![]() ![]() Now I will admit that her anatomy (aside from the ridiculous breasts) looks like it might be physically attainable… by a vanishingly small percentage of the human population. Her “corset” must also be made of some very hard metal to contain those titanic breasts of hers, because there’s no way that a construction of mere cloth and leather could contain breasts that large and that gravity-defying. We’ve got gravity-defying sphere-boobs the size of her head. Well, this one takes that stupidity to an impressive level. I’ve raged plenty of times here about the stupidity of “play now” advertisements for free MMOs. IGN gets more and more retarded every dayīut then, I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised since this is IGN, the website that has a dedicated “Babeology” section of their site: they were sexist back then so YES… is ign writing articles sheerly for the sake of asking stupid questions? Its supposed to be a 50s cop show procedural as a videogame. Her duty: to better LA from HQ, the kitchen, one sandwich at a time. They should have had a main, woman character in LA Noire. Overall, it’s a pretty solid piece that is only minimally controversial, in that a woman dared to accuse teh awesome menz at RockStar of being sexist.īut you’d never guess that from the comments, which are a veritable tidal wave of scorn and entitlement: She makes some pretty good points, and if anything understates how sexist the game industry itself is. It’s a pretty thoughtful and objective piece, definitely free of the vitriol and hyperbole that I like to fling around over here. Clearly, I am a terrible person.Įxhibit B begins with this article over on IGN by Emma Boyes asking whether LA Noire is sexist. Since it is inherently true that people are incapable of caring about more than one kind of injustice simultaneously, being bothered by sexism in gaming reveals what a petty and shallow person I am for taking time away from being sad about starving children, war refugees, and sad puppies. Yes, because sexism in video games is such a trivial concern and don’t we have more important things to worry about? There are starving children in Africa, people. Video games are the least of our worries. Turn on the MTV, or just about any channel these days, you’ll see what I’m talking about. Perhaps we should focus our attention not on a video game character, but on real men and women that are sending the wrong messages, or even parents that let their children leave the house dressed like Paris Hilton. Yes, because really – everyone knows that humans are completely independent creatures and are never influenced by any of the media they consume ever. Are the actions of a fictitious girl truly detrimental to the image of females everywhere?Īh, right. Sure, Juliet isn’t exactly the most tasteful portrayal of a woman, but who cares? She’s a character in a video game that boasts an absolutely ridiculous premise. Which is where gamer entitlement comes in. A thinly veiled platform for a combination of fanservice and violence – how original! Unsurprisingly, some people have taken exception to such a ridiculous character and pointed out that this game concept just might be a little sexist. It’s a scantily clad nubile young woman who will kill lots of stuff while wearing next to nothing. Now it may have escaped your notice – as it did mine – that there is a video game in development called Lollipop Chainsaw that features a scantily-clad chainsaw-wielding cheerleader named Juliet who kills zombies: ![]() In which entitled gamers put their privilege on display And sure, posts like this are a bit of a cop-out, but I promise I’ll make it up to you next week with a new gender swap.Īnyhow, during the last week people have been sending me a lot of stuff to look at, and much of it was stuff I thought deserved attention and/or ridicule. After my fast-and-furious post-GenCon posting spree, I needed a bit of a rest. ![]() Okay, I’ll admit that I’ve been lazy this week. ![]()
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