Yeah, I feel some of the more out there criticisms over the marketing thing are a bit unfair, as you say, if you have something like that in your arsenal, you should probably make use of it. I just find it an interesting point in regards to some of her mannerisms which often feel (to me, anyway) like a sales pitch. Whilst its of little relevance, I also really dislike Alex sp perhaps that's why I note her association with him as high as I do.
This one is my bad, I didn't pick up on that part, my apologies.
This is something we're actualy in heavy agreement over. A lot of the time women are designed with form first, character later. And that form is often not praticle, realistic or non sexualised. I don't disagree with her stances, I disagree with how she presents them. She's super selective about what she doesn't include and she makes sure the clips she uses reflects that. Quiet from MGSV is probably the best example of this and one I've had to debate about several times. She's tricky, because she's definitely designed with 14 year old boys in mind, but Kojima also outright sexualised and objectified the male protagonist of another game in the series and often includes various degrees of tension, innuendo and sexualisation of both male and female characters. The issue with Quiet though isn't that she's "sexy", its that her whole design was just to objectify and her characterisation was slapped on after, whereas all the prior characters (Maybe with the exception of Raiden, who was designed to appeal to a younger, female audience, although he wasn't wearing a weird thong and fishnets combo) were sexualised within a context after their design and outside of their primary image/existence. Which is a shame, because I really liked Quiet, I just found her outfit and movements appalling. (You can get around the outfit by equipping her with a different one, but thats not the point)
On a side note, Batman Beyond was such an awesome series, I'm really glad they included the suit.
I have no idea why I typed Max Payne 3 instead of Hitman, I was boss dodging a lot so I didn't have time to proof read haha. Yeah I mean the Hitman video where she goes in and goes out of her way to kill the strippers.
Though yeah, you're right when you say there's rarely ever a penalty (although arguably, most games have no penalties for mowing through anyone, regardless of gender and status) and you're also right about Strippers existing just as tools, boosts or background bullet sponges (Although again, most NPCs exist in the same capacity in these games). I'm not relly sure why devs feel the need to even include strippers though, they could simply just not have the option to go into the strip club (Although, there was the bit in Watchdogs where you went to the human auction bit and that was quite a cool mission in a really forgettable game)
The real problem, in my eyes, with the killing of stippers in games is that there is no consequence, although that's certainly a wider issue because killing any innocent person simply doesn't punish you in most games.
Yeah, I noticed it uploaded, will give it a watch at some point because its always really bothered me. Like, its just uncomfortable. I'm not 12, I don't want to see some impossibly thin yet curvy 3D model of a woman walk around in tiny clothes because its just not believable in any context. It degrades women and it implies a level of stupidity in me as a consumer. I don't like either of those things.
I certainly don't hate Anita, and the level of abuse she's received is absolutely ridiculous. I'd rather people just left her alone and ignored her, or simply talked about her content and why they disagree with it than attack her directly because ultimately, in my eyes, she's just another Youtuber. I have similar issues with the content a lot of other Youtubers put out.
I don't see any merit or point in slinging insults at her or people who defend her. She's probably a nice person and she's never wronged me in any way, I just disagree with her content and how she presents cases. As I said earlier, she has a legitimate platform.
And its fine, you don't come off as blunt or rude. I get a similar thing where people often think I'm being sarky or terse, but that's just the way I type.