Against my better judgment, I ended up watching a bit because I desperately wanted to know that the fuck ESG is supposed to stand for. I still don't know, but I do know he blames BlackRock for blackmailing video game devs into not giving female characters huge jiggling tits
I had to stop watching after he brought up the whole conservative "ackhsually the Titan sub imploded because Stockton Rush hired woke black trans engineers" chestnut for some reason. Here's the link if you hate yourself
Also this guy's avatar looks like a Dexter's Lab character which saddens me
Don't know what the deal with the rest of those pictures is but Aloy from HZD was probably a bad choice to label as fat considering this is what she looks like when you don't zoom in on her face at a weird angle.
They've gotta scramble for something they can label as fat, considering fat characters basically don't exist in AAA gaming. Honestly I can't think of any fat human protagonist from any game. Ever. I'm sure they exist of course, but certainly not recently or often.
GTA: San Andreas, but you have to all in on Cluckin' Bell
in RDR2 you can get Arthur to be pretty chunky as well
Dave the Diver as a recent example comes to mind (and is pretty cute as a game, but is basically about fishing and eating fish, so not absolutely not vegan friendly). There are a handful of fat fighting game characters, Borderlands has some. Wario maybe?
It's a very very short list.
Ahh, yep, fighting games definitely have a few.
Now, ultra hard mode. Fat human woman protagonists.
Can't believe I'm going to bat for Blizzard lmfao.
Diablo 4's "canon hero" is the Druid iirc. She has a wide stance and considered "strong fat". Like some power lifter shit but not quite. She has a very distinct silhouette compared to Barbarian Muscle Mommy.
World of Warcraft also has Kul'Tiran and Pandaren women as playable characters. They both have distinct body types too
First time I've seen D4's druid, yep, that definitely meets it.
Pandaren ladies also have a nice distinct body type and I like it, but I'm not sure I'd call them fat. Male pandarens get to be fat, the female ones are just kinda chubby.
You're right about Pandaren women. I hope I didn't come across as mean or anything like that.
I was more or less giving a shout out to Pandaren and Kul'Tiran women as good examples of body types outside the norm. WoW has been pretty good on that front and they deliver all kinds of different power fantasies in spite of everything.
Does fat mean obese here?
idk, personally for me fat means fat. you can look at a person and see whether or not they're fat. it's not scientific, it's just a vibes thing. some people would call pandaren women fat im sure, but im not one of those people.
Yes! I love the pandaren women. Diablo is for nerds though
Literally how a lot of women would look if they did intense exercise that stimulates muscle growth, while on a caloric deficit in a survival situation. I thought gamers wanted the most realistic looking characters?
deleted by creator
They explicitly don't want that for female characters. In their view, women in games should be made to look as flawless and exaggeratedly sexy as current rendering technology allows as well as cater to specific fetishes, realism or what makes sense for the setting be damned. They want them all to look like Cammy from SFVI and dress like her classic outfit.
Until a couple of console generations ago that was largely the norm which is what they're so salty about
"It's not supposed to be realistic, it's art so they should show the ideal female form"
deleted by creator
A lot of these complaints are really telling on themselves that they've never seen a woman up close.
The best was people screeching about Aloy having hair on her upper lip/face.