Watch Dogs apparently does not overcome my least favorite modern gaming trope—that of being marketed towards 12-year-old white males.
Here is The A.V. Club's review of Watch Dogs that opened my eyes. Cool title, too: "Watch Dogs takes a great idea and bludgeons it with normality." Great writing, John Teti. I mean, you knocked it outta the park with this one.
As per usual, The A.V. Club comes out on top of this debate, writing intelligent article after intelligent article. And I'm really glad they're writing these articles, because the gaming industry is held by the balls of corporate interests ensuring that modern games do not rise above the maturity level of elementary schoolers.
Okay, let me rephrase that: Bethesda makes awesome stuff for adults. Nintendo makes really great stuff for kids that adults also love. Rockstar makes games for 12-year-old boys (with the exception of L.A. Noir). Capcom makes games for 12-year-old boys. Konami makes games for 12-year-old boys.
Chauvinism permeates all of it. It's a boys' club. A white boys' club (have you seen any major games feature non-white-male protagonists lately?).
With all the technology modern games run on, wouldn't it be nice if the writing could rise to the level of, for example, great cinema? You'd have complete marriage of aesthetics and concept. It would be so wonderful.
You know what I also think? Make Link a female in the next game, Nintendo! And make Zelda a prince that gets kidnapped!
Here is The A.V. Club's review of Watch Dogs that opened my eyes. Cool title, too: "Watch Dogs takes a great idea and bludgeons it with normality." Great writing, John Teti. I mean, you knocked it outta the park with this one.
As per usual, The A.V. Club comes out on top of this debate, writing intelligent article after intelligent article. And I'm really glad they're writing these articles, because the gaming industry is held by the balls of corporate interests ensuring that modern games do not rise above the maturity level of elementary schoolers.
Okay, let me rephrase that: Bethesda makes awesome stuff for adults. Nintendo makes really great stuff for kids that adults also love. Rockstar makes games for 12-year-old boys (with the exception of L.A. Noir). Capcom makes games for 12-year-old boys. Konami makes games for 12-year-old boys.
Chauvinism permeates all of it. It's a boys' club. A white boys' club (have you seen any major games feature non-white-male protagonists lately?).
With all the technology modern games run on, wouldn't it be nice if the writing could rise to the level of, for example, great cinema? You'd have complete marriage of aesthetics and concept. It would be so wonderful.
You know what I also think? Make Link a female in the next game, Nintendo! And make Zelda a prince that gets kidnapped!
