Ok, well not really, but this has begun to bug me. "Sex appeal" has begun to appear in games such as Diablo 2, Lineage 2, Star Wars Galaxies, Guild wars, Everquest... the list goes on. Programmers seem to have nothing better to do than create "perfect girl" models in-game so to appeal to 12 year olds and give them something to jerk off to when they realize they suck at the game. Is all of this really needed? Maybe it's the only way to get people to play female characters...

I miss the good old games where you could play without some moron or 12 year old yelling "nice ass", or "your tits are nice" to a character I or someone in my proximity created in a damn video game. Porn is free and widely available now, you would think that the programmers would leave it up to the kids to find their own source of it? It makes me sick.

http://www.guildwars.com/gallery/artwork/art-004.html
http://everquest2.station.sony.com/media/dryad.jsp
http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/images/screenshots/20011101002.jpg
http://www.lineage2.com/Knowledge/race_elf_screenshots.asp (actually, couldn't find any online for lineage 2, but the dark elf chick starts out wearing a thong with no pants and you can look up the light elf chick's skirt in game)

What ever makes money.

Lots of games mimic the attire of past cultures, in which people didn't wear the same things some people wear now.

[quote author=j0k3r link=board=4;threadid=6630;start=0#msg58182 date=1083545739]
(actually, couldn't find any online for lineage 2, but the dark elf chick starts out wearing a thong with no pants and you can look up the light elf chick's skirt in game)
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Your complaining about sex appeal in games, yet you tried looking up a light elf's skirt?

[quote author=Archonist link=board=4;threadid=6630;start=0#msg58309 date=1083624517]
[quote author=j0k3r link=board=4;threadid=6630;start=0#msg58182 date=1083545739]
(actually, couldn't find any online for lineage 2, but the dark elf chick starts out wearing a thong with no pants and you can look up the light elf chick's skirt in game)
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Your complaining about sex appeal in games, yet you tried looking up a light elf's skirt?
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Where did I say that I tried looking up her skirt? I never played a night elf in lineage 2, or a dark elf for that matter, it was through in-game chat that I learned this.

[quote author=j0k3r link=board=4;threadid=6630;start=0#msg58326 date=1083626968]
Where did I say that I tried looking up her skirt? I never played a night elf in lineage 2, or a dark elf for that matter, it was through in-game chat that I learned this.
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So, what did you learn that you see looking up her skirt? A faithful reproduction, or something blank?

As they say..

[quote]Sex sells[/quote]

An addition: The point I'd be trying to make is that if they haven't specifically modeled genitals, it's nothing special. Girls having thin waists and generous boobs in games just makes them look like barbie dolls.

Last I checked, barbie dolls weren't typically used by 12-year-olds to jerk off to. Unless they're lesbian?

[quote author=Adron link=board=4;threadid=6630;start=0#msg58399 date=1083665565]
An addition: The point I'd be trying to make is that if they haven't specifically modeled genitals, it's nothing special. Girls having thin waists and generous boobs in games just makes them look like barbie dolls.

Last I checked, barbie dolls weren't typically used by 12-year-olds to jerk off to. Unless they're lesbian?
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hmm, using barbie dolls.. not a bad idea! ;)

Perhaps j0k3r is gay.

[quote author=iago link=board=4;threadid=6630;start=0#msg58411 date=1083678103]
hmm, using barbie dolls.. not a bad idea! ;)
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Haha, if you have a sister perhaps.... I don't think most young boys would want to explain all the barbie dolls on their wishlist ;)

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[quote author=iago link=board=4;threadid=6630;start=0#msg58411 date=1083678103]
hmm, using barbie dolls.. not a bad idea! ;)
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Haha, if you have a sister perhaps.... I don't think most young boys would want to explain all the barbie dolls on their wishlist ;)
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I do have a sister, but she was too old for barbies before that idea could really have had any merit :(

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[quote author=Adron link=board=4;threadid=6630;start=0#msg58491 date=1083706862]
Haha, if you have a sister perhaps.... I don't think most young boys would want to explain all the barbie dolls on their wishlist ;)
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I do have a sister, but she was too old for barbies before that idea could really have had any merit :(
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Oooh, so you got her whole laid off barbie collection? Woo you ;)

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[quote author=iago link=board=4;threadid=6630;start=0#msg58502 date=1083709261]
[quote author=Adron link=board=4;threadid=6630;start=0#msg58491 date=1083706862]
Haha, if you have a sister perhaps.... I don't think most young boys would want to explain all the barbie dolls on their wishlist ;)
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I do have a sister, but she was too old for barbies before that idea could really have had any merit :(
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Oooh, so you got her whole laid off barbie collection? Woo you ;)
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At the time, I didn't know that would have been a good idea. I'm not sure what happened to them, actually..