Funny Observation about Women in the Geekdom at Comic Con

Something that's always been a bit weird to me is the objectification of women in video games now that women make up nearly half of the gaming population. I'm referring to the scantily clad women with nonsensical armor and crazy high heels that are extremely prevalent and make no sense other than drawing in the men for the games. Now that women have a large voice in the gaming community, I think that this is something that should change mostly because none of outfits that women are wearing (if you can even play as a female in the game) would help them at all in the game. Most male armor makes sense and will help them stay alive, but just look at any women in video games and try to explain to me how exposed boobs will help them take sword hits and what not. Don't get me wrong, we can still have pretty women in games, but why can't we have more realistic armor that doesn't turn females into warrior whores?

In case you've never seen female characters in practical armor, check out the Tumblr Repair Her Armor. It's one of the only ones I check out on a fairly regular basis because I love the re-drawings of characters that are posted. The armor makes sense, still makes the girls look good, and isn't that hard to redesign (for the most part). I hope this isn't a lot to ask for, but I think it's something that needs to change. I'm sure there will still be games out there with women looking like porn stars, but we girls should be able to play good, popular games without cringing and wondering how these characters would fight or do anything without worrying about twisting an ankle or taking a hit to all the exposed skin.

This small rant comes from my observations at Comic Con where I spent some time people-watching. There were many women dressed up as their favorite characters and a lot of their costumes were great, but something I found funny was after they had been walking around for awhile. Lots of these women wearing their detail-perfect cosplays ended up walking around the convention center carrying their several-inch-heeled shoes in their hands because it is very uncomfortable to wear them. If these women can't walk around in these shoes for very long, how are the character supposed to fight and run in them? All I could do was laugh as woman after woman would walk past me with their shoes in their hands, complaining about how their feet hurt. This is something that needs to change, but can people accept it without lashing out at the gaming companies or crying about how they can't see more skin? I hope so, because it seems like something that can be changed without too much effort! Here's to a little more equality in the gaming industry!