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VG Vixens Return To Playboy

Posted by Zonk on from the because-we-don't-have-enough-problems-already dept.

Chris Morris talks virtual nudity in his latest Game Over column, as videogame characters return to the pages of Playboy magazine. From the article: "[Game characters to be featured in the magazine hail from] Midway's upcoming 'Blitz: The League', Sony's megahit 'God of War,' Vivendi's '50 Cent: Bulletproof,' 'Playboy: The Mansion - Private Party,' 'Darkwatch,' and 'Hellgate: London'. While nude video game characters are nothing new for Playboy, the October issue hits stands just as the storm surrounding an unlockable sex scene in 'Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas' begins to pass. The magazine said it never considered delaying the layout."

39 comments

  1. sex disparity by uberjoe · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So when do we get to see the DooM guy, Duke Nukem and Gordan Freeman is Playgirl? My what a big crowbar you have.

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    1. Re:sex disparity by DreadPiratePizz · · Score: 1, Insightful

      Perhaps it's because both the porn industry and the video game industry are dominated, and run mostly by males?

    2. Re:sex disparity by TripMaster+Monkey · · Score: 4, Funny


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    3. Re:sex disparity by uberjoe · · Score: 2, Funny
      Perhaps it's because both the porn industry and the video game industry are dominated, and run mostly by males?

      And you think some of those males aren't gay and have a thing for tough ruggedly individualistic digital types who kill monsters, but have a tender side they would only show with the right person? Ahhhh only in my dreams.

      Now to post this anonymously. . .wait! D'oh!

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    4. Re:sex disparity by jessecurry · · Score: 2, Interesting
      I don't think that the male bits render as nicely. To make a good female form you want everything tight and smooth, but a male form would need some pretty serious physics to get everything draping correctly.

      Plus, who really wants to see a bunch of dudes? :p

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    5. Re:sex disparity by uberjoe · · Score: 4, Insightful
      but a male form would need some pretty serious physics to get everything draping correctly

      I think source could do fine.

      Plus, who really wants to see a bunch of dudes?

      Ummm chicks? And gay guys.

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    6. Re:sex disparity by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
      Plus, who really wants to see a bunch of dudes?

      Your mom?

    7. Re:sex disparity by CDMA_Demo · · Score: 0, Flamebait


      ...and once again ladies and gentlemen: Mr. Obvious gets modded up!!!

    8. Re:sex disparity by MagicDude · · Score: 1

      Probably because those aspects of male characters haven't been fleshed out (pardon my pun). When designing a female character, all of her dimensions have to be thought out ahead of time: chest, cup size, waist, hips, legs, and all of those drool-worthy dimensions, since most often her wardrobe is going to be designed to show off those dimensions. For male characters, a fair number of them are already bare chested, so there's nothing particularly new there. As for their endowment, that aspect of their anatomy is typically hidden. I'd wager the only thought given to the size of of it is by a graphics artist who uses his own judgement when he perhaps draws a characteristic bulge in his crotch. So when it comes time to do a playgirl spread, who decides how well endowed Gordon Freeman is? Is he jewish maybe? Is Duke Nukem taking steriods? Basically, to me it seems like doing a male spread is just adding penises for the sake of wanting to see digital wang, whereas doing a female spread is just showing the additional 10% of what they've already shown 90% of to us.

  2. shwing by CaptnSmck · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'll be out to pick up a copy today :)

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  3. Argh by timmahtron · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sure that 50 Cent game is going to be a masterpiece. Press Y to sell out.

    1. Re:Argh by MilenCent · · Score: 1

      It may not be a masterpiece, but it sure will sell out. Cause, like, it's fifty cents a game! You could get two with a buck!

      (Yes, I'm joking.)

  4. Playboy prints a magazine now? by generic-man · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I get my Perl modules from them too. They're amazingly geek-friendly lately. :)

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    1. Re:Playboy prints a magazine now? by Explodicle · · Score: 3, Interesting

      The gentlemen's entertainment industry has always been very geek-friendly. How do you think streaming video took off?

    2. Re:Playboy prints a magazine now? by Longstaff · · Score: 3, Interesting

      You can get more than Perl mods: http://mirrors.playboy.com/

      From their site:

      Playboy's resident tech nerds would like to thank the authors, contributors, bug testers, and everyone else involved in the Open Source software we use on a daily basis. THANK YOU!

      I've worked with the tech guys at playboy.com almost daily for about 3 years now. They are some of the brightest, hardest-working and funniest guys I've had the pleasure to deal with.

    3. Re:Playboy prints a magazine now? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Wow, that means my Perl modules are hosted at playboy.com - this is beyond cool.

      *runs off to tell all friends*

      Te"bigint"ls

  5. They can keep them. by KDR_11k · · Score: 1

    Should have done it last time already. We don't want Lara Croft or Blood Rayne!

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  6. Who? by Gogo0 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Who are the "ladies" that theyll be showing?

    Random cheerleader from football game
    Random girl that was already topless in God of War
    Random gang-banger chick from 50 Cent
    Random porn star from the Playboy game no one played
    Non-main character female from Darkwatch
    Ive never even heard of Hellgate: London, maybe it has a female main character that few people have heard of

    1. Re:Who? by KDR_11k · · Score: 2, Informative

      Ive never even heard of Hellgate: London, maybe it has a female main character that few people have heard of

      It's a first person shooter dungeon crawl. The last article I read about it sounded like a fun game but didn't mention any characters at all. Perhaps it'll be naked mindflayers or something.

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    2. Re:Who? by Retroneous · · Score: 1

      No offence, but do you honestly think it would make it any more appealing to ANYONE if there were more recognisable characters?
      Seriously, there has to be some point in everyone's life where they say "Fuck it, I've got internet access".

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  7. I hope it's.... by CorradoLite · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ...better than the first time they did this. Man, at only 3 pictures it was quite a disappointment. At least they will have more "models" (pun intended) this time.

    Later...
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  8. Wait, so... by rohlfinator · · Score: 3, Funny

    They're stressing the fact that they don't want to be associated with the "Pokemon generation". So they release collectible trading cards with video game characters that you need to collect by buying two different products.

    Gotta catch 'em all!

  9. target audience by Red+Flayer · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Print porn has been going down the tubes over the past decade as your average younger pornhound has easy access to free stills and video on the internet.

    Laptops and handhelds (computers, not models or anything else!) are taking away one of the great advantages of print porn -- transportability.

    Hef's company knows it needs to get some of the younger generations (i.e., 18-40) back into the (center)fold.

    Playboy and Penthouse have always tried to get famous, beautiful, female personalities for their pictorials, from models to actresses to musicians to athletes to Miss America. Why shouldn't they have pictorials featuring modern famous, beautiful, female personalities, even if they are from video games?

    Maybe Playboy can get some new people to appreciate all that print porn has to offer.

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    1. Re:target audience by krymsin01 · · Score: 1

      Uh, may be because they are friggin' video game charachters?

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    2. Re:target audience by Red+Flayer · · Score: 1

      Huh? Please explain your comment.

      Yes, they are video game characters. I even mentioned that in the question. So?

      What is wrong with that?

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    3. Re:target audience by Skagit · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Even though massive amounts of filth to meet any perversion are available free on the internet, I still get a hardcopy subscription to Playboy for three reasons. I think enough people have similar reasoning and will continue to appreciate the glossy pages.

      The first is that I really don't want a laptop while I'm sitting on the throne. I don't want an accident to happen to my laptop. Also, I don't want to use a laptop while it is actually on my lap too difficult to get comfortable. While PDA's and laptops are getting more and more portable, they'll never be quite right for the bathroom or the hammock in the yard.

      The second is the articles, especially the fiction. I don't like reading for fun on a monitor. As the parent poster pointed out, the print edition also has special women, not available on the electronic version of the magazine.

      The final reason is the collection. Can a teenage boy really browse your porn archive CD's in the basement? No. The wonderful stacks of Playboy with their (exactly) three pictorials are a treasure trove for a young man. I won't deny that to my son(s) when the time comes.

      As an aside, what's with all the colons in game titles these days? GTA:SA, 50 Cent: Bulletproof, Hellgate: London, Rome: Total War, Call of Duty: United Offensive, ad nauseam. At least it is Half-life 2, not Half-life: Gordon remains mute.

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    4. Re:target audience by Red+Flayer · · Score: 1

      Your point of view is spot-on. This is why PB wants to get more potential readers to try the hard copy -- so they'll realize the advantages that the hard copy offers.

      "As an aside, what's with all the colons in game titles these days? GTA:SA, 50 Cent: Bulletproof, Hellgate: London, Rome: Total War, Call of Duty: United Offensive, ad nauseam. At least it is Half-life 2, not Half-life: Gordon remains mute." (emphais mine)

      I think you have it right. The games are full of colons, and as we all know, colons are full of sh... The game industry needs an enema.

      How about C&C: Red Alert? It goes back pretty far.

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    5. Re:target audience by Joe+Random · · Score: 3, Interesting
      As an aside, what's with all the colons in game titles these days? GTA:SA, 50 Cent: Bulletproof, Hellgate: London, Rome: Total War, Call of Duty: United Offensive, ad nauseam. At least it is Half-life 2, not Half-life: Gordon remains mute.
      I would guess that the use of colons is to avoid having to add a numeral to the end of the game. Let's face it, if they had called "GTA: San Andreas" "GTA 5" (or whatever number we're up to) instead, how many people would avoid buying "GTA 4" because they think that a lower number must mean an inferior game? So, from a marketing standpoint, using colons makes perfect sense.
    6. Re:target audience by Frodo+Crockett · · Score: 1

      Maybe Playboy can get some new people to appreciate all that print porn has to offer.

      Sticky pages?

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    7. Re:target audience by Edgewize · · Score: 1

      Uh, may be because they are friggin' video game charachters?

      In a way, this is more honest. All magazine photos are digitally retouched. And I guarantee that the characters are no more or less fictional than any other Playboy model, in the sense that you will never interact with them in real life. After all, bad spelling is such a turn-off...

    8. Re:target audience by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It's a lot harder to hide a stack of magazines than to hide a file on your computer.

  10. Could be worse... by rsilvergun · · Score: 4, Funny

    Random overweight fan from football game
    Random harpy from God of War
    Random crack-ho from 50 Cent
    Random US Senator from the Playboy game no one played
    Main character from Darkwatch
    The entire monster cast of Hellgate: London in a nude free-for-all.

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  11. Torrent? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    come on, someone scan and PDF teh issue and post teh torrent.

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  13. 3D models of supermodels? by selketai · · Score: 1

    What I want to know is - are any of the virtual girls *completely* modeled on a real person?

    Maybe we can get rid of those pesky Playboy girls once and for all, and just start up a Hef's Mansion MMO.

  14. Re:Typical Slashdot... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    stop posting kplzthnks

  15. No difference... by Reignking · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Eh, all of the pictures are digitally enhanced, anyway...

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  16. Old game high scores by deadl0ck · · Score: 1

    This is a bit off topic, but does anyone remember when PB posted Arcade game high scores back in the 80's? If so, do you know what issues those were.

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