I think she can be seen as an evil mother. In his article The girl who wanted to be God Kieron Gillen interpreted SHODAN as a kind of dominatrix. The fact that in System Shock 2 she plays the motherly role for some time makes her switch all the more terrifying. As a threatening woman's voice SHODAN stands in stark opposition to all the reasons why female voices are usually preferred in systems that use artificial speech (GPS, car navigation systems). But by the time the CD version with audio messages arrived, the malevolent AI was voiced by Terri Brosius and hence clearly female. Male-oriented hint, but still.Īs many of you will know SHODAN didn't have a clear gender in the original floppy release of System Shock and was variously referred to as 'he'' and 'she'. In Moscow subway, if your train is getting closer to city center, you hear male voice ("boss hurries you to work"), and if you are travelling in opposite direction, there's a female announcer ("wife calls you home") - they switch half-way for most trains.
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