This episode examines the ways in which designers often employ camera angles and clothing choices as tools to deliberately sexualize and objectify male protagonists of third-person games. To illustrate that this is no accident, we contrast the ways in which men's butts are frequently emphasized with the great lengths often taken to avoid calling attention to the butts of female characters.
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Friday, 11 March 2016
Strategic Butt Coverings - Tropes vs Men in Video Games
This episode examines the ways in which designers often employ camera angles and clothing choices as tools to deliberately sexualize and objectify male protagonists of third-person games. To illustrate that this is no accident, we contrast the ways in which men's butts are frequently emphasized with the great lengths often taken to avoid calling attention to the butts of female characters.
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