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Wanted: Female Game Testers
BaronVonDuvet writes "The BBC is covering
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regarding the lack of female testers for the new Tomb Raider game. Given that there are a number of female gamers (admittedly far fewer than male gamers) why are they having so many problems finding women? Is this a sign that the female gaming market has never really taken off? Is the way men and women approach a game really that different? Are they really interested in finding women testers or is the whole thing a publicity stunt? If you're an interested woman maybe you should get in touch."
I'm thinking no. If it was Harrison Ford, or Mel Gibson, or some well built man running around shooting things and solving puzzles, then you might have a winner. But an exaggerated female? As much as womyn might enjoying having their sex depicted as a main character in a game, I'm not sure they're in to an exaggeration that they don't agree with (most men wouldn't mind being more built, most womyn, I'd presume, are probably not into being considered unattractive because their breasts aren't the size of basketballs).
F-bacher
James Tiberius Kirk: "Spock, the women on your planet are logical. No other planet in the galaxy can make that claim."
there are 3 kinds of people who call tomb raider sexist:
1) insecure chicks.
2) geeks who never got laid and who will never get laid.
3) people who really have *so* little else to worry about in their pathetic meaningless existences.
really. who gives a shit. WAKE UP: TITS SELL.
shit if i'm playing a game whose main character is a chick that kicks ass, she might as well have big titz. why the fuck not. All video games that feature chicks are like that. The same way dudes are ribbed and feature washboard abs. Look at Tekken. Is that sexist? NO. it just appeals to primal instincts while escaping from reality. AGAIN PEOPLE THIS IS NOT REAL.
is Lara my type? HELL NO, you see she ... *IS NOT REAL*. chicks with half a brain understand that.
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