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"Skins! This is how boys play dress up" - Bart in one of the modern-ish Simpsons you probably haven't watched.

Horse Armor and Hats!

If i could wear the zany mtx costumes I would, everywhere. Instead my options are literally, only, earth tone t-shirts. Travesty.

I was going to day this. So many accessories!

Men's fashion irl feels pretty limited. Silhouettes are pretty standard from outfit to outfit, and I am pretty envious of the amount of options feminine-oriented clothing offers.

unless it's a graphic tee or a sports merch.

I think this is true of a lot of things. I think the existence of comments sections on Pornhub proves that men also want to gossip about smutty romance novels and society has failed to provide them with a respectable outlet for that desire.

I completely agree. It sucks!

I was about to say, "not me! I hate microtransactions." But then I remembered how stoked I was when they added appearance armor slots in Everquest 2 and realized I do love having cool looking armor. I'm just too cheap to use real world money to buy it.

woah i didn't know you could do that in fallout 76

Best Dressed is Serious Business.

Wow, this hits dead center.

Ackshully isn’t that just the film industry?

I'll do a screenshot later, promise 👍

Micro transactions were mostly a result of games trying to break into women's market. If you notice the games that rely most on micro transactions are casual mobile games while games traditionally for men have lost the market share they once had.

Watch makers knew.

Had failed

Sure!

I sometimes think people that have them are stooges for the games company to tempt others to buy that nonsense.

We yearn for the fashion.

Diablo and Path of Exile also come to mind, although that’s more of a schism than two different games….

It really is unfair

@romsbazzo.bsky.social

I spend far too much time making my characters look as funky as possible in every game that allows it. My Destiny 2 character is a very pretty robot.

In final fantasy 14 a lot of guys play girl characters, and sure there's the group that just wanna dress them skimpy but there's also a not insignificant group that just wants to tap into their cute sides.

slayeth

Make whatever you're talking about free and you'll find it's not the "spending money on" part people like, but the whatever follows that bit.

I would disagree. Boys and men have been buying outfit for decades through superhero, anime, scifi toys and collectables, we just end up also buying an entire figure to go with each one.

Totally true

Well, maybe.

Tragic and true

Its why overwatch is still kicking around. The men get all kinds of outfits there, bikers, Vikings, fancy even (admittedly rare) cute ones

Everyone likes playing dress-up and smacking little dolls and action figures together. It is a truth that transcends age, and every other demographic. The only truly childish thing about it, is to think you've outgrown that part of yourself.

Bunch of money you say

@maxnichols.bsky.social Dresstiny

It's true. I am one of those men.

Haha, true! Digital wardrobes are where the real fashion game is at now!

See also enormous vehicles for which there is no practical need!

Give me gas masks, hoods, and bird outfits

I don’t think this is necessarily true. Pretty sure plenty of men like shopping for clothes and trainers in real life.

nintendo struggled to make all the trousers seem different in totk corey lol

As a corollary to this, men's fashion sucks and if we could all stop being terrified we might look gay we could have infinitely better looking choices.

Huh... This makes an odd amount of sense

I too want to feel incredibly pretty.

Are we allowed to reply "Not all men" to this one, or is that still an inappropriate response?

… until now.

Look, MultiVersus's biggest draw for me, and really all games with DLC costumes, is that I want to play dress up with my toys.

Every time I play a video game with character customization with friends, I spend WAY more time customizing in game than they do and call it "playing dress up with my digital dolls". a game that lets me play dress up with my digital dolls goes up at least 2/10 in rating.

Ive spent a righteous amount on my halo dollies

Uhhh....shit, you got me. One of my favourite things to do in games is make my character look good, so...yeah.

Yeah, but they look at you funny if you wear blue plate armor with yellow highlights on the bus.

God yeah. I can't even tell you how many hours I spent farming materials and grinding skills just to be able to dye my armor in Everquest.

Fashion Soul is the true endgame

Me in Real Life: "Eh, Imma just wear whatever... maybe get a teeshirt I find funny." Me in video games:

when it comes to video game microtransactions ive only really spent money on skins lmao

And yes it was worth it.

I think that's the point being made here, in fact.

Can my little guy have a top hat? Can my little guy have a little cat? Can the little cat also have a top hat?

FF14 glam crowd would like a word, please.

No micro-transactions were involved, but one of my favorite parts of Red Dead Redemption 2 was coming up with fancy Western outfits. Men want to look cool too!

Are you a gamer? As someone who has spent a grand total of 💲🔟 on in-game cosmetic purchases, I can tell you that playing with my preferred outfits is more fun. ඞ

I.... oh dear. Just in case, egg prime directive engaged.

This makes sense. I usually walk into clothes shops and leave saying "I guess men don't wear clothes any more" because of the total lack of any choice 🤣

I get you, but can we please not accelerate consumption? We buy enough trash.

Solution: Get more men into LARPing!

(Personally I go for the little plastic fighting men because I can keep them safely wrapped in bubble wrap and take them out on game days, whereas my fingertips go into EVERYTHING.)

To be fair, my nail painting technique is very much "one coat of contrast paint and call it a day". To be fair, I'm doing half of it with my off hand.