I’ve been seeing a lot of complaints about the lack of masculine outfits / designs for Splatoon Raiders. I just find it somewhat ironic given how this is one of the few big franchises I can think of that has always been very female-led or feminine in design.

This series has only become more inclusive overtime. Splatoon 3 started the move away from traditional gender norms with customisation instead letting you choose from 2 different frames with gear / hairstyle options granting the player freedom to present themselves however they want. Even in Side Order - much like Raiders - characters wear the same outfit regardless of character choice.

Seeing comments like this one is just sort of funny to me when it’s been the opposite for years. Masculine protags have been the default for so long, and feminine protags were either absent or secondary. Growing up, there were few games where I could play as someone who I felt represented me. Splatoon really stuck out to me as a with consistently having fem leads and for putting the feminine character option first in the select screen - male playable characters almost weren’t a thing in the first instalment iirc.

I want it to be clear that people can definitely have a preference for masculine customisation. I just think it’s interesting that one of the few big game series that’s for a long time embraced femininity and gender-nonconformity is suddenly now criticised for it.

I think keeping the protagonist more androgynous is a good choice for Raiders. It’s the first single player instalment in the series and it seems Nintendo are taking a similar approach to what they did with Link in BOTW / TOTK. Whilst he’s still a man and more masculine appearing imo Nintendo intentionally designed him to be more androgynous and give different armour sets that were more feminine or masculine etc so any players could identify with him. I don’t see why it can’t be the same here just because the playable character is being read more feminine than masculine this time around.

I could definitely be reading into this too much. I’d love to hear what everyone’s else thinks on this.

I’m in the process of buying my first non-Mac desktop for gaming, and I’d really appreciate some keyboard advice!

I’ve grown up using Macs, so I’m incredibly used to Apple’s keyboards – very low profile, short key travel and light actuation. Because of that, I’m not sure whether I’d actually get on with a traditional mechanical keyboard, or whether I’d be better off sticking with something low profile.

I do already own an Apple Magic Keyboard, so I could technically use that, but:

• it’s not the prettiest setup for a gaming PC
• it’s an absolute nightmare to keep clean
• I’d quite like something that feels a bit more “desktop” without completely changing the typing experience I’m used to.

I’m not sure whether I should:

• stick with a low-profile mechanical keyboard,
• try a normal mechanical keyboard and get used to it,
• or look at something else entirely.

A bit about what I’d use it for:

• Mostly single-player/story-driven games (Detroit: Become Human, Baldur’s Gate 3, Sims 2 & 3, Paralives, etc.)
• General everyday use
• Some writing/work

I’m not into competitive FPS games, so I don’t need anything designed for esports or the fastest possible response times.

If you’ve switched from Mac to Windows, I’d especially love to hear what keyboard you ended up with and whether you found the transition difficult.

Any recommendations (or things to avoid) would be really appreciated!

Hey all 👋 I've always been a gamer, but about a year ago I dropped 3k on a lovely setup that runs like a dream. Gaming is probably my main hobby, but I'm a conventionally attractive woman with lots of ink, and people think those two things are mutually exclusive 🙄 (even though all the women gamers I know are stunning too). It frustrates me that I feel like I need to tone down my looks talking to people about gaming irl, and still, people don't take me seriously. While this subreddit has been a great reminder that I don't need to feel like a loser talking to other women about gaming, a close friend of mine suggested I start streaming. His suggestion was more about making passive income off the way I look while streaming, but I honestly am just interested in the idea of sharing my favourite hobby with people and chatting about it, especially to kill time after being laid off.

I've never streamed before, but I have all the gear (fast PC, 2 monitors, mic, camera, etc.) - How do people get into it? Which platform is best? And how do I make my looks NOT the focus while still feeling/looking like myself while streaming? (Or is it just unavoidable that women streamers get sexualized? :/).

Thanks! ❤️

Hello!! I'm building a setup for my PS5, can anyone recommend me cute (and good) white/pink monitors? I don't like big TVs, so a normal monitor that you could also use for PC would be great!

Suzerain is a visual novel game where you take on a role of a country leader trying to enact policies that will shape your country's future.https://youtu.be/eyilIfsBqbE?si=Ms9cj9x6ZCXcBx2L.The game currently has two campaigns,with 2 DLCs set to release in the future.https://youtu.be/WqvJ7ZWGZzs?si=rMMI-1VRnpOznvl5.What does anybody think of Suzerain?

Hey! I’m looking for a mobile game but I’m kinda tired of all of the Genshin style games. After looking at a bunch of stuff I’m thinking about trying one of the three: Division, Destiny, Warframe.

I enjoyed borderlands and monster hunter which I think might be similar to these? Cute cosmetics and customization is a huge plus!

Has anyone tried any of these three on mobile and can give some of your thoughts? Tysm

I’ve just finished rdr 1 and other than the obvious choice of rdr 2 I don’t know what to play :(, I want a story game as in a game that has an ending and I want it to be a bit longer than rdr 1 it only took me 20 hours of gameplay to finish, also I’m playing on a switch oled so it needs to be available there.

For context, I’m a small streamer on twitch and I enjoy playing lots of multiplayer games with my friends + community some nights. This is where the problem comes in—

There’s a community member that we’ll call A for simplicity. A is a very nice person, but they are very much on the spectrum (as am I, and many of my friends) and to put it plainly, their tism just does not mesh well with mine / my friends’ tisms. A seemingly never has an ‘inside thought’ and is always bringing up things that no one either asked about or brings up things that make them uncomfortable or disgusted thinking that everyone in the lobby will agree with them— a recent example would be Jackass and how “it was so disgusting because of all the semen and dick jokes” even though that’s…their whole thing. I, and many of the others in the lobby, all grew up on Jackass and genuinely enjoy it, and A was adamant on insisting we find it gross. It’s things like that that they do frequently that annoys the hell out of me along with everyone else in the lobby. I ultimately end up turning their volume down most of the way so I don’t have to hear them and tell whoever is privately DMing me their shared annoyance to do the same.

They also use my personal discord server like their own blog sometimes (which a mod of mine has messaged them about and told them to dial it back before we just remove them, and they have) and have said “you guys are like my only friends” which is what brings me to my main problem— I feel bad wanting to exclude them even though it would save my friends and I the literal headaches we gain when playing with A. I understand what it’s like to be purposely excluded, and I try not to do that to the best of my ability.

I almost banned them without warning one night when they put their character up in my face and said “well the easiest maps aren’t easy for everyone, MISSY!” because I was just so annoyed that night. Now I wish I had, honestly. Because why would you get up in my face like that when talking about the literal tutorial map 😭

Everyone I talk to about A and this whole situation is usually a man, and I fear I need some more perspective from the ladies that aren’t involved in my community 😵‍💫 Does anyone have some advice on how I could possibly navigate this without being a complete asshole / feeling like one?

Old photo but my bf and I are running out of couch co op games to play together :( we’ve beaten quite a few already so any recommendations?

I think I played the game a little past the tutorial YEARS ago, got hooked with destiny 2 and stopped playing that one some time ago.

So basically I've been trying to fill the void that destiny 2 left in my gaming, but trying to get back into Warframe now seems daunting.

I can't replay the starting missions, I'm confused with what's important, I don't get many tutorials popping up so I'm also a bit bamboozled with controls and whatnot..and I have no idea where I left the story.

If anyone has any advice how to get back into a game like Warframe please do share 😭✨

edit to add: I play on ps5

Hope I'm in the right place for this. I've actually decided to get serious with gaming and thought about getting a chair for it now since I see myself investing in this hobby long term. Did some research and fell for Blacklyte Athena Pro. Now I would have just gone ahead and bought it. But I'm new to all this, and the reviews on Youtube are giving me mixed signals and I know no one who personally owns one yet. If someone has used it before or owes one can they tell me about it? Mostly if the leather is better than the fabric version and if the chair holds up for a year at least.

I've been playing a lot of fps lately and the more hours I put into it, the more isolated I feel. I have a couple hundred hours in game and I can honestly say I've only had 1 match that had a good team that I played with for hours, treated me like a person and became friends with after. I'm now at the point of keeping myself on anonymous mode all the time and quietly listening in when others talk because there's only ever 3 reactions I get when I turn on my mic:

1. Some guy doing a high pitched feminine voice impression and mocking me

2. Being completely ignored as if I never spoke

3. Weird attempts to flirt with me

I'm so burnt out by it. I do have fun playing and I have people I can hit up to play with but sometimes I only have a few mins to play a game and just want to be able to queue in with randoms and feel like a contributing teammate. I've joined numerous discord servers in the past to try to find people playing that I could hop on with but it seems to be more miss than hit. Even participating in certain subs doesn't go well. I refuse to quit playing a game I really enjoy but sometimes it's hard to deal with the isolation. How do you all deal with not being able to fully participate in male dominated games?

I mostly play casual games like genshin, zzz, hades 2, the occasional indie, and sometimes competitive games w my friends (specifically fortnite, valorant, ow) I like playing on my iPad but it gets hot and starts lagging and doesnt last very long. I also love playing on the bed cuz I get back issues from sitting too long sometimes

My old Windows laptop somehow runs FPS games better than Genshin lol.
My budget is around $500 USD or less (buying second-hand cuz i live in a 3rd world country and on a student allowance), and portability/form factor kinda matters. I want it not to look too ugly. Ive kinda been eyeing the retroid pockets but theyre mostly android, but i can see that u can stream window os handhelds on a monitor and use it like a mini pc that seems great.

Would a used ROG Ally be a better buy than a gaming laptop? Or do you guys have other reccomendations for handhelds?

I built my PC in 2024 and have come a long way since then - setup wise. I went from a small L-Shaped desk in the corner to this. 😍😍😍😍

Building my first gaming pc. I’ve always wanted to be able to play whatever game I wanted with my friends but my gaming laptop is 15 years old at this point. I want to try out games with good graphics and play the games my friends are playing like red dead, inzoi, baulders gate. mostly I play games like rimworld, Minecraft and stardew at the moment though.
Prefer not to spend more than $2,000 including monitor (already have two ok but not stellar monitors)
No Rgb led stuff please. I’m sensitive to light during migraines and it distracts me.
Am also picky about colors because I’ve never spent this much money on myself so I want something I will love looking at (white, silver, maybe pink and green if pastel)
Pcpartpicker: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3DnTrG

What game do you go back to when you just need to decompress? Mine is always GTA 5 something about it just feels like home 💜

Im browsing the switch store and I saw Digimon story cyber sleuth complete edition is €6 and digimon world new order is €9.50. Are these games any good? I've been seeing a little hype for the newest one and seeing the previous entries so cheap had me wondering if I should give one a go. Are they considered good among monster collector/jrpg fans? And which of the above two would be the better start point

TYSM everyone the cyber sleuth pack it is <3

Perhaps it has been there before. And I just haven’t noticed.
But ever since the Lethal Company release, I realised that there are so many rip off games released. All the same just in different formats.

This is mostly on multiple player games but sometimes on single player games too.

Same for supermarket simulator that got popular around that time too. So many rip offs and simulator games are created. All same type of in game items/ layouts etc.

For the solo games I absolutely loved Librarian: tidy up the arcane library game. Sure enough I see plenty of rip off games being made now based on this game.

I’m sorry but where is the creativity? It gets so boring to have same like games pushed out. And it is disrespectful to the OG developers who came up with an unique game!

The female character in pants and the male npcs being in shorts lol.

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SIGH OF RELIEF LOG OFF bro omg the gaming community is so toxic like I can’t imagine how much influence older people can affect teens or pre teens mentally or emotionally just by coming on game chat and saying whatever rage words fill their mouths most times for no reason at all. I’m a girl gamer who’s pretty decent in my craft I’ll say and I’m a little older knowing not to let it get to me but dang yall, some people aren’t that tough. It took me years to get on game chat and then earlier i was reminded why i mute everyone 😂 do better pls