xQc goes on bizarre rant about boobs and objectification in video games Bandai Entertainment\/Twitch: xQcCanadian Twitch streamer Felix \u2018xQc\u2019 Lengyel is never one to refrain from sharing his opinion, even on controversial topics, which he exemplified with a strange rant about objectification in games. xQc is prone to hilarious outbursts and rages on stream, known for slamming his desk when angry, sometimes even with his feet, as he expresses his frustrations with playing. Despite starting in esports as a professional Overwatch player, the Canadian frequently dips into other games on his Twitch channel. While streaming Batman: Arkham City on August 7, he launched into a rant regarding female objectification in video games. \u201cYes, games sort of objectify women according to mainstream media,\u201d he started. \u201cBut as a player or streamer I don\u2019t give a fuck. I don\u2019t give a fuck. The product is delivered to be consumed in a certain way and I\u2019m consuming all of it.\u201d Essentially, Lengyel seems to arguing that if women are objectified in video games, it is for a purpose that was intended by the game\u2019s developers. xQc quickly took his rant to bizarre places, with the incredible eccentricity we\u2019re used to seeing from the 23 year old. \u201cWhen I see tits in games,\u201d he yelled. \u201cI get hard, way harder than I should be. Yep, and I don\u2019t give a fuck, I love it.\u201d He concluded his rant by reiterating his earlier point, that \u201cgame devs want me to consume it this way, that\u2019s how I\u2019m consuming it.\u201d The debate about objectification in games The objectification of women in video games is not a particularly new topic of discussion. Many publications and players have been critical of the minor role women are given in some video games, often being the butt of jokes or simply included as love interests. For example, Gamespot\u2019s review of GTA V criticizes the game for having \u201clittle room for women except to portray them as strippers, prostitutes, long-suffering wives, humorless girlfriends and goofy, new-age feminists we\u2019re meant to laugh at.\u201d On the other hand, there are plenty examples of strong, leading female characters, such as Ellie from The Last of Us, Aloy from Horizon Zero Dawn, or the legendary Lara Croft. While xQc takes a typically hyperbolic, humorous view on the matter, it continues a long-running debate regarding the depiction of women in video games, as well as one surrounding a lack of female protagonists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
xQc goes on bizarre rant about boobs and objectification in video games Bandai Entertainment\/Twitch: xQcCanadian Twitch streamer Felix \u2018xQc\u2019 Lengyel is never one to refrain from sharing his opinion, even on controversial topics, which he exemplified with a strange rant about objectification in games. xQc is prone to hilarious outbursts and rages on stream, known […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65283\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}