...to get a pair of pants in the gaming world?


Maybe it's just some of the MMO's and games I've played but... seriously, can we have a chick that wears pants? When I was playing FFXI, every pair of bottoms my character would put on either turned into a bikini bottom or short shorts. I really don't see how those could be helpful while tanking...

What really spawned this frustration (and mind you it was just an annoyance, but it could spark conversation) however, was browsing around Kotaku and seeing they had some info on the new Conan game, and slapped right up there was sexy naked babe. Yeah it's Conan, but it's also an MMO - you're trying to appeal to a wide audience here. Honestly think that image makes female gamers flock to the game? So, I went to check out the game's actual site, and surprise surprise, more thong-clad female "warriors". Most of the in-game images were male, but from what I can tell, the female characters are running around in bras and furry thongs (which just would not be comfortable, lets think about this here).

Would it be so much to ask for at least a sensible clothing option?

And I know there are plenty of ladies out there in the digital realm who had good clothes for what they were doing (Aya from PE for example , wore jeans, shirt and a leather jacket with boots! Made sense when running about after crazy mitochondria beasties.)

Anyone else care to share either offenses or decent costumes from games?