The entire premise.
I've watched her videos and I think she supports her points very well.
For the sake of argument, let's concede that she does. But so what? Why are these tropes a bad thing?
For example, she rightly points out most female characters are just props used to motivate the male characters. They have no purpose other than to be a damsel in distress, or a potential sexual conquest, or a possession of sorts that the villain has taken from the hero, which motivates him to seek revenge. Even strong characters like Kerrigan in StarCraft are sacrificed so the guys will get angry and the villains will face their righteous wrath. And the way their bodies are rendered - ye gods, who could stand up straight much less run around with that much fleshy mass protruding out in front? Those ladies are as skinny as sticks and they still can't see their toes.
"Ye gods" is right, but in quite a different way. Since gamers have traditionally been teenage boys and young men, is it any surprise that most video games cater to them and their tastes, including sexualized female form? Is that any different than movies where movies that target younger male audience will show plenty of T&A even when it doesn't strictly fit the plot? However, film is a more mature medium and many different genres have developed, including "chick flicks" - maybe we need "chick games". Yes, the solution is to broaden the gaming landscape, not restrict it to appease feminists. It's funny that liberals/progressives usually celebrate different sexual expressions - female, gay, lesbian, trans, the
whole alpha bits thing - except of course for sexual expression of red-blooded straight young men. That is attacked at every turn.
How are these portrayals of women in games any worse than portrayals of men in chick lit? Are men like Mr. Grey or Edward/Jacob or Fabio any more realistic than female characters in video games?
Should a "masculinist literature journalist" be invited to OSU to talk about how horrible it is that teenage girls read the Twilight series or that their mothers read 50 Shades series?
What I see happening is a group of guys who like their gamer-porn
The same kind of feminist that idolizes women like Anita also tends to hate actual porn.
women who dare criticize their taste in dead girlfriend storylines.
Men die in fiction as well, probably in greater numbers than female characters. But they are all fictional characters. If a woman writes a story in which a man dies, should she also be open to attacks of sexism?
I understand why gamers would get upset at attacks by the likes of Anita. How would you feel if your choices in entertainment were attacked all the time and from both sides of the political spectrum?