A Gamer’s Manifesto

As a gamer, I’ve spent a lot of time and money on games. I live and breathe these games. I’ll continue to support this market but I want a few things in return:   1. Don’t Try To Fool Me With Your False Advertising  I get excited when I see a commercial or trailer for a new game. The first thing I critique are how clean the graphics are. Then how awesome the storyline is. Now, I get really pissed when I see a trailer that looks like this:

And the game really looks like this:

Ad agencies only seem to show the cutscenes from the game when advertising it and not the actual gameplay. Sometimes, they’ll portray a game in a way that has nothing to do with its aesthetic and falsely advertises it. This happens mostly with mobile games. Stop trying to fool us, WE’RE ON TO YOU! 2. Stop Giving Women Armor That Clearly Will Not Protect Them

This happens all the time. In some games when a female character gets an “upgrade,” they usually get a new piece of armor that doesn’t cover anything. How is a woman suppose to kick ass with a little piece of armor on only the top half of her torso and the rest of her body is exposed? They continue to sexualize women through their outfits. Not to mention that they are completely unnecessary. They’ve got women battling wolves in the forest, while it’s raining fire, and Godzilla and Anguirus are wreaking havoc across the land while a Taylor Swift song is playing, and they’re half naked? Come on bruh! 3. Match Up Our Gameplay With Your Cut Scene…