Are Game Magazines Turning Into Men's Magazines?

Posted by simoniker on Tuesday March 16, 2004 @11:42AM from the slashdot-games-readers'-wives dept.

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?"

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same w/ retail... by kisrael · 2004-03-16 11:48 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I've noticed kind of a similar thing w/ electronic stores and video game stores...borders are getting fuzzy. EB starts selling used games, Funcoland starts selling new, both start selling DVDs and hobbyist toys, Best Buy sells laptops and PCs, CompUSA starts selling big TVs and stereos....sometimes it feels like it's going to become one big store type...

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Maxim is for jerks by Corporal+Tunnel · 2004-03-16 16:42 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Stuff is much funnier! Oh yeah it has chicks also