Getting the Girl 528
1up.com has a great article up entitled Getting The Girl. Zoe Flower discusses female gaming stereotypes, the role of women in gaming, and the mythical "girl formula" for gaming success. From the article: "Lara Croft continues to personify an ongoing culture clash over gender, sexuality, empowerment, and objectification. It was while standing in my first-ever ladies' room line at E3 2004 as I pondered the Playboy bunnies, the return of Leisure Suit Larry, and the slew of buxom virtual ladies headlining each booth that I questioned whether the industry had evolved at all."
buxom virtual ladies (Score:5, Funny)
Department... (Score:5, Funny)
1: "Box" isn't used as a slang term in the USA
or
2: Slashdot is even geekier than I thought...or perhaps less geeky...I'm not sure now...
Re:Zoe Flower? (Score:4, Funny)
How quaint (Score:2, Funny)
I'll go back to playing nethack now.
Getting the what? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Oh heavens... (Score:1, Funny)
What a disappointment! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Department... (Score:2, Funny)
from the pink-boxes-not-needed dept.
of course "boxes" means "computers" and not that other kind of box. slashdot is pro-eunuchs after all.
(the previous post is an attempt at humor)
Re:femenist... (Score:3, Funny)
You know, they say masturbation doesn't really make you go blind, but the lack of decent spelling, punctuation, and perspective in your comment has to make me wonder.
Lay off the wacking for a few hours, junior.
I'm stunned (Score:2, Funny)
It's the stats, silly... (Score:3, Funny)
> belly on any of these boxes either? No, it's all
> he-man looking dudes busting at the seams with muscles
Be serious. Why would I want to play a "short bald dude" character? It would be a really boring game since he'd probably have a str of 3 or 4 and a measly 15 hp, giving me hours upon hours of "level grind" until I can get his sorry lazy ass sufficiently trained to take on anything bigger than a rat.
Re:What about the studly men!? (Score:3, Funny)
Doh! [amazon.com]
Re:Target Audience (Score:3, Funny)
Nothing cuter than a girl playing a game seriously.
I'm hoping you realize that online games and MMORPGs have just as many men posing as women as there are actually women playing. Unless you've met her in person, it may be 'Bob' that you're flirting with. Seriously.
Personally, as a hetero male, I found it incredibly amusing to play a lesbian female in a MMORPG. The game had lost it's 'replay value' until I decided to play as a lesbian. Too funny. Sad thing is, I had more girlfriends in the game as a lesbian than I did as a straight male. Too sad.. Let's hope they were actually women.
I'm thinking this post should be anonymous, but, who cares.. it was funny..
Aero
Re:Department... (Score:3, Funny)
"I might not have my cherry but I still have the box it came in."
Never failed to make me crack a smile.
--HC
Target Product (Score:2, Funny)
I have a real life. I don't spend $3,000 on hardware and hundreds on games to interact with average people in normal costume. That I get for free. I spend that much on games because I _want_ to escape real life for a while and enjoy a fantasy world where I have the biggest gun and all the women are clones of Jeri Ryan.
That's my target product. Myst you can keep for yourself. Thanks.