Some video games have exploding heads. That evokes criticism. Other games have giant breasts and panty shots. Likewise, people get upset. Skullgirls developer Reverge Labs is here to pass out the chill pills.
Skullgirls is an all girl-on-girl 2D fighting game. Skullgirls roster features characters like Valentine, a nurse ninja; the demon-haired Filia; a girl who wears hulking arms for a hat, Cerebella; and zombie cutie Squigly.
âOur characters are strong, powerful women who happen to be attractive,â Reverge lead designer Peter Bartholow told Eurogamer. âNone of the characters use their sexuality in any aggressive way. Itâs just a thing they happen to be.â
As previously posted, Skullgirls is the work of Reverge Labs and the spawn of artist Alex Ahad and programmer Mike Zaimont. Zaimont, or Mike Z as heâs known in fighting game circles, is a tournament competitor, well versed in the 2D fighting styles of BlazBlue, Guilty Gear, and Marvel Vs. Capcom 2
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âAll the people who seem bothered by it are guys.â
The issue of the characterâs appearance has followed the game. Bartholow recalled an incident at this yearâs Gamescom in Germany in which a gamer came up to him, only to call the Skullgirls sexist. âIâm like, did you know our lead animator is a woman? Then heâs like, thatâs amazing,â the designer said. âItâs like I gave him the excuse to think it was okay all of a sudden, or to admit he liked it.â
According to Bartholow, the animator âintentionally lavishes attention on the breasts herself because she thinks itâs cool.â
The panty flashes, he added, are the result of short skirts. Naturally, if girls were fighting in skimpy duds, theyâd show their underpants. Whatâs more, if they were fighting other girls, they probably wouldnât care about showing their underwear.
âAll the people who seem bothered by it are guys,â he continued. âItâs a weird chivalry intent thing thatâs sort of misplaced and maybe shallow, even, because they see breasts and panty flashes and they go, thatâs sexist, but Iâve yet to meet a woman who has complained about it. Theyâre over-thinking it.â
Skullgirls will be out next year, high kicks and all.
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Skullgirls Sexism Complaints Are Misplaced and Shallow Chivalry [Eurogamer]
