How the male gaze transfers onto the animated female form is just one of many disappointing factors of this phenomenon. The explanation for this phenomenon? The author claims that men “prefer the esthetics of watching a female avatar form,” meaning, in a third-person role-playing game, they like to watch a female character’s butt.
For Super Smash Bros., I frequent Samus.Ī 2013 study in the journal “Information, Communication & Society” found that men are 23 percent more likely to gender-swap in video games than women. Pac Man over her boring male counterpart. If it’s “Resident Evil,” I’ll go for Ada Wong. When it comes to a “Super Mario” game, I’ll always choose Princess Peach as my avatar.
