Guilt, Shame, And Quiet: Women In 'Metal Gear Solid'

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Guilt, Shame, And Quiet: Women In 'Metal Gear Solid'

Added: 07.09.2015 12:17 | 25 views | 0 comments

Forbes: Everyones afraid of Quiet. When she arrives on Mother Base in the early parts of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, soldiers glare at her unfamiliar face, suspecting the sniper whod tried to kill their leader shouldnt be trusted. And she is different, nearly naked in ripped nylons, a thong, bikini top, and burdened with a giant sniper rifle. In nearly every scene shes in, the camera roams over her torso, breasts, and buttocks before its operator remembers she has a face. As often happens with jarringly anatomical women in videogames, Quiets sexualization doesnt seem to be acknowledged by anyone in the game world. She has no expressed libido, nor do any of the games bumblingly inelegant men. The closest thing to erotics come in the small gestures of homoerotic kink that appear between Big Boss and his conscripts. When you approach one from behind and put him in a chokehold for interrogation, he might thank you and ask to be choked harder. In 2013, Hideo Kojima...