Elexis Sinclaire
Encyclopedia
Elexis Sinclaire is a fictional character and main villain in the SiN video games series by Ritual Entertainment
and SiN the Movie, a 60-minute anime
OVA by ADV Films
and Ritual Entertainment.
and CEO
of the SinTEK Industries, a powerful multibillion dollar empire. Her biological mother abandoned her at an early age; during her upbringing she learnt from her devoted father, Dr. Thrall Sinclaire, and eventually took a position at SiNtek as a geneticist. Rising through the corporate ranks she eventually rose to supreme power after her father's mysterious disappearance. Elexis and SinTEK turned to illicit trades with their own brands of chemicals and drugs. Eventually her research led to the development of U4, SinTEK's most advanced chemical agent with mutagenetic properties. Ultimately, she secretly plans to overrun the world with her mutants and forcibly evolve the mankind, bringing about a new world order.
Elexis returns in SiN Episodes
, after keeping low profile in SiN: Wages of Sin
. She is featured only in the intro of the only released episode, as she watches the captured Blade at the beginning of Emergence, before attempting to change him into a mutant (Computer Gaming World
criticized the "cringe-inducing scenes [of] villainous sexpot Elexis Sinclaire's digitized boobs practically slapping you in the face").
. Many of the official arts showed her portrayed as carrying handguns and submachine guns, including in one of the game's package cover pictures, but she wields no weapons at any point in the actual game (in the single-player / story mode).
For SiN: Episodes, after at least one re-design that was eventually rejected, Elexis' new look was revealed. Her character design, specifically her face and very large breasts, was based on Canadian fetish and adult model Bianca Beauchamp
(who then served as Elexis' real-life model for publicity and trade show appearances).
commented: "We didn't know Elexis Sinclaire (the lusty, busty villain of the story) had such many mittens!"). In 2010, UGO included the game's final cutscene
of Elexis escape after distracting the player's character Colonel John R. Blade "with the concept of her vagina" on the list of "The 11 Weirdest Game Endings. The game also featured a famous Easter egg
scene of naked Elexis pleasuring herself in a jacuzzi
, available after using a cheat mode. UGO included it lists of "25 Sexy Video Game Secrets" in 2010.
In SiN Episodes: Emergence, she only appears during the game's introduction scenes.
According to Story-Driven Character Design, the "beautiful, sexy" Elexis was the main selling point of the first game. She was portrayed by Bianca Beauchamp to promote SiN Episodes: Emergence in a photo session and at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in 2005. Previously, the fetish model Vanessa Upton was also hired to promote the first game in 1998.
to be ninth best female character in the history of PC gaming. In 2006, the Polish edition of GameStar
voted her as 15th in the poll for the title of "Miss of the Video Game World", while GamesRadar
featured her in the article about the best breasts in video games, adding: "More than sinful, these magnificent mammillae ought to be illegal." In 2007, she was included on Tom's Games among the 50 greatest female characters in video game history ("With the brains of a mad scientist and the body of an underwear model, Elexis is one of a kind.") and "Elexis' curvy physique" in SiN Episodes "easily squeezed her" into fifth place on ActionVault's list of top "video game chicks". In 2008, GameDaily
ranked her appearance in SiN Episodes as 21st on the list of top "hottest game babes". In 2010, UGO Networks featured her as one of the 50 hottest women games in video games ("Elexis Sinclaire is charming, brilliant, and an absolute fox with nigh-impossible proportions."). In 2011, GameHall gave Elexis a special mention before the countdown of the ten most beautiful and deadly video game villainesses.
Virgin Media
included "the improbably proportioned Elexis" on the list of the ten "game girls you wouldn't dare to date", adding that "it's just a shame the actual games aren’t any better". The book Gendered Bodies and New Technologies found Elexis' character to be fascinating for transforming technology into "Mother Nature
." According to Game Design, however, "It's hard not to argue that sex appeal had something to do with the success of Sin's Elexis Sinclair".
There was also some negative reception. According to a 2007 retrospective article by GamesRadar, Elexis looked "like she crawled out of an S&M club", "sexualized to the point of deformity".
Ritual Entertainment
Ritual Entertainment was a computer game software developer established in 1996 by Robert Atkins, Mark Dochtermann, Jim Dosé, Richard 'Levelord' Gray, Michael Hadwin, Harry Miller and Tom Mustaine...
and SiN the Movie, a 60-minute anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
OVA by ADV Films
A.D. Vision
A.D. Vision was an American international multimedia entertainment company headquartered in Houston, Texas, prior to its collapse and distress sale to four other Houston-based companies in 2009...
and Ritual Entertainment.
In video games
Beautiful, charismatic and ruthless, Elexis Sinclaire is a leading, genius-level biochemistBiochemistry
Biochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...
and CEO
Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
of the SinTEK Industries, a powerful multibillion dollar empire. Her biological mother abandoned her at an early age; during her upbringing she learnt from her devoted father, Dr. Thrall Sinclaire, and eventually took a position at SiNtek as a geneticist. Rising through the corporate ranks she eventually rose to supreme power after her father's mysterious disappearance. Elexis and SinTEK turned to illicit trades with their own brands of chemicals and drugs. Eventually her research led to the development of U4, SinTEK's most advanced chemical agent with mutagenetic properties. Ultimately, she secretly plans to overrun the world with her mutants and forcibly evolve the mankind, bringing about a new world order.
Elexis returns in SiN Episodes
SiN Episodes
SiN Episodes is the title of a series of episodic games for the PC that would have expanded upon the 1998 computer game SiN. A total of nine episodes were planned with only the first one released...
, after keeping low profile in SiN: Wages of Sin
SiN: Wages of Sin
Wages of Sin is an expansion pack for the computer game SiN from late 1998. Wages of Sin was released in late February 1999 by a then relatively unknown game production studio known as 2015, who later became famous for their critically acclaimed game Medal of Honor: Allied Assault...
. She is featured only in the intro of the only released episode, as she watches the captured Blade at the beginning of Emergence, before attempting to change him into a mutant (Computer Gaming World
Computer Gaming World
Computer Gaming World was a computer game magazine founded in 1981 by Russell Sipe as a bimonthly publication. Early issues were typically 40-50 pages in length, written in a newsletter style, including submissions by game designers such as Joel Billings , Dan Bunten , and Chris Crawford...
criticized the "cringe-inducing scenes [of] villainous sexpot Elexis Sinclaire's digitized boobs practically slapping you in the face").
Character design
In the original game, Elexis had "clothes and makup that wouldn't appear out of place on a street-walking extra from the film Pretty WomanPretty Woman
Pretty Woman is a 1990 romantic comedy film set in Los Angeles, California. Written by J.F. Lawton and directed by Garry Marshall, this motion picture features Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, and also Hector Elizondo, Ralph Bellamy, and Jason Alexander in supporting roles. Roberts played the only...
. Many of the official arts showed her portrayed as carrying handguns and submachine guns, including in one of the game's package cover pictures, but she wields no weapons at any point in the actual game (in the single-player / story mode).
For SiN: Episodes, after at least one re-design that was eventually rejected, Elexis' new look was revealed. Her character design, specifically her face and very large breasts, was based on Canadian fetish and adult model Bianca Beauchamp
Bianca Beauchamp
Bianca Stéphanie Beauchamp is a Canadian fetish and adult model, known for her glamour, erotic and latex modelling.- Early life and education :...
(who then served as Elexis' real-life model for publicity and trade show appearances).
Gameplay
Elexis appears in the first game's single-player mode in several cutscenes only, but one of in-game models of her is also available to use in the game's multiplayer mode, even as the players will always see Blade's hands (Maximum PCMaximum PC
Maximum PC, formerly known as boot, is an American magazine and web site published by Future US. It focuses on cutting-edge PC hardware, with an emphasis on product reviews, step-by-step tutorials, and in-depth technical briefs...
commented: "We didn't know Elexis Sinclaire (the lusty, busty villain of the story) had such many mittens!"). In 2010, UGO included the game's final cutscene
Cutscene
A cutscene is a sequence in a video game over which the player has no or only limited control, breaking up the gameplay and used to advance the plot, strengthen the main character's development, introduces enemy characters, and provide background information, atmosphere, dialogue, and clues...
of Elexis escape after distracting the player's character Colonel John R. Blade "with the concept of her vagina" on the list of "The 11 Weirdest Game Endings. The game also featured a famous Easter egg
Easter egg
Easter eggs are special eggs that are often given to celebrate Easter or springtime.The oldest tradition is to use dyed or painted chicken eggs, but a modern custom is to substitute chocolate eggs, or plastic eggs filled with confectionery such as jelly beans...
scene of naked Elexis pleasuring herself in a jacuzzi
Jacuzzi
Jacuzzi is a company that produces whirlpool bathtubs and spas. Its first product was a bath with massaging jets. The term "jacuzzi" is now often used generically to refer to any bathtub with massaging jets.-History:...
, available after using a cheat mode. UGO included it lists of "25 Sexy Video Game Secrets" in 2010.
In SiN Episodes: Emergence, she only appears during the game's introduction scenes.
Promotion
Reception
Elexis Sinclaire was received mostly very positively. In 2000, she was voted by the readers of GameSpotGameSpot
GameSpot is a video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information. The site was launched in May 1, 1996 by Pete Deemer, Vince Broady and Jon Epstein. It was purchased by ZDNet, a brand which was later purchased by CNET Networks. CBS Interactive, which...
to be ninth best female character in the history of PC gaming. In 2006, the Polish edition of GameStar
GameStar
GameStar is a monthly released PC computer game magazine, published by the IDG Entertainment Media GmbH in Germany. In 2008 it had an average monthly circulation of 250,000 copies and is therefore the best sold PC computer game magazine in Europe. It is also being published in Hungary, the Czech...
voted her as 15th in the poll for the title of "Miss of the Video Game World", while GamesRadar
GamesRadar
GamesRadar is a multi-format video game website featuring regular news, previews, reviews, videos, and guides. It is owned and operated simultaneously in the UK and US by worldwide publisher Future Publishing...
featured her in the article about the best breasts in video games, adding: "More than sinful, these magnificent mammillae ought to be illegal." In 2007, she was included on Tom's Games among the 50 greatest female characters in video game history ("With the brains of a mad scientist and the body of an underwear model, Elexis is one of a kind.") and "Elexis' curvy physique" in SiN Episodes "easily squeezed her" into fifth place on ActionVault's list of top "video game chicks". In 2008, GameDaily
GameDaily
GameDaily was a video game journalism website based in the United States. Launched in 1995 by entrepreneur Mark Friedler under the name Gigex and focused on free game demo downloads, The site changed its business model from a flat fee per download CDN distributed service network to an...
ranked her appearance in SiN Episodes as 21st on the list of top "hottest game babes". In 2010, UGO Networks featured her as one of the 50 hottest women games in video games ("Elexis Sinclaire is charming, brilliant, and an absolute fox with nigh-impossible proportions."). In 2011, GameHall gave Elexis a special mention before the countdown of the ten most beautiful and deadly video game villainesses.
Virgin Media
Virgin Media
Virgin Media Inc. is a company which provides fixed and mobile telephone, television and broadband internet services to businesses and consumers in the United Kingdom...
included "the improbably proportioned Elexis" on the list of the ten "game girls you wouldn't dare to date", adding that "it's just a shame the actual games aren’t any better". The book Gendered Bodies and New Technologies found Elexis' character to be fascinating for transforming technology into "Mother Nature
Mother Nature
Mother Nature is a common personification of nature that focuses on the life-giving and nurturing aspects of nature by embodying it in the form of the mother. Images of women representing mother earth, and mother nature, are timeless...
." According to Game Design, however, "It's hard not to argue that sex appeal had something to do with the success of Sin's Elexis Sinclair".
There was also some negative reception. According to a 2007 retrospective article by GamesRadar, Elexis looked "like she crawled out of an S&M club", "sexualized to the point of deformity".
External links
- Elexis Sinclaire at Giant BombGiant BombGiant Bomb is an American video game website and wiki that includes gaming news, reviews, commentary, and video, created by former GameSpot editors Jeff Gerstmann and Ryan Davis in collaboration with Whiskey Media...