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Re: Halo 3 'review' - by me a year ago. SUPER LONG
Posted By: ThorsHammer <nate@ishness.net>	Date: 1/24/09 8:28 a.m.
In Response To: Halo 3 'review' - by me a year ago. SUPER LONG (Cody Miller) I may have a larger reaction in the future - a lot of this reminds me of my own thinking. That said... [snip] : Sex has never been a large part of Bungie’s games. Their games prior to Oni : were completely sexless. Bungie claimed that they were trying to create a : realistic female character in Oni, but the fact remains that Konoko was : created to be sexually appealing. The game over screens show her with torn : clothing, and a chapter screen shows her fully nude (which is actually in : my desktop picture rotation). Her proportions still weren’t entirely : ‘average’, and one of her more useful moves involves grabbing an enemy by : the head between her legs and throwing him, in a spectacular display of : gymnastics. In fact, I couldn’t help but feel a bit strange doing it to : Muro, what with he and Konoko being siblings and all. But, Konoko was an : actual character and Bungie treated her like a real person. So : congratulations Bungie West, you managed to make Konoko into not Lara : Croft. : Why did sex appear in Oni? Maybe it was because there was an actual female on : the team, Lorraine Reyes, now Lorriane Mclees. Maybe it was because Oni : was being developed for the PS2 as well, and was meant to have some sort : of an appeal to its installed base. Regardless of the reason, I very much : enjoyed hitting control to say ‘You got beat by a girl’ after downing an : enemy. Come to think of it, that’s kind of dirty Bungie. As an ardent Oni fan, I know Lorraine has said that there was a bit of back-and-forth on Konoko's character design - she was trying to push her to be less sexy, while marketing (and, iirc, some of the Bungie West artists) wanted Konoko sexier. This isn't the interview I'm thinking of, but it does touch on the question a bit: Lorraine talks about stuff Like I said, I may be back later with a response your post as a whole, because parts of it do sound a lot like what I've been thinking. -Nate

Why don't they teach them logic at these schools?

Message Index

Halo 3 'review' - by me a year ago. SUPER LONG	Cody Miller	1/24/09 6:31 a.m.
Re: Halo 3 'review' - by me a year ago. SUPER LONG	ThorsHammer	1/24/09 8:28 a.m.
I disagree. *Halo 3 Spoilers*	RyanTheHeretic	1/24/09 10:26 a.m.
Re: I disagree. *Halo 3 Spoilers*	Cody Miller	1/24/09 3:20 p.m.
Re: I disagree. *Halo 3 Spoilers*	Jillybean	1/24/09 3:26 p.m.
AUGH	Hawaiian Pig	1/25/09 6:39 p.m.
But, but wait...!	stan	1/24/09 4:27 p.m.
Re: Halo 3 'review' - by me a year ago. SUPER LONG	Matt	1/24/09 9:03 p.m.
Re: Halo 3 'review' - by me a year ago. SUPER LONG	Cody Miller	1/25/09 12:24 a.m.
Re: Halo 3 'review' - by me a year ago. SUPER LONG	Ibeechu	1/25/09 9:04 a.m.
Re: Halo 3 'review' - by me a year ago. SUPER LONG	Matt	1/25/09 9:59 a.m.