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Monday, 13 September 2004

What? A female video character who's not dressed like a slut?

That's an outrage!

Oh, no, wait, the real outrage is all the stupid women in this article talking about how they just want to "hang out with the gals" and have "foo foo" games and "schmooze". Great, so let me get this straight... men should go around kicking each other's ass and killing everything, and women should play poker and bridge. Great.

But no, some women do like the other games, right?:

"Still, many women gamers would like to visit rich, complex fantasy worlds like the ones the guys play. Too often, these are grim, brutal places that make female gamers uncomfortable."

No, wait, we're back to girls being whimps again. The "grim brutal places" in video games make woman "uncomfortable"? I don't know who this applies to but it's crazy. Uncomfortable as in scared for their safety? It's fine if you just don't like those games but this sure sounds like you want to play those games but want them to be "less scary" because you're a girl and you can't handle it.

Oh, here's the right game for girls:

"There's almost no violence or conflict in The Sims..."

Oh, good, I hate violence and conflict in my fake gaming world. I just like to chat. Because I can't do that in real life.

And the final word:

"But as more women enter the game development business, we can expect to see more digital warriors unlacing their iron corsets and settling back for a chat with the rest of the girls."

If this is seriously what girls like, then I hate girls.

Posted: Sep 13, 2004 13:05

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