[QUOTE]You’re basically posting 4chan / MRA youtube videos as “evidence” for this
position that Tomb Raider (2013) is sexualized. So in the case of “my
data can beat up your data” I refer you to the many published reviews of
Tomb Raider (2013) which frequently cite the positive feminist bent of
the game, and often by female reviewers[/QUOTE]Your
reviews don’t invalidate Anita’s criticism. A thing can be better than
it was, and still be sexualized. A thing can be otherwise positive, and
still be sexualized. If you want to say that 2013 Lara Croft isn’t
sexualized at all, that is not the same thing as saying that she isn’t sexualized AS MUCH.
Anita is saying she is still sexualized. And you’re saying “she’s not
sexualized…as much…” These are not mutually exclusive statements.
They are both true. Is that really very difficult to understand?
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I’m saying any game/media/thing with a woman in it, in any represented form, is heavily subject to Rule 34.[/QUOTE]Okay, we agree. The next step is this question: in what ways can a game dev encourage the pornifying of their protagonist, and in what ways can they discourage that? And does Tomb Raider contain ANY of the former whatsoever? Such as a title screen with an emphasis on Lara’s ass highlighted by the light there? That’s sexualization. Thus, Anita’s point: it’s sexualized ass-focus.
