It’s come down from on high that Capcom’s Deep
Down, a F2P PS4 exclusive, is not allowing female characters to be created in
the game. As the pronouncement was translated in an interview from Japanese to
English, one has to take it with a grain of salt. Translation errors have
accounted for more than a few embarrassments, so while things look grim on that
front, there’s always hope. Whatever happens in the end though,
it’s another stab in the gut for the industry. Video games are one of the
only forms of entertainment that have a few good women fronting popular series.
The reboot of Tomb Raider was quite good, Mass Effect, Dragon Age, The Last of
Us, are all examples of strong female leads.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Friday, February 7, 2014
The Trust of a Hero
Have your ever noticed that the hero is never trusted?
Superman and Batman, Buffy and Angel, Master Chief and Cortana; every modern
hero has to face the idea that the very people that they save, that they fight
with every day will end up mistrusting them. It’s something of a modern
convention. In the old days calling a man a liar was paramount to signing your
death warrant. A gentleman would have you at ten paces by the dawn, and in the
west if you weren’t shot outright, you’d be looking at a six
shooter on a dusty main street.
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