Over New Years weekend I was watching tv and there were a lot of Paramount plus ads and one was for the Halo tv series. I bought a microsoft gaming laptop about a year ago and up until then I've only had playstations, so I never played Halo.
The trailer showed two women first and while I never played it, I would have to believe that it is a game that generally appeals to guys. I know in the grand scheme of things it isn't a big deal but this reeks of the whole "we need more women in..." mentality. I guess they will never understand that certain hobbies and genres will always appeal to more men than women and vice versa. You don't see publishers of romance novels saying they need more male representation.
Maybe I'm wrong, but considering the time we live in I would imagine it isn't worth watching. Shouldn't comic books have taught people a lesson? They hire women who hate comic books (when I'm sure there are plenty of women who would do a good job writing) and now look at comic books. DC is making everyone gay for whatever reason. But I hope for the sake of Halo fans that it is a good series.
It’s going to be garbage because it’s current year… but extended Halo lore had a lot of strong women characters from the jump. The early books were actually really, really good and, for lack of a better word, super inclusive in like a Tom Clancy sense. Imo they’re really like kind of exhibit A1 in terms of proof that women complaining about representation in games were never actually in to the games. But you know this show will be about courting those same terrible women and they’re going to botch the shit out of the hyper masculine “finish the fight” soldier vibe that Halo lore was all about.
You make a good point. Like in comic books you had female and minority characters but they allowed the rabid feminists in. Same with Star Wars or a lot of things.
exctly, one of my hatreds of disneywars. only the hufems count. its why the alliance fails in rianwars at the end.