{"id":1938507,"date":"2023-05-26T06:17:15","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T10:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftists-want-video-games-to-reflect-their-own-mediocrity\/"},"modified":"2023-05-26T11:03:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T15:03:53","slug":"leftists-want-video-games-to-reflect-their-own-mediocrity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftists-want-video-games-to-reflect-their-own-mediocrity\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftists want video games to match their skills."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fleftists-want-video-games-to-reflect-their-own-mediocrity%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1938507&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Why Dove&#8217;s Push For &#8220;Realistic&#8221; Video Game Characters Misses the Mark<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"article-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Leftists Want Video Games To Reflect Their Own Mediocrity\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HiVGvGMRMfU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h3>The Problem with &#8220;Realistic&#8221; Video Game Characters<\/h3>\n<p>There&#8217;s a strange sentiment going around that video game characters, especially female ones, are unrealistic looking and causing anxiety amongst players who don&#8217;t see themselves reflected in the virtual world. Dove, the soap company, released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-releases-bizarre-video-claiming-her-family-has-celebrated-kwanzaa-since-her-childhood\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris Releases Bizarre Video Claiming Her Family Has Celebrated Kwanzaa Since Her Childhood\">video claiming<\/a> to take a stand against overly sexualized and unrealistic women in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shocking-exclusive-auditors-selected-by-arizona-maricopa-county-board-of-supervisors-send-message-to-observers-f-you\/\" title=\"SHOCKING EXCLUSIVE: Auditors Selected by Arizona Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Send Message to Observers: \u201cF@#$ You\u201d\">video games<\/a>. But their push for &#8220;realistic&#8221; characters is problematic.<\/p>\n<h3>The Problem with Implying Obesity is Beautiful<\/h3>\n<p>The Dove video implies that obesity and a general lack of care for one&#8217;s appearance is beautiful. This is nothing new for the left, which thrives on getting people to stop caring about putting effort into themselves. But the emphasis that characters in fiction reflect &#8220;real people,&#8221; which is code in this Dove video for unhealthy obesity, creates a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-it-even-possible-to-negotiate-with-putin-at-this-point\/\" title=\"Is It Even Possible to Negotiate With Putin at This Point?\">negative feedback loop<\/a>. The left wants people to see themselves as victimized and powerless to solve their own problems, which creates the perfect excuse to allow big government to step in and be the solution.<\/p>\n<h3>The Problem with Mediocrity<\/h3>\n<p>What Dove seems to want is characters that are content with their averageness, which is terrible from a political perspective and also just terrible for the sake of art! Heroes should be larger than life. That&#8217;s what makes them heroes. The point of video games is to connect with the characters you&#8217;re seeing on screen but not to see yourself in them one-to-one. Not every gamer needs to strive to be a supermodel or look exactly like the characters they&#8217;re playing as. But they should at least strive to be a little bit more like the heroes on screen in spirit and in virtue. Dove might be comfortable with mediocrity, but we shouldn&#8217;t be.<\/p>\n<h3>The Real Reason for Underrepresentation of Female Gamers<\/h3>\n<p>The video claims 74 percent of girls feel underrepresented in video games, according to a study conducted by Dove. But the weight of the heroines is not one of the reasons for underrepresentation. The real reasons are complex and multifaceted, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftists-want-video-games-to-reflect-their-own-mediocrity\/\" title=\"Leftists want video games to match their skills.\">include societal pressures<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cardi-b-sparks-controversy-men-should-pay-more-than-women-on-valentines-day\/\" title=\"Cardi B Sparks Controversy: Men Should Pay More Than Women On Valentine\u2019s Day\">gender stereotypes<\/a>. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Female gamers are not as common as male gamers<\/li>\n<li>Societal pressures and gender stereotypes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out the episode of Playing Politics from a few weeks ago for more on this topic.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dove&#8217;s ad tackles criticism that video game characters, particularly females, are unrealistic and causing anxiety among players who feel unrepresented. 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