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• Dante Works on his Abs for New EA Game

  How horrible is EA's Dante, yet another ripped meathead hero? Wouldn't it have been cool to play as a frail old dude? Can we just assume that a medieval poet isn't going to have access to a bowflex? Why not provide the player with a frail character who has to overcome certain obstacles that arise simply because he's not Sylvester Stallone? Maybe something with nuance that speaks to the human condition. No? Read More... Posted Feb 18 2009, 03:30 PM by Cole Stryker with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: cole stryker, sexism, electronic arts, dante's inferno, dante Alighieri

• Facepalm: GameDaily Talks to Porn Stars...Again

  Sigh. Read More... Posted Jan 14 2009, 03:00 PM by Cole Stryker with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: cole stryker, porn, sexism, facepalm, gamedaily

• WTFriday: "This Place Is All About Your Balls."

  Note to readers: WTFriday is a weekly feature where I find something stupid about video games and get you to laugh until it goes away. Please try to forget this is what I normally do every day of the week. Since the 61FPS crew got last Friday off to make mashed potato snow angels, I've had to sit on today's topic for well over a week--which is a shame, since the world needs to be aware of it as soon as possible. The "it" in question is D-Dub Software's BoneTown, which its Albuquerque-based developers are calling "the world's first action adventure porno video game."  Really, BoneTown shouldn't be any more embarrassing than your average pornographic video game, yet it somehow is.  I'll see if you can figure out why. Obviously, the video below is not safe for work or family. Don't watch it even if you live in the same town as your parents. You have been warned: I don't know if I can think of anything less sexy than racist characters from the Hot Shots Golf series getting it on with each other. Wait--actually, I can, but no one in their right mind would make a video game out of it. This is why I have decided to contact D-Dub Software with my wonderful idea. Please look forward to next holiday season's Grandma on Ape Bikini Scatplay 2010. It'll be sure to end Western Civilization as we know it! But, in the meantime, BoneTown is a good start. Read More... Posted Dec 05 2008, 06:00 PM by Bob Mackey with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: porn videogame, sex, sexism, bob mackey, wtfriday, pc games, racism

• WTFriday: Atlus Takes on Third Wave Feminism

  Note to readers: WTFriday is a weekly feature where I find something stupid about video games and get you to laugh until it goes away. Please try to forget this is what I normally do every day of the week. Remember Super Princess Peach?  It was a lighthearted little platformer for the DS that featured some equally lighthearted sexism.  I'm not about to write a thesis on the game--though in my self-serving academic life, that'd be just the thing to propel me to the top--but there's something to be said about the choice to make irrational mood swings Peach's weapon of choice.  I like to think that the game contained little, collectable bottles of Pamprin until someone with some sense intervened. RPG factory Atlus looks like they're ready to tread this same ground with their upcoming DS RPG titled My World, My Way.  Known as The World Revolves Around Me in Japan (title translated, of course), My World, My Way confirms that Japan can only identify two kind of women: the kindly anemic lass, and the unbridled bitch.  From what the official web site is telling me (Warning: it will make your mouse pointer all sparkly and stuff), MWMW is about a spoiled princess--obviously, hypersexualized and preteen--turned adventurer who uses something called "Pout Points" to control the world around her.  Methinks someone on the development team had a nasty breakup. Read More... Posted Nov 14 2008, 06:30 PM by Bob Mackey with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: ds, feminism, sexism, bob mackey, wtfriday, my world my way, rpg atlus

• Gamepro Feature Mourns The Loss Of Mammaries

  "Top __________ Whatevers" lists are the lifeblood of games journalism, so Gamepro's decision to squeeze out a roster of the Eight Worst Game Character Remakes is not surprising. Some of the entries are pretty expected, too. Maskless Scorpion from Mortal Kombat 3 is a no-brainer, and I'm sure a few psychologists would have a field day analysing Bomberman's re-design for Bomberman: Act Zero. I'm not as impressed with some of the other selections. In fact, their write-up for Tomb Raider's Lara Croft gave me a big frowny face. I'm afraid I'm going to have to be one of "those" women for a second. From the feature: "To prove that Tomb Raider's iconic female archaeologist is more than just a top heavy Englishwoman in hiking boots, the series' developers forced their lovely protagonist to undergo a drastic surgical procedure. In Tomb Raider Legend, Lara emerged equipped with what could be compared to tangerines in place of what was once more akin to honeydews. But the game was good, and that's all that matters... right?" Read More... Posted Jul 23 2008, 04:28 PM by Nadia Oxford with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: tomb raider, gamepro, breasts, female gamers, lara croft, sexism