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Genderplay in Videogames

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the more-than-just-jubbly-eye-candy dept.

thenovacrisis writes "Game Girl Advance has an interesting article about the various female characters in videogames. She talks about the important balance between alienation and identification, the Aesthetics of Sexy Girls, and various MMORPGs. An interesting read for all." A lot of games are compared, and issues raised. Good food for thought for character design.

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  1. Gender Play by SnakeEyes · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah I'm all for gender play. Remember when Tomb Raider first came out and you tried to get her backed into a corner so the camera would focus in on her wonderful coneshaped cleavage?

    Yeah, we need more gender play. :)

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    1. Re:Gender Play by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah I'm all for gender play. Remember when Tomb Raider first came out and you tried to get her backed into a corner so the camera would focus in on her wonderful coneshaped cleavage?

      Gotta give a guy credit for posting as a perv (like the rest of us) and NOT doing it as AC.

    2. Re:Gender Play by bsharitt · · Score: 3, Funny

      I think you missed the point of the parent. Who needs a story line?

  2. Equal Opprotunity by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The best equality computer game was Leisure Suit Larry. Plenty of chicks in that game!

  3. Female characters are great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Thats about as close as a gamer will ever get to a good-looking woman.

  4. The name sounds familiar by Thatmushroom · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hm, Game Girl Advance....I know! They put out this little gem.

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    1. Re:The name sounds familiar by neafevoc · · Score: 5, Funny

      Dude, that guy in the article, Justin, didn't do anything while she was getting off on Rez.

      Now that's a true gamer.

  5. Am I the only one... by Geekenstein · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who wonders how those game chicks with 40DDD bazooms and the 20 inch waists can do flips and the like without falling on their faces?

    Yeah, I thought I was. Carry on.

  6. Re:C'mon folks. by Pharmboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Jeez. I thought the /. crowd was supposed to be a bit intellectual, but most of the posts I've read about this thus far are mostly knee-jerk, anti-PC, mysogony....The article isn't claiming that she feels victimized or 'whining' about the portrayal of the female body. It's actually quite good,

    Let me help you out. First of all, this is slashdot. My guess is 20% of the people actually read the articles. About 1/4 to 1/3 of the time, its because the article has been slashdotted, so they cant get to it. Some people treat not reading the article like a badge of honor.

    The funny thing is, more people probably read THIS LINK instead, about the game girl vibrator, including image of girl in panties using it.

    As much as nerds love reading, they love porn more.

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  7. Re:whine whine whine by secolactico · · Score: 3, Funny

    the laughably phallic joystick

    Yes, just like the laughably phallic handle on my frying pan, the laughably phallic handle on a tennis racket, or the laughably phallic bannana I had for breakfast today.

    I think it was John Lovitz in an interview that told a story about the time he went to see "Crimson Tide" with a girlfriend. When he asked her what she tought of the movie she answered something along the lines of "It was a phallic movie. Subs were phallic shaped, torpedoes were phallic shaped, etc". His reply was "Thanks god it wasn't vagina shaped or it would fill with water and sink."

    My point is, those who see penises everywhere are just plain obsessed. Even Freud said that sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

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  8. Flame on!!! by glenebob · · Score: 5, Funny

    the laughably phallic joystick

    I stopped at the above quote. So much for objectivity. I think the author needs to get laid.
    1. Re:Flame on!!! by Sax+Maniac · · Score: 4, Funny

      Whenever I hear the word "phallic" attached to some real-world useful object (unlike a piece of art, for instance), like rocketship or joystick or car, and the user is using in the "stupid boys and their toys sense", I always wonder to myself: how well would a vagina-shaped rocketship or car or joystick work?

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  9. Yeah by TheOnlyCoolTim · · Score: 3, Funny

    I basically tried to set up my roommates as friends who got along well and they started making out and sleeping in the same bed.

    That game is shit, though, I got bored of it after a day.

    Tim

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  10. Re:One Word by Spunk · · Score: 4, Funny

    Only one word and it's misspelled?

    Damn :)

  11. Re:Adventure by cluke · · Score: 3, Funny


    > GRAB PENIS

    I don't know what that is.


    Guess you're right!