SuperNerd LIVE Episode 4 - Your Argument Sucks
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Topics:
Skullgirls 2nd Encore Coming to PS Vita - http://nichegamer.com/2016/04/02/skullgirls-2nd-encore-finally-comes-ps-vita-april-5/
Sega Now Publishing Atlas Games in the US - http://nichegamer.com/2016/03/31/sega-now-handling-publishing-duties-atlus-usa-games/
Project Diva X is Coming West - http://nichegamer.com/2016/03/31/hatsune-miku-project-diva-x-announced-west/
Bandai Namco Opening Up Virtual Reality Playland - http://nichegamer.com/2016/03/28/bandai-namco-opening-vr-focused-center-tokyo/
Pokemon GO Details Dug Up And Revealed - http://techraptor.net/content/pokemon-go-field-testers-reveal-data-mined-info
Blizzard to Make WoW Children’s Books - http://techraptor.net/content/blizzard-create-world-of-warcraft-childrens-books
Round Table Discussion
“Sexuality” in Video Games
Recently, Overwatch came under fire because of a pose that the spunky character Tracer did, which showed off her butt in detail, though still fully clothed. Tracer had some controversy when she was announced because of her outfit, but that was not as discussed as her ass. In addition, Star Ocean 5 was changed for the western release, adding more underwear to the character Miki. Some of the team was interviewed and lamented that “recently, there’s been a lot of flak from overseas countries saying that if you put teens in ‘sexual’ underwear it’s not good, so we increased the amount of clothing”. With many of the people who are putting pressure on game companies to desexualize women in these games claiming to be sex positive, especially considering the recent situation surrounding a Nintendo employee who claims she was fired because Nintendo is afraid of female sexuality, how should game companies react to these types of demands regarding their products?