The top non-slutty female characters in video games
Number 7: The legendary Ms. Pacman. Not a proper female, I know, but she …er… does dress like one. If you’re into round, yellow, pill-poppers you’ll just love the old lady.
Number 6: Princess Peach, ruler of Mushroom Kingdom and Mario’s personal fetish. Childish, but also a part of video gaming history. Definitely not a slut.
Number 5: Elaine Marley from the Monkey Island series. Funny, spirited, Ron Gilbert’s creation and a governor. Good looking and old fashioned. Won’t strip for you, let alone make a naked public appearance.
Number 4: Shodan, from System Shock (and apparently SS2). Call her a slut and she’ll fry you; perhaps even destroy earth. An amazing piece of homicidal AI, if I ever saw one and a perfect match for Wintermute.
Number 3: Kerrigan, another villain, and not 100% human either. Great looks (for a Zerg hybrid at least), a member of the order of the abominably nasty and key figure in the best RTS expansion ever: Starcraft Brood War.
Number 2: April Ryan from the Longest Journey and Dreamfall. Uniter of worlds and magically inclined, April is also a talented and rather ‘alternative’ girl from the future, who just so happens to star in adventure games. Recently into hot arcade action too.
Number 1: Jade, the star of the amazing Beyond Good and Evil action-adventure game. She has style, flair, good looks and a kind heart (Ooooh! that’s sweet). She’s also a revolutionary. Like Rosa Luxembourg only with green lips. Just have a look at this great game. Control each and every Jade‘s action. Follow the link.
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Anonymous
Apr 30. 2006
That picture next to Elaine Marley is Kate Capsize. Just so’s you know.
gnome
Apr 30. 2006
Oh dear, you are so right… What a cickup. I’ll just fix it. Thanks a lot, mate!
gnome
Apr 30. 2006
There, fixed. Thanks anonymous
Tomleecee
May 01. 2006
You forgot Cortana – the AI construct from the Pillar of Autumn. She ain’t no slut – sassy, on the ball and straight to the point!
gnome
May 01. 2006
Hmm..intersting. Never heard of that bitch though
Thanks tomleece.
Tomleecee
May 01. 2006
Sorry, she’s from Halo!
gnome
May 01. 2006
Aha. I see! Never touched this allegedly brill game…
Chentzilla
May 02. 2006
How about Bombette?
She’s also a revolutionary, of a very explosive kind!
Chentzilla
May 02. 2006
By the way, I did a similar feature for our magazine (Strana Igr, or GameLand, just for you to know), and here’s who I come up with (in no particular order):
- Samus Aran (Metroid)
- Ravel ((Planescape: Torment)
- (honorable mention) Baba Yaga (different games)
- Fatima Doohan (Anachronox)
- Deionarra (Planescape: Torment)
- Rosella/Valanice (King’s Quest)
- Jennifer Simpson (Clock Tower)
- Alice (American McGee’s Alice)
- Sarah Kerrigan (Starcraft)
- Shodan (System Shock)
- Grace Nakimura (Gabriel Knight)
- Nicole Collard (Broken Sword)
- Ms. Pac-man
- Bombette (Paper Mario)
The article (in Russian, as it is) can be found
here.
gnome
May 02. 2006
Very intersting… Thanks a lot Chentzilla. And yes, Grace would make an excellent addition.
Chentzilla
May 02. 2006
You might also find this of interest. This is real women’s opinion on “digital women”, as they call them.
I found this resource when working on the article.
gnome
May 02. 2006
So, tell me, as you apparently are from Russia, in which city do you live? (you, lucky you)
gnome
May 02. 2006
Oh, and thanks for the link too…
Chentzilla
May 02. 2006
Why the interest?
It’s Moscow now, but I come from Perm.
gnome
May 02. 2006
Because the (two) Russian cities I’ve seen were breathtaking… And Moscow was extremely interesting. And I’m interested in cities altogether… That’s about it I guess.
Sergio Cornaga
May 06. 2006
Great! Now do the slutty ones.
gnome
May 07. 2006
Not a bad idea this….
andrew
May 08. 2006
Haha lmao nice title gnome! now im going to read the artical. btw system shock 2 rules!
andrew
May 08. 2006
Yeah Wintermute and Shodan should totally date.
gnome
May 08. 2006
I’ve been trying to get them in touch, you know. Apparently they are far too busy scheming.
Juliraptor
May 13. 2006
Another great female character is Alyx Vance (Half Life 2): realistic-looking and intelligent, though not a playable character.
gnome
May 14. 2006
Hmmm…I guess so, besides HL2 is all-around great…
drewboy5000
May 22. 2006
No sorry Alyx Vance is a slut
gnome
May 22. 2006
You say so? Interesting…
Anonymous
Jun 21. 2006
How is she portrayed within the game as a slut? She doesn’t groan when she climbs up ledges, nor does she bend over excessively for the player etc. She is portrayed more or less as your average woman-with as little sexual innuendo as possible.
(Although I suppose it’s the player’s discretion as to what angle she is viewed at, although that it is not the developer’s intention)
Kaikara
gnome
Jun 21. 2006
Kaikara,
I do believe you are absolutely right, and with a nice humorous twist too, but I do believe drewboy was kidding…
Cheers
Anonymous
Jun 23. 2006
I really liked Laura, the protagonist of D2 for dreamcast… A terrifically weird and spooky adventure, where Laura remains mute while discovering what happened when her plane crash landed in arctic Canada.
wikipedia entry
gnome
Jun 23. 2006
Amazing! A pure Dreamcast heroin… She seems excellent and quite interesting. Quite as expected.
Thanks a ton my anonymous friend.
Iain
Jun 27. 2007
But Jade wears purple knickers… SLUT.
gnome
Jun 27. 2007
Well, she could ‘ave been wearing suspenders you know… Still, I see wisdom in your point…
Anonymous
Aug 10. 2007
Nice list, gnome, but I agree that Samus Aran (the Metroid series) deserves a place on this list also. Not only is Samus not a slut, but to my knowledge, she’s never even been marketed as a sex object, in the hopes of parting horny boy gamers from their money.
Similarly, if/when you do the “revised, expanded, updated list”, I would hope to see Bastila Shan from the original “Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic” game. Bioware managed to make her a potential love interest without ever going the easy “sexy boytoy” route.
gnome
Aug 10. 2007
Can’t say you’re wrong on the Samus front, as she also one of the few characters whose gender (even in a stereotypical manner) affects the storyline/gameplay of the Metroid series.
As for Bastila Shan… don’t know yet… I must shamefully admit to only having played KOTOR for a few hours… I’ll check it out though… Definitely.
The updated list.. hmmm… could be a good idea…
Lizzy Eros
Mar 24. 2011
Finally a list that doesn’t have Lara Croft as the number one super slut in a video game.
anonymous2
Apr 30. 2012
That’s not April Ryan, but a girl named Cloe. April stayed in Arcadia, and the second game (which that picture was taken from) is based on Cloe’s experiences.
anonymous2
Apr 30. 2012
Scratch that, Zoe. Zoe Castillo