Top Ten Game Cliches

Posted by Zonk on Thursday August 4, 2005 @04:20AM from the stuff-we've-seen-before dept.

1up.com has a piece examining game cliches that are just done. Really. From the article: "2.) Pushing crates. Note to evil masterminds everywhere: We understand that you're trying to run a business, which involves receiving equipment and food somehow. But leaving those giant crates just lying around your warehouse for any one-man army to use for supplies and climbing? It's no wonder most startup criminal organizations fail within the first five years. Even seen in: God of War (PS2) 4.) Ridiculous portrayals of females. Women have breasts. Get over it. Even seen in: Soul Calibur II (PS2/XB/GC)"

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Re:Why women only? by LKM · 2005-08-04 04:53 · Score: 0, Troll

It's not like their biceps are bigger than all of me curled up in a ball, with veins as thick as my fingers.

Sure, most characters are caricatures. But males and females aren't caricatured equally: There are all kinds of male stereotypes in games: Small fat ones, tall thin ones, big fat ones, ugly ones... There's only one stereotype for female characters.

It's not sexist because it's applied to both sexes.

Maybe you don't know what the word "sexist" means.