When a game as modifiable as Skyrim comes out, capable modders often leap at the opportunity to make the character models look as fuckable as humanly possible. It’s become something of a joke whenever this sort of game nears its release date—how long till someone makes a nude patch? Hint: usually not very long.
So it’s never surprising to see, whilst perusing the metaphorical aisles of the mods database of your choosing, a slew of mods that give all the women in the game enormous breasts and flawless skin and J-Lo butts—not to mention mods that make men’s six packs shinier-- but y’know, to each his own. These people probably paid good money for this game and they can do what they want with it.
There’s a thin line to be crossed here, though—while many mods clearly suit particular personal tastes or merely improve upon a game’s default meshes or textures, others accidentally step into body image territory. That’s not cool, guys, and I think it’s something that, as a community, we need to start being more careful about.
In particular, I’m talking about Skyrim mods like Better Females. This mod re-textures all of the females in the game with smoother, more made-up complexions. Lots of glittery eye shadow and lipstick going on around here. Personally, I can’t find the logic in Dovahkiin glamazon-ing it up in the Nordic tundra, but clearly this is a mod built for those with preferences similar to the author’s-- and there’s nothing wrong with ...
