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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Amazing.”\N“My god, look at that.”
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Good night nurse!”
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Ooh! That’s definitely stimulating my economy.”
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the late 90s, developer Rare wanted to replicate
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the success of their landmark 1997 shooter GoldenEye,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but didn’t want to make another James Bond game.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, they began work on a science fiction spy thriller
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called Perfect Dark.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the game’s star,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they wanted to create a striking new type of special agent
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who wouldn’t just live in James Bond’s shadow,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they drew inspiration from figures
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ranging from Joan of Arc to The X-Files’ Dana Scully.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her name was Joanna Dark.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A few years earlier, Eidos Interactive’s Lara Croft
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had rapidly become one of the most famous
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and recognizable game characters of all time,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it was reasonable to think that an action game
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a female protagonist could be a smash hit.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alas, Joanna Dark never reached quite the levels
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of fame occupied by Lara Croft,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but Perfect Dark was still a big success.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let’s take a look at a commercial for the game:\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Welcome to 2023.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Big businesses now merge with alien nations.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An ancient war is being fought under the sea.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The president is about to be cloned
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it’s your job to try and save the world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you’ve got an important decision to make:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are you going to wear to work?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the team you brought you GoldenEye for N64,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meet special agent Joanna Dark in Perfect Dark,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you’ll find out that the only person man enough
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to handle a job like this
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a woman.”\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you imagine an ad exactly like this,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only with Marcus Fenix or Master Chief,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting out of bed naked,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking a sexy slow-motion shower,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,putting on his sexy underwear,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the narrator saying
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he has an important decision to make:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is he going to wear to work? \N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Welcome to 2016.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There’s a war out there...somewhere.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You’re not sure where, exactly.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, the important thing is,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you’re Special Agent Jake Grimshadow.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s your job to save the world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only question is: What are you going to wear?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,…. WAIT... WHAT??
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A commercial like that would never happen,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nor should it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Joanna is treated differently
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than her male counterparts.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even though Perfect Dark is a first-person shooter
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, as a result, you rarely see her in the game itself,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by focusing on her getting dressed,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this ad encouraged players to think of Joanna’s appeal
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as being rooted in her sexual desirability
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than her skill as a special agent. \N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A character’s clothing is one of the first things we notice.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s an important part of our first impression
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of who that character is, and as such,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it’s a way for designers
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to immediately communicate to players
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is most important and noteworthy about them. \N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Female heroes in video games might be special agents
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or soldiers or treasure hunters by trade.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They often find themselves in dangerous,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,physically demanding situations,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fighting off bad guys and saving the world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are typically performing activities that call for
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,practical or protective clothing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when we look at the types of outfits
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that female characters are made to wear,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can see that they are often
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both sexualized and completely absurd. \N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ivy from the Soulcalibur games is a bold warrior
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who finds herself in battles
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where sharp, deadly weapons are being used
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and protective armor would be a must,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the clothing she wears--or lack thereof-
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-is not exactly intended to keep her safe.\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cammy from the Street Fighter series
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a British special forces operative
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose thong leotard does a better job
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of calling attention to her butt
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than of offering any kind of protection. \N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jessica Sherawat from Resident Evil: Revelations
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a member of the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and regularly faces deadly infected mutants in combat,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but her outfits appear to be designed for...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yeah, I don’t even know.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is just a small fraction of the vast number
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of female characters who are forced into
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,impractical and objectifying clothing while in dangerous situations.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“You’ll learn respect!”
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“You’re a fool to come back here.”
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“All right, let’s begin!
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“And instead of donning a shirt plate,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you dash into battle, shirt open, navel and…
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatnot exposed!”
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because clothing can shape our first impressions of a character
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and has a tremendous influence
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on our sense of who they are
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every time they are on screen,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sexualized outfits can contribute to what’s called
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the hyper-sexualization of female characters.