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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Storyboard: Say yes to the dress]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/08/20/storyboard-say-yes-to-the-dress/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/08/20/storyboard-say-yes-to-the-dress/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/08/20/storyboard-say-yes-to-the-dress/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/opinion/" rel="tag">Opinion</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/roleplaying/" rel="tag">Roleplaying</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/storyboard/" rel="tag">Storyboard</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/storyboard"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2010/08/storyboard-14-epl-817.jpg" /></a></div>
You all know her as soon as you see her, and no matter what your gender, you're inherently terrified of her. She looks like a woman on screen, and everyone roleplaying with her needs to treat her as such, or the whole idea of working in a shared universe gets shot to pieces. But you also know that she's not acting like any woman you've ever met -- and that's not a good thing. You know full well that behind that catgirl with the "waist" slider turned to minimum and the "chest" slider turned to max, there is a bearded man of frightening girth.<br />
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I don't understand, for the life of me, what makes playing a technically female character so appealing to certain men. Note the use of the word "technically" there -- the character's presumed genetic makeup might be oriented toward the fairer sex, but the character's not acting like a woman. And after having seen this same thing over and over again, in a fit of pique, I've decided that it's worth examining. How do you play a female character well if you're a man, or vice versa for women playing guys?<p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/08/20/storyboard-say-yes-to-the-dress/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Storyboard: Say yes to the dress</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/08/20/storyboard-say-yes-to-the-dress/">Storyboard: Say yes to the dress</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/08/20/storyboard-say-yes-to-the-dress/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/19591862/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/08/20/storyboard-say-yes-to-the-dress/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>character-gender</category><category>character-traits</category><category>column</category><category>featured</category><category>gender</category><category>gender-bending</category><category>gender-differences</category><category>opinion</category><category>roleplaying</category><category>rp</category><category>storyboard</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eliot Lefebvre]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fallen Earth's females get a more feminine facelift]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/23/fallen-earths-females-get-a-more-feminine-facelift/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/23/fallen-earths-females-get-a-more-feminine-facelift/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/23/fallen-earths-females-get-a-more-feminine-facelift/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/sci-fi/" rel="tag">Sci-fi</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fallen-earth/" rel="tag">Fallen Earth</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/interviews/" rel="tag">Interviews</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div>
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Women of the post-apocalypse should look more feminine -- at least that's what <a href="http://www.fallenearth.com"><span style="font-style: italic;">Fallen Earth</span></a> players think.<br /><br />According to developer Fallen Earth LLC, players thought that the female characters in the post-apocalyptic MMO, which just launched yesterday, should have physiological qualities typically associated with women.<br /><br /><font style="font-family: Arial;">"<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fallen-earth">Fallen Earth</a> <span style="font-style: italic;">has never been about the sexiness of its females</span>," </font><font style="font-family: Arial;"><font style="font-family: Arial;">said </font>product manager Jessica Orr,</font><font style="font-family: Arial;"> "<span style="font-style: italic;">but after some comments from fans and a hard look at the female faces, we decided some changes were in order.</span>"</font><br /><br />That meant having the game's artist, Chris Allen, make adjustments to the facial models in order <font style="font-family: Arial;">to differentiate the females more from the male character models.</font> The changes, implemented in a recent patch, included removing "<span style="font-style: italic;">excess skin</span>" from under the chins, raising the cheekbones, softening the jawline, thinning the bridge of the noses and tweaking the shape and placement of the eyebrows. <br /> <br /> Allen also raised the corners of the mouth to make the women have "<font style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">less of a scowl and more of a neutral expression</span>," Orr said. The result is what Fallen Earth LLC sees as "<span style="font-style: italic;">m</span></font><font style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">ore feminine models that steer clear of the characteristic 'babes</span>,'" allowing players to focus more on the game itself. </font><font style="font-family: Arial;"><br /><br />Orr also answered a few more questions regarding the look of the female models and provided us with more comparison shots below. What do you think of the changes?<br /></font></div>
</font><font size="2" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial;"><br /></font><p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/23/fallen-earths-females-get-a-more-feminine-facelift/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Fallen Earth's females get a more feminine facelift</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/23/fallen-earths-females-get-a-more-feminine-facelift/">Fallen Earth's females get a more feminine facelift</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/23/fallen-earths-females-get-a-more-feminine-facelift/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/19170848/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/23/fallen-earths-females-get-a-more-feminine-facelift/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>fallen-earth</category><category>fallen-earth-llc</category><category>featured</category><category>female-characters</category><category>gender</category><category>gender-differences</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tracey John]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
