VG Vixens Return To Playboy 39
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."
sex disparity (Score:3, Interesting)
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Re:sex disparity (Score:5, Funny)
The Joke Murderer strikes again.
Re:sex disparity (Score:2, Funny)
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!
Re:sex disparity (Score:3, Interesting)
Plus, who really wants to see a bunch of dudes? :p
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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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Argh (Score:4, Funny)
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(Yes, I'm joking.)
Playboy prints a magazine now? (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Playboy prints a magazine now? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Playboy prints a magazine now? (Score:4, Interesting)
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.
They can keep them. (Score:1)
Who? (Score:5, Insightful)
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
Re:Who? (Score:2, Informative)
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.
Could be worse... (Score:5, Funny)
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.
Re:Who? (Score:1)
Seriously, there has to be some point in everyone's life where they say "Fuck it, I've got internet access".
I hope it's.... (Score:2, Interesting)
Later...
Richard
Wait, so... (Score:3, Funny)
Gotta catch 'em all!
target audience (Score:5, Insightful)
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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Yes, they are video game characters. I even mentioned that in the question. So?
What is wrong with that?
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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...
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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
Re:target audience (Score:2)
"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
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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
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Sticky pages?
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3D models of supermodels? (Score:1)
Maybe we can get rid of those pesky Playboy girls once and for all, and just start up a Hef's Mansion MMO.
No difference... (Score:3, Insightful)
Old game high scores (Score:1)