I know this topic has been dormant for a while, but I wanted to let you all know of the progressive efforts being made in today's video games. Wait, a minute. Did I say progressive? I'm sorry, I meant regressive.
The current game I am playing for review is Rave Master for GC. It is a fighting game with a story mode. If I am understanding the game correctly, they only have five characters with which you can run through story mode. I have run through two character's stories: the protagonist of the series and the one female character available in story mode. While the guy's story, I believe, was pertinent to the anime series, the girl's story was about how she was taking a bath in a river and some peeping tom took her picture. Ok, on the one hand, serious story about courage and loss, and on the other, peeping toms. Furthermore, I would say that this game is targeted to a younger audience. I'm not exactly certain what it says to the kids today when the girl's story is about public bathing and lechery. Plus the characters are all teenagers. Plus, plus, it is revealed at the end of the story that it was the cute, stuffed animal character who actually took the picture, and the girl decided that in the end she liked it. It was flattering. Like I said, I'm not certain the message this sends, but I imagine it is not in the most progressive light. The female character does kick much ass though in searching for who took the picture. I thought she played better than the main hero. I don't know how much a consolation that is.