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Arc Tempest

Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Posts: 4562 Location: Oregon
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Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 5:59 am Post subject: |
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| WheelsOfConfusion wrote: | | Adequate rainfall? If that were true, the Midwest probably wouldn't be draining their fossil water supply. |
I blame corn. _________________ The older I get, the more certain I become of one thing. True and abiding cynicism is simply a form of cowardice. |
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WheelsOfConfusion

Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 11133 Location: Unknown Kaddath
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Dogen

Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 9285 Location: Bellingham, WA
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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That's pretty awesome, and a lot of work. That man deserves a "World's Greatest Dad" coffee mug. _________________ "Worse comes to worst, my people come first, but my tribe lives on every country on earth. I’ll do anything to protect them from hurt, the human race is what I serve." - Baba Brinkman |
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Michael

Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 10429
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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That guy is my new hero
| Quote: | Hoye eventually decided to hack away at the actual text of the story, producing a female-oriented version by altering the game's data files. According to his blog post on the project, Hoye took a GameCube disk image (.GCM) of Wind Waker and dug into it with a hex editor. He changed all story text and dialogue by hand, then tested his work by playing the game file in the Dolphin GameCube emulator.
The modifications proved a bit tricky, since the new female-oriented wording had to be a byte-for-byte alteration of the original; even throwing in "she" in place of "he" would mess things up. So Hoye got creative, using words like “milady” in place of “my lad” and “master."
“Sentences need to be changed or reworded just because 'young lady' is one character longer than 'young man,' line breaks need to be in about the right places, that sort of thing,” Hoye told Ars via e-mail. |
If you've ever edited anything with a hex editor (for example to change the amount of money you had in a Theme Park save game *cough*) you'll know how tricky this is. Not that it's complex or particularly difficult, it's just that you're allowed zero mistakes.
I love it. |
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Tank

Joined: 20 Sep 2010 Posts: 75
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Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 1:04 am Post subject: |
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| Different game, but I felt Twilight Princess did a decent job of incorporating a number of female characters into the story. Midna in particular was a fantastic character. In fact, I would pay some serious money to play a Legend of Zelda game with Midna as the main character. |
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Lasairfiona

Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 9611 Location: I have to be somewhere? ::runs around frantically::
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Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 2:20 am Post subject: |
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I _love_ the editing. I would also like way more female characters as first person, non talking characters. Seriously, why not? And why can't Link be a girl? _________________ Before God created Las he pondered on all the aspects a woman might have, he considered which ones would look good super-inflated and which ones to leave alone.
After much deliberation he gave her a giant comfort zone. - Michael |
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Yorick

Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 12065 Location: Mary's kesh
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Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 4:46 am Post subject: |
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| Lasairfiona wrote: | | I _love_ the editing. I would also like way more female characters as first person, non talking characters. Seriously, why not? And why can't Link be a girl? |
And more female player-characters that are dressed realistically, instead of in a body-hugging, skin-baring fashion. _________________ 88 NPH |
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Tank

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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 11:17 am Post subject: |
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Thy Brilliance

Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 3213 Location: Relative
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 9:03 pm Post subject: It changes so often, how do you keep track? |
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| Yorick wrote: | | dressed realistically |
What is this? |
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Lasairfiona

Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 9611 Location: I have to be somewhere? ::runs around frantically::
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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Witchblade armor example!
Old version - INEFFECTIVE!
Newer version: Effective!
 _________________ Before God created Las he pondered on all the aspects a woman might have, he considered which ones would look good super-inflated and which ones to leave alone.
After much deliberation he gave her a giant comfort zone. - Michael |
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Thy Brilliance

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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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Oh, I usually call that dressed up so as not to encourage self-image issues with younger teens.
Wouldn't call either pic realistic though.
Thanks for the clarification. |
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Lasairfiona

Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 9611 Location: I have to be somewhere? ::runs around frantically::
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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This isn't just dress up - ARMOR should cover the freakin body. Period. It is only in the last few years that females in any RPG or in comics had outfits that would cover vital organs. That makes it not armor. The Witchblade pictures are the perfect example of that.
The self image issues comes in when females are treated as objects to the point of eliminating the usefulness of the armor they wear. See how that works? _________________ Before God created Las he pondered on all the aspects a woman might have, he considered which ones would look good super-inflated and which ones to leave alone.
After much deliberation he gave her a giant comfort zone. - Michael |
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Lasairfiona

Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 9611 Location: I have to be somewhere? ::runs around frantically::
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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As far as realistic is concerned, the second picture's outfit could actually be used in battle though I would recommend a helmet. _________________ Before God created Las he pondered on all the aspects a woman might have, he considered which ones would look good super-inflated and which ones to leave alone.
After much deliberation he gave her a giant comfort zone. - Michael |
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Darqcyde

Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 9086 Location: A false vacuum abiding in ignorance.
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 2:12 am Post subject: |
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| Lasairfiona wrote: | | As far as realistic is concerned, the second picture's outfit could actually be used in battle though I would recommend a helmet. |
Pshaw! EVERYONE knows that magic circlets > helmets.  _________________
...if a single leaf holds the eye, it will be as if the remaining leaves were not there.
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Snorri

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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 3:19 am Post subject: |
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| Darqcyde wrote: | | Lasairfiona wrote: | | As far as realistic is concerned, the second picture's outfit could actually be used in battle though I would recommend a helmet. |
Pshaw! EVERYONE knows that magic circlets > helmets.  |
Hell, everyone knows that the person wearing the least amount of armour/clothing will win the fight.
It's a basic fact of the universe. _________________
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