Behold the masters of the obvious as they unveil a little-known fact that all of us here have known for many years.
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/07/...le.characters/
Behold the masters of the obvious as they unveil a little-known fact that all of us here have known for many years.
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/07/...le.characters/
Geez, they're only about 20 years late with this article. Remember Flashgal? Yeah, the female vigilante that killed any and everything that crossed her. That's a heroine that needs to be recognized.
EDIT: In fact, I think digitpress.com needs a review of Flashgal and her adventures. Be ready, Joe. I'm going to work on it right now.
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MORE than Eye Candy?
Well, I guess it's OK, as long as they KEEP the eye candy.
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Not to mention I have female friends who won't keep playing RPG's unless they find the main duo (male and female) attractive looking.
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Jeanne Kim is hot...
Must have been a very slow news day...
The female game journo that has my utmost respect is Imagine Media's Francesca Reyes. She's 100% hardcore. Jeanne has a great ass (witnessed firsthand at a press junket), but I wouldn't call her hardcore; more of a J.C. Herz type, alas. Achika, for example, has surely forgotten more about videogames than Jeanne will ever remember.Originally Posted by RetroYoungen
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Jill of the jungle, Samas Aran, the princess in SMB2, a handfull of the kids in Maniac Mansion, Ninja Princess,the chick from Quartet(mary?), ect.
They ARE 20 years late with that article....or just plain ignorant/stupid.
I'm going with stupid on this one.
I'm wondering what purpose this article served? They cited some pretty off the wall games that the "casual" girl gamer looking for a role model would probably care less about. Nice to know gaming is in the news, but maybe if it's something that doesn't show much of a point, it's best left unsaid? :/
Oh, and the comment about the Sims "portraying how women are" ...um, when I play it shows the female characters as bitchy sluts that kiss the neighbors instead of the husbands. GREAT ROLE MODELS
Since we're already knee-deep in pure geek bitterness, I should point out that most of the female characters you named weren't around twenty years ago, Laddie. And it's "Samus" Aran.Originally Posted by Raccoon Lad
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first off, I think Metroid it teh SUCK, so i don't really care how it's spelled, and second, many of those are getting pretty close to 20.
Close enough for CNN's Technology section, I suppose.Originally Posted by Raccoon Lad
Anyway, I can at least give the article's author some credit for not mentioning Tomb Raider or its heroine, Lana Croft.
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So true!Originally Posted by Achika
If I remember correctly, it even says in the manual how a sim can marry more than one person. And that on top of this polygamy, the manual says that you have to watch out that the 2+ husbands/2+ wives dont meet and start duking it out.
Hey, I always thought the definition of slut was "a woman who sleeps with everyone," and a bitch was "a woman who sleeps with everyone but you."Originally Posted by Achika
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Exactly what I thought. I don't think you can ever look for meaning in the mainstream press when it comes to *anything* let alone video games. They'll report what they want and the rest be damned.Originally Posted by Atar1G1rl
Just be happy it wasn't an anti-violence article instead of a fluff piece (not to put down women in gaming or anything, just agree with the 'jeez, this was news when Samus first appeared' sentiments).
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My definition of bitch was "down right nasty to everyone" which is how my Sims was, but ended up kissing the neighbors anyhow.Originally Posted by zmeston
Sure, but what's a woman who doesn't sleep with everyone, but still won't sleep with you?Originally Posted by zmeston
Normal, I guess, as far as I've seen...
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