A Guy's Opinion on Female Characters in Video Games

So I was talking to my boyfriend, Jason, who is an avid videogamer, about my media class. I told him about our project and how we wanted to research gender differences in videogaming. An interesting aspect of that was brought up recently in posts previous to this was how female characters were portrayed in video games. I decided why not ask a guy's perspective on the sexualization of female characters. I then asked him what he thought about it and what it did for him while he was playing. He agreed that the female characters are sexualized on purpose to appeal to guys who are playing the videogames. There aren't that many positive images of female characters because naughty looking female characters are more interesting. Exaggerated body shapes are fantasized by guys and seeing that on the tv screen makes the videogaming experience worthwhile. It's something to look at while you're playing. He also said that people need to keep in mind that the target audience of majority of videogaming are for guys ages 13-26. My boyfriend says he is more indifferent towards seeing a sexualized female character because it does nothing for him. It is just a virtual world. Off the top of his head, he can only name 1 positively portrayed female character: Jade (Beyond Good & Evil). He says that she is portrayed positively because she has substance. She is a journalist, and isn't scantily clad. She is part of a game story where it isn't violent and she is aiming to help the unfortunate like an orphanage while trying to expose the corrupt side of the government. Whilst, there are many other negatively portrayed, sexualized female characters in games such as Blood Rayne. Here, you can see how disporportionate her body is. I feel like there is no need to exaggerate her chest size. Overall, Jason is interested in all genres of games (adventures, arcade, action) most of which are male lead characters. They don't feature any overly exaggerated females. However, if they were to be featured, Jason says that he'd be indifferent towards them.