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    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/

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    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.

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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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    How much money did this guy make for writing THAT?

    That settles it. I have to apply for a job at CNN.


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    Jeanne Kim is hot...

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    Must have been a very slow news day...

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    Quote Originally Posted by RetroYoungen
    Jeanne Kim is hot...
    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.

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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.

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    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raccoon Lad
    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.
    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.
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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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raccoon Lad
    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.

    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Achika
    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
    So true!

    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Achika
    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
    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."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Atar1G1rl
    Must have been a very slow news day...
    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.

    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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    Quote Originally Posted by zmeston
    Quote Originally Posted by Achika
    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
    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."

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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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by zmeston
    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."
    Sure, but what's a woman who doesn't sleep with everyone, but still won't sleep with you?

    Normal, I guess, as far as I've seen...
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