Sex, Lies and Video Games

Lara Croft wears a gray tank top, khakis and combat boots. She is known for her outrageously generous bust,Sexy Christmas Costumes but since her debut in 1996's "Tomb Raider," her proportions have become increasingly more reasonable and her figure more conducive to exploring tombs. She's also extremely easy to cosplay, so when Meagan Marie hosted a Lara Croft cosplay, "eight or so" women showed up in costume to participate." 

Marie, an avid cosplayer, is the community and communication manager at Crystal Dynamics, which developed this year's reboot of Tomb Raider. Like many video game industry professionals, she attended the Penny Arcade Expo East in Boston in March, and she held the cosplay event at Crystal Dynamics' booth there. Eventually, a journalist approached the group and asked to interview the cosplayers. 

"Turns out he'd probed what it felt like ‘knowing that none of the men in this room could please them in bed,'" Marie wrote in a blog post.Sexy Bugs Costumes "He proceeded to tell me that ‘I was one of those oversensitive feminists' and that ‘the girls were dressing sexy, so they were asking for it.' Yes, he pulled the ‘cosplay is consent' card.Sexy Stewardess Costumes" 

It is 2013. It is estimated that nearly half of all gamers are women. Yet, when women attend gaming events, they're still treated like decorations rather than participants in a culture. Critics of cosplay often claim that the women in question are just dresbikini stringssing up for attention,Sexy Swimwear but the majority of serious cosplayers craft their own costumes and pay close attention to detail in order to replicate a beloved character. They do it because it is empowering and fun, not to get furtive glances from teenage boys at comic book conventions.