Of course, almost every character of interest in a game like this is sexualized a bit. Same goes with the men in the series, who are mostly macho, extremely masculine (though less cartoonish than, say, Gears of War, which takes a more comic book-y tone in general).

I'm almost certain the "blind" is in regards to her haircut, which totally obscures her vision. In fairness, her hair does look blond at times, at other times brown; it's hard to tell. I'm not sure it matters.

A few possibly annoying tips!

Is it going to be a problem if, from here on out, I act like I'm actually responding to Nietzsche?

She is a bit throwaway.

Fortunately, the hardships of school also taught me to face my spiritual and financial ruin with calm, dignity, and only a minimum of weeping.

I would think that this would be a great opportunity to chat up the lady clerks and show then my cool and composure in the face of sexy things for adults.

The "figure out what I could've learned from a comic strip but instead paid thousands of dollars for" game is a fun game!

I almost started two responses. They started out:

:D

Oh. Well I can't speak for anyone else here, sorry.

Now you've lost me.

What? Women love showing off their boobs when they go apparently alone and unprepared into dark ships.

You're talking about two separate things. On the one hand, we have what players/viewers/whatever are bringing to the work. On the other hand, we have the intentions of content producers. To follow your analogy, this trailer would be more akin to the makers of the trailer including racial stereotypes for the sake of…

Just noticed your final question. I think the bimbo exists in fictional space, as a character type, but I don't know who I'd describe as an actual bimbo. I've certainly met dumb, thoughtless people of both genders, and the criteria would seem to fall in there somewhere.

I don't think I ever mentioned a computer program. Nor have I mentioned anything about her appearance, beyond the fact that she likely IS functioning as the trope discussed. I mean, that seems to be the intention, yea? There's a long tradition in horror stories for half-naked women to be ravaged by monsters.

"Bimbo" is the term used for her character trope in discussions (as well as some source material) of low-budget horror cinema. It's what her character is, character-wise.

That's absolutely not why I'm judging her, if what I'm doing can be so-called.

This would be absolutely true if this were a real woman. But she's not. She's an exploitative B-movie bimbo* who, through the power of 3D rendering, is given even more cartoonish proportions. She's a construct of male gaze, not a real, liberated woman. You use the phrase "woman who wants to look sexy" when we're…

Personally, I view her negatively because I've never, ever (and never will) meet somebody who looks like her. She's a cartoon in a grim world filled with otherwise realistically-proportioned men and women. That doesn't mean that I think it should be changed, but that is why it's unappealing to me. It's aesthetically…