He is unlikely to be treated as a sexual object with no agency or mind of his own, as many sexy woman game characters are. A good looking man in a game is less likely to be " fridged" - that is, killed, kidnapped or otherwise incapacitated for the sake of giving his partner or family member motivation. Much of that latter topic revolved around the ways in which attractive men in games aren't marginalized by their sex appeal, the way many conventionally attractive women game characters are. He isn't giving the male equivalent of upskirt photos while he fights. But immediately, we all noticed that Wei Shen was, well, a good looking fellow.įor about an hour, myself, my streaming partner-in-crime and our chatroom of about 100 folks discussed such subjects as: Wei Shen's physique and the corresponding best fashion choices for him in-game, the representation of Asian men in video games and Kevin Wong's excellent piece on the topic, and the way in which attractiveness is gendered in media, especially in games. To be clear - we aren't far into the game, and I can't speak to the rest of Sleeping Dogs as it represents its hero and supporting characters. We were streaming Sleeping Dogs (the newly released Definitive Edition), and the topic of protagonist Wei Shen's attractiveness came up. One recent stream allowed me to confront a topic I've been wrestling with for almost as long as I've been playing games: the treatment of characters as objects of desire. It's been a great way to feel connected to other folks in this hobby of ours during a rocky time. I've been live streaming games a lot lately.
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