stuff there too).enstarhttp://twitter.com/thecrazyrodiannoreply@blogger.com