[quote=idlehands]
Going back to what you said, objectification is more than just pixels of jiggly bits. Reducing a female to an object, by making her completely helpless or taking a strong woman then rendering her into a moron by giving her a love interest is just as bad. This isn't just about Tomb Raider, a game that can be used in the arguement for and against this topic. It is an example I can give because I have personal experience with playing the series since the debut.
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Metroid Prime goes down in history as quite possibly my favorite video game ever. I say that because I think Samus is the coolest video game girl in history, and they never went out of the way to make her sexual (except when she takes her helmet off at the end of her games). This is a game character who made waves at the end of her first game when it was revealed that the badass bounty-hunter was a chick.

And then a game called "Other M" happened, made by the same company notable only for it's scantily-clad beach-volleyball series. It gave her a love interest that made no sense, and the badass of the last 8 games becomes a whining baby who constantly needs to be saved by the male marines for the rest of the game.