Strategic Butt Coverings - Tropes vs Men in Video Games

This episode examines the ways in which designers often employ camera angles and clothing choices as tools to deliberately sexualize and objectify male protagonists of third-person games. To illustrate that this is no accident, we contrast the ways in which men's butts are frequently emphasized with the great lengths often taken to avoid calling attention to the butts of female characters.

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Over 60 games referenced in this episode!

Gameplay:

300: March To Glory – Gamerz Zone
Alan Wake – Feminist Frequency (supposedly)
Alan Wake: American Nightmare - Carpenter
Amazing Spider-Man - Lum Studios
Amazing Spider-Man 2 – Tetra Ninja, Throneful,
Assassin’s Creed Liberation - Lucky Salamander, XCVii007r1
Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate - ScereBro PSNU
Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea - Red's 3rd Dimension Gaming
Batman Arkham City - Batman Arkham, MrJAG, The1nOnlyKu's HD Gameplay, DarkPlayer GamingTV
Batman Arkham Knight- Slcmof, GhostRobo, The VGC
Beyond Two Souls - MrRetroKid91, GhostRobo
Binary Domain - hodilton
Bourne Conspiracy (The) - 나메 TV
Bully: Scholarship Edition – ChrisAK13
Dante’s Inferno – SvrRud3Bwoy
Deadpool – Throneful, Headless Wonder
Dead Space - 7inful
Dead To Rights: Retribution - Willzyyy
Fallout 4 – Bethesda Softworks
Diabolical Pitch - TechnoBuffalo
Disaster: Day of Crisis – Jasperge107
Enslaved Odyssey to the West - / XCV //, iampanax, gamekiller346
Final Fantasy XIII - HassanAlHajry
Gears of War Ultimate Edition – Crafty Ape, MKIceAndFire
Gears of War 3 - theRadBrad
Horizon: Zero Dawn - Gamer's Little Playground, Gamers4lifeOfficial
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days – RecoilProduction
Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep - SkywardWing
Last of Us (the) - TheMediaCows
Legend of Korra (the) - MrRetroKid91
Mad Max - Tetra Ninja
Mafia 2 - GameRiot
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty - KefkaProduction, IGN Walkthroughs
Metal Gear Solid IV - Eggy Youtube, vanRafaHD Official, Junior22G
Metal Gear Solid Ground Zeroes - dansg08, HassanAlHajry, theRadBrad
Metal Gear Rising Revengeance - theRadBrad, Lancun
Metal Gear Rising Revengeance Jetstream Sam DLC - consolesejogosbrasil
Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor – Philly Wonken
Ninja Gaiden 3 - TiLMENDOMiNATiON, Tetra Ninja
Prince of Persia – TheBadLuckPrince
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - NyuKazeMedia
Resident Evil Revelations - StainderFin, gmbluedestiny2k10
Resident Evil Revelations 2 – vgBR.com- Videogames Brasil
Rise of the Tomb Raider – TheRadBrad
Rugby League Live 3 - Crafty Ape
Ryse: Son Of Rome – Crafty Ape
Saints Row 4 – Crafty Ape
Silent Hill 3 HD Collection - xAshe10x
Sleeping Dogs - Hyperelf
Spider-Man: Edge of Time – Nick Soto
Splinter Cell Blacklist – deluxe345, Gamer’s Little Playground
Splinter Cell: Conviction - BLAZE0140
Splinter Cell: Double Agent - Engelbrutus
Star Wars: Battlefront - Somewhat Awesome Games
Sunset Overdrive – Crafty Ape
Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror – Free Emulator
The Technomancer - Machinima Trailer Vaul
Uncharted 2 Among Thieves – The Merc
Vagrant Story – Clay Knives
Vindictus - Baragamer
Warframe - Throneful
Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt (the) - Chris Smoove

Game covers and box art used:
Alien Storm
Avatar, James Cameron’s
Devil May Cry 3
Gabriel Knight 3
God Eater Burst
Golden Axe 2
Metal Gear Solid 2
Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice
Revenant
Street Fighter (Zangief)
Syphon Filter 3

Thumbnail Solid Snake artwork by sexyelder

Music: Baby Got Back (Album Version (Explicit)) - Sir Mix-A-Lot