Sentences with phrase «background decoration»

I define the Women as Background Decoration trope as: The subset of largely insignificant non-playable female characters whose sexuality or victimhood is exploited as a way to infuse edgy, gritty or racy flavoring into game worlds.

This is the second episode exploring the Women as Background Decoration trope in video games.

Kapur once again assembles a fine technical crew to capture the elegance of Elizabeth's court, and most of the time, it's better to admire background decorations, the lighting, and the costumes than to pay attention to the dialogue.

The culture and religion of Kyrat is never explored so it's just space to traverse rather than a real place, an area of land inhabited by a people who are nothing more than just vague background decoration.

Indeed nothing about the design, behaviors or mechanics associated with female characters that serve as background decoration encourages or engenders any sort of human empathy.

Well, the pattern of utilizing women as background decoration works to reinforce the myth that women are naturally fated to be objectified, vulnerable, and perpetually victimized by male violence.

I define the Women as Background Decoration trope in video games as: The subset of largely insignificant non-playable female characters whose sexuality or victimhood is exploited as a way to infuse edgy, gritty or racy flavoring into game worlds.

In this episode we explore the Women as Background Decoration trope which is the subset of largely insignificant non-playable female characters whose sexuality or victimhood is exploited as a way to infuse edgy, gritty or racy flavoring into game worlds.

Nearly thirty years ago, females only existed as background decoration, a variant player or someone to be rescued.

Just as likely is the film about the vagabond son trying to build a bridge back to his larger - than - life father — the chiseller trophy wife as background decoration and occasional plot lubricant.

The world building is sufficient enough, but it's all background decoration.

And since that concept is at the heart of the Women as Background Decoration trope, let's take a moment to define it.

For more on the myriad of issues with these types of characters, see our two videos on the Women as Background Decoration trope.

Please join me for our next video in which we will continue our discussion of the Women as Background Decoration trope by examining the growing trend of exploiting sexual violence as a plot device in game narratives.

Female characters that fall under the Background Decoration trope, however, usually don't even rise to the level of importance necessary to be pawns in someone else's game.

It's worth noting that there are striking tonal and thematic similarities between female victims used as background decoration and other tropes we've discussed in previous episodes.

In this episode we will expand our discussion of the Women as Background Decoration trope to examine how sexualized female bodies often occupy a dual role as both sexual playthings and the perpetual victims of male violence.

The Women as Background Decoration trope which is the subset of largely insignificant non-playable female characters whose sexuality or victimhood is exploited as a way to infuse edgy, gritty or racy flavoring into game worlds.

Welcome to the second part of our mini-series examining the Women as Background Decoration trope in video games.

It could have just been as background decoration.

In the sixth video of the Feminist Frequency Tropes Vs. Women in Video Games series, Anita Sarkeesian expands upon the ideas from her last video — «Woman as Background Decoration» — and remarks on how female bodies are often seen both as sexual objects and as victims of male violence.

Here, she examines women as background decoration in games, as furniture or sex objects — but please do note the content warning, because this video contains footage of extreme violence against women.