(Game here is Parasite Eve 2)

It didn't happen in every game but often enough that it's noticeable. They're usually not shot as straight-up titillation, instead going for a tasteful nudity kind of thing and intended to fulfill some kind of storytelling or characterisation purpose

"You see, you gotta show them being vulnerable. They may be badass, but they're still girls, after all" morshupls

-90s game director, probably

  • Awoo [she/her]
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    12 days ago

    "Yes but that's because she's a plant with plant skin who gets energy from the sun and needs water through her skin or something so it's fine."

    - Kojima

    • Owl [he/him]
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      12 days ago

      many people have taken this as Kojima making up a ridiculous excuse to have a half-naked lady in his game, entirely missing his actual, intended message - that he's really turned on by plants

      • Packet [none/use name]
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        12 days ago

        Oh my fucking god, this is so hot, uhhffddt, aaaaaaa, its all over the place!!!! - says kojimbo after seeing Taraxacum officinale

    • CarmineCatboy2 [he/him]
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      12 days ago

      the world is full of shameless fanservice, right. but what seared Quiet into my mind without even playing her game is that Kojima said weird stuff like 'you'll regret being so narrowminded you fools and monsters'

      • Awoo [she/her]
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        12 days ago

        lol i don't actually know whether this was terminal bazinga marketing-brained stuff to say or just outright trolling

        • CarmineCatboy2 [he/him]
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          12 days ago

          maybe its both, with a dash of kojima developing a parasocial relationship with his own videogame character