Why, she asks, must women in video games always look like Las Vegas show girls?

/me looks up at character concept art on the wall

/me gulps

I'm not sure I'm helping this problem much. I guess I could say "...but it's a parody of mysogeny in the games industry!" but I'd be lost in the flood of other titles claiming the same while actually being pretty barefaced about/oblivious to the problem.

One arguement I've heard thrown around is this: no-one really wants to play as an ugly nerdy guy... not people without a kink, atleast. Just as we tend to play as idealized males, people want to play idealized females, with interesting characters - not the dull girl.

That's not even my opinion! That's the obligatory office girl's opinion*! Me, I was all like "we need fat chicks" and she was all like "hell no!".

Obviously, just because you want interesting characters it doesn't necessarily mean that they have to have huge knockers, but it's not like most games give you a chance to "get to know" characters other than visually. So you pick based on looks because that's all you have to go on.

Therefore, I blame humanity!

What happens is, people make characters which they feel are massively appealing, rather than taking a character and putting passionate artistic investment in them. That's not allowed, obviously, because "passion" is in the realm of primadonnas and risky titles. We should all make processed cheese, and be happy.

*I AM BEING IRONIC I AM NOT SEXIST!!!! GIRLS R NOT ICKY.