Computer feminization
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In a world where we have to have a male voice, can it be James Earl Jones please?
Oooh, can I have Brian Blessed?
In fact, I want a Brian Blessed bobblehead to match!
Actually if you read his later arguments it turns out he just has a problem with women in general and he wasn't actually arguing from the feminism camp.
Which was uncomfortable.
I prefer a woman's voice.
Yeah, but what about in the game?
It's the Darth Vader thing isn't it?
Maybe we should have the real voice of Darth Vader, David Prowse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITMnUxxvMyo
It's the Darth Vader thing isn't it?
Maybe we should have the real voice of Darth Vader, David Prowse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITMnUxxvMyo
Every time I see that it cracks me up.
So however does this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUhE128UGKk
Do a new kick starter just for this. Please!
I would pay well to have Matt Berry do some voices!
One of the reward levels could be that there will be an Easter egg of him shouting "FATHEEEEEEERRRRRRR!!!"
I'm fascinated by this thread. Firstly because it's a beta and nothing is "fixed" tho I agree with the OP in as much as there should be an option for both, it really wouldn't bother me if the voice was male female or neutral.
For me the question of "pandering" for the wrong reasons is more about individual perceptions than actual reality. If you are irritated by female voices you will notice them more.
While there are a lot of female voiced computers across ALL media, there are also many many male voices for computers too. With regards to it being inappropriate, I guess that comes down to intent. In movies certainly, the female computer voice tends to be in there to "balance" against the mainly male bias of the characters i.e Star Trek. I grant you that hasn't always been the case, but tends be getting better. Certainly in the original Star Trek series "where no MAN had gone before" the computer had a male voice.
Has the computer been feminised? Or does it simply have a female sounding voice? I know men who on the phone have a soft voice that could be called female and equally a few women with quite a deep tone to their voice. So I'm not sure judging anything or indeed anyone by their voice would, in my opinion, be sensible.
It is an interesting subject and certainly worth debate and I completely support the OP in hoping Frontier have an option for male, female and NO vocal response.
For me the question of "pandering" for the wrong reasons is more about individual perceptions than actual reality. If you are irritated by female voices you will notice them more.
While there are a lot of female voiced computers across ALL media, there are also many many male voices for computers too. With regards to it being inappropriate, I guess that comes down to intent. In movies certainly, the female computer voice tends to be in there to "balance" against the mainly male bias of the characters i.e Star Trek. I grant you that hasn't always been the case, but tends be getting better. Certainly in the original Star Trek series "where no MAN had gone before" the computer had a male voice.
Has the computer been feminised? Or does it simply have a female sounding voice? I know men who on the phone have a soft voice that could be called female and equally a few women with quite a deep tone to their voice. So I'm not sure judging anything or indeed anyone by their voice would, in my opinion, be sensible.
It is an interesting subject and certainly worth debate and I completely support the OP in hoping Frontier have an option for male, female and NO vocal response.
I want this, but only if they get Gilbert Gottfried to do it.
Maybe Mr. T--"I pity the foo' who's interdicting"?
Billy West? "Good news, everyone! Our shields are down!"
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Hopefully a Jessica Rabbit voice pack is on the cards... lol
I can absolutely back this up. I've seen similar studies. It's believed that a female voice transmits more clearly over a radio broadcast.
And whilst we're on the subject of females. Just thank god you are not in the crosshairs of a female drone pilot. Studies have shown they respond considerably faster to a "shoot to kill" order than their male counterparts ;-)
I think they should do a voice pack based on Dad's Army.
Just imaging boosting into a wall and Captain Mainwaring's voice saying: You stupid boy!
Just imaging boosting into a wall and Captain Mainwaring's voice saying: You stupid boy!
Could it be that we refer to ships as females, in the UK (And I presume the US?)?
"Arrrr, there she blows."
Ergo, the ships' computer could be implied to be female.
Now I'm not here to argue whether we should or should not apply gender to objects (which although we do not do in English, they do in French... what is interesting here is that the French word for ship is Navire... which is masculine!!)
"Arrrr, there she blows."
Ergo, the ships' computer could be implied to be female.
Now I'm not here to argue whether we should or should not apply gender to objects (which although we do not do in English, they do in French... what is interesting here is that the French word for ship is Navire... which is masculine!!)
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