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Are Game Magazines Turning Into Men's Magazines?
KaiEl writes "I was skimming through the latest issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly (April 2004) the other day when I began to notice a recurring theme: pictures of scantily clad women, both virtual and real, kept popping up. Usually it's not surprising to find one or two skimpy outfits in an issue, but this one seemed crawling with them. I decided to chronicle a list of the semi-nudity in a post on my weblog. What does this surplus of sexy pictures say about the direction of the videogame industry? Is it a reaction to the success of 'male' magazines like Maxim and FHM? Is it a reflection of the video game industry's seeming fascination with the barely clothed female form (see: Dead Or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball)? Or am I just a prude who's getting worked up over nothing?"
"Or am I just a prude who's getting worked up over nothing?"
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Considering you chronicled the semi-nudity on your web site, I think you're a smart person who knows that nudity (even the semi kind) will get you a posting on Slashdot and a lot of web traffic to your blog.
And since I seem to be a very early post, I suspect a lot of people are RTFAWSN (Reading the ----ing article with semi-nudity.)
The blog doesn't have any of the pictures from these magazines. Man, what a damn tease. I'm sorry I clicked the link.
All I know is that after reading thios article, I really want to go out and get that magazine.
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For the articles, of course.
Why not start "reviewing" women in the magazines as well? Because the phrase "she really sucked" has a completely different connotation with applied to reviews of women, and gamers might get confused...
I just wish that they redid the "Leisure Suit Larry" games with today's graphic capabilities.
"I am not denying the existence of stupidity, or of stupid people." - phyruxus
You mean the way to get rich is to view women as objects? Didn't know it was THAT easy
Free as in mason.
I think it reflects that a large part of the audience who grew up with computer games has, er, grown older, and this is the kneejerk reaction of the industry to try to attract them.
Um, I don't think the knee is the part of the body being jerked in this case...
GMD
watch this
There isn't much of anything that isn't sold by attatching hot nearly naked women to it. Funeral homes? Churches? Depends undergarments?
"Freedom means freedom for everybody" -- Dick Cheney
...welcome our new Nude overlords.
What can I say, it's been a slow day.
And DOA:X is actually a rather good 'social game', with some rather fun subgames tacked on, even bar the semi-nudity.
Riight, and you just read playboy for the articles too, huh?
Big-tittied whores who shit themselves but don't mind. Well, it's funny in a gross kind of way.
On the other hand, I thought their gaming coverage was quite good. Thus, in summary, I read PC Accelerator for the articles. ;)
DecafJedi
my weblog: apropos of something
Except Next Generation had, as I remember, _laminated_ covers. I remember accidentally knocking a drink onto one and being pissed that I wrecked it, when it just needed to be wiped off. They had plans, I know they did. ;)
I wish I hadn't thrown away my issues, that was a fun point in time, gaming-wise.
Buddha says, "Shut your karma hole."
Unfortunately, this year, we had commercials that warn about four hour erections and Janet's boob. (Personally, I didn't need the former and preferred the latter).
I disagree. I could do a lot more with a 4-hour erection than I could with Janet Jackson's boob.
"It's better to have a gun and not need it than need a gun and not have it." ~ Christian Slater, True Romance
If the ad's are the primary source of the scantily clad images of women, then its a big nothing.
Now, if EGM starts to run editorials about how to score with such women, then its time to reconsider why you buy that magazine.
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