Name: 肢體語言與男性目光 - 視頻遊戲中的典故與女性 (Body Language & The Male Gaze - Tropes vs Women in Video Games)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T07:53:18.000Z
Duration: 7 min 57 s

當我們玩遊戲時，我們大部分都會欣賞

the importance of a well-timed jump in a platformer,

或是擁有傑出躲避技巧的戰鬥類遊戲

but sometimes it's the seemingly ordinary movements

但是有時候，只是看似平常的動作

that actually tell us the most about a character.

卻能真正的像我們表達一個角色

The way they do simple things like walk, or sit down.

當他們做一些小事，像是走路或是坐下

And like anything else about a character,

以及其他任何關於這個角色的小事

movement can be used in ways that resist tired gender stereotypes,

動作都可以用來抗拒迂腐的性別刻板印象

In Bungie's hugely successful online shooter Destiny,

由 Bungie 製作的知名線上射擊遊戲《天命》

players start by creating their own character,

a Guardian who will fight to protect the last remnants of humanity.

一個守護者，捍衛著最後的人類文明

As with character creation tools in other games,

和其他遊戲的腳色創造材料相比，

this one lets you choose from different genders and races.

天命給了你許多性別與種族的選擇

In most ways, Destiny treats its playable female characters

大致上來說，天命對待可玩的女性腳色

almost identically to how it treats its male characters;

when playing as a female character isn't sexualized,

當你玩女角時，護甲並沒有被色情化

它看起來和男角得到的裝備一樣

However, there is one way in which the male and female characters

在對抗純粹的邪惡力量之後，這漫長而艱難的一天

When a female character sits down, however,

This is supposed to be a hardened space warrior

and yet she is sitting around like she's Ariel

A character's animation and movement is just as much a part

角色的動畫與動作就跟他們的外表還有服裝一樣

of who they are as their appearance and their clothing.

And like any other aspect of a character,

to communicate information about them to the player.

expressive character animations are just a way for the game

有表情的角色動畫只是一種遊戲手法去

to contribute to our understanding of who a character is

even how they sit down can tell us a lot about them.

甚至是如何坐下，都能透漏很多他們的個性

For instance, Ryu Hayabusa 's precise and graceful movement

舉例來說，龍隼精確且雅致的動作

conveys that he is a highly trained ninja,

透漏了他是個受過高度訓練的忍者

while the way Nathan Drake scrambles and fumbles

in dangerous situations is meant to suggest

that he's more of a relatable, ordinary guy

who just keeps finding himself in extraordinary circumstances.

他只是一直發現自己身陷於特別的場合

Nathan: "[Laughing] We were almost in that!"

奈森：「(笑) 我們差點就在裡面了！」

By contrast, the way that women move in games

isn't just used to suggest their confidence or their skill

不只是暗示了他們對自身技術的自信

or some other facet of their personality.

It's very often used, in conjunction with other aspects of their design,

這時常與其他遊戲設計的面相混在一起使用

for the entertainment of the presumed straight male player.

has a deeply exaggerated hip sway when she walks.

當她走路時，有著誇張的臀部擺動

In combination with her clothing and the game's camera angles,

the player's focus to her highly sexualized butt.

讓玩家的注意力到她性感化的臀部

In Resident Evil: Revelations, Jill Valentine

在《惡靈古堡：啟示》裡，吉兒．范倫廷

somehow manages to wiggle her whole body while she runs.

In Assassin's Creed Syndicate, Evie Frye is a character

在《刺客教條：梟雄》裡，伊薇弗萊

who avoids falling into many of the sexualizing traps

But she still walks with an exaggerated hip sway.

但是，她走路時仍有著誇張的臀部擺動

you can change your character's gender at any time.

If you go to the clinic and swap your gender from male to female,

如果你去趟診所，把你的性別從男換到女

you also come away with a newly sexualized walking animation,

你也會跟著換成一個全新的性感化走路姿勢

even though you're literally supposed to be the same character.

Male heroes are allowed to simply walk like normal human beings,

男性英雄可以簡單地走路像正常人類一樣

in ways that are “average” or strong or graceful or goofy.

就是平常地走，或是強壯地、優美地、傻笨地

Meanwhile, motion-captured animations for female characters

often make them look as if they're walking down a runway

穿著細高跟鞋走在時尚秀的舞台上

even when the characters are actually in combat situations.

Watching these characters in-game movement animations,

當你看著這些角色在遊戲中的動作

you'd think that the director of the motion capture session

instead of a hardened space warrior or master thief

而不是個冷酷的太空戰士、大盜

or bioterrorism agent or crime boss or vampire or assassin.

生化武器的探員、黑道老大、吸血鬼或是刺客

Of course, in the real world, people do walk

當然，在真實世界裡，當人們穿著高跟鞋走路時

with a sway of the hips when wearing high heels.

If we want to get really technical about it,

如果我們從技術上認真去討論的話

this slight hip sway occurs in order to maintain balance.

這些微的臀部擺動是為了保持平衡

(other than generally being deeply uncomfortable),

why are these female characters in combat roles wearing high heels!?

為什麼這些身為戰鬥角色的女角穿著高跟鞋？

With all the fighting, running, and climbing these women have to do,

她們除了需要打架、跑步以及攀爬

dressing them in heels is clearly a decision

讓她們穿著高跟鞋明顯是個決定為了讓她們性感化

rooted in sexualized aesthetic pleasure rather than believability.

好變成視覺上的娛樂，而不是遊戲的可信度

In fact, animating so many female characters in games

事實上，在遊戲裡這樣製作女角

to fit into this very gendered, sexualizing walk pattern

去迎合一個非常性別化或性感化的走路模式

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