Wow. I didn't think the media's 'I'll tell you what to want, think and do' line could get any more unsubtle.
Finally, a Game for Girls!
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come on people, am i supposed to take that crap seriously? his name is car washer and he gives you 50$.
yeah.... so.... its basically a rpg huh? well at leats its not a shooter!
ps i feel that men are treated as objects and i demand that producers of this game be hanged! WE DEMAND EQUALITY! we should all stand as equals in fight against stupidity!
yeah.... so.... its basically a rpg huh? well at leats its not a shooter!
ps i feel that men are treated as objects and i demand that producers of this game be hanged! WE DEMAND EQUALITY! we should all stand as equals in fight against stupidity!
If I had a young daughter I would not want to give her a game which tells her the most important things are her looks and how much her bf makes.Satsuki666 said:
If she liked dress up I would give her the sims 3 where she can be anything from a doctor to a hairdresser. Not a 'cookiegirl' whatever the hell that is.
I'm shocked more of you male escapists aren't completely offended by the boyfriend part tbh.
Most of the stay-at-home moms I know don't HAVE any spare time. Taking care of young kids is basically a full-time job, along with all the other things "homemakers" are supposed to do.MercurySteam said:
OT: Ow. Ow, my brain. To whom is the game supposed to appeal? Maybe younger girls, but if their parents have any sense they won't let them buy it. The messages this game conveys are terrible. And I can't see any girls my age buying it. I'm a girl, and I can't stand shopping for clothes, and I think I'd rather boil myself in oil than change my hairstyle and color every week. Jeans, a t-shirt and ponytail and I'm good.
I GUESS if the girls are playing it just for fun and don't take it as a model for real life, it's okay. Also...WITCH? WHAT?
I work at an elementary school. Kids, more precisely little girls, are playing such games.Sizzle Montyjing said:
I don't think that for normal kids there's any impact at all - exactly like with any other kind of games.
Because people assume that ALL video games are violent with no characters or story beyond killing and us girls DON'T like violence (Because that isn't girly and pink) and can't handle blood and gore.
Despite the fact that women actually go see more horror movies then men on average. XD
Despite the fact that women actually go see more horror movies then men on average. XD
OH COME ON! Does every girl game have to be about playing dress up, putting on make up, and going shopping? That's to say every guy game is about war and violen........ce.....??
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Ok, I'm done now....-_-
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Ok, I'm done now....-_-
I spent most of my time reading that article hoping it was a spoof game. You know, Photoshopped screenshots, ha ha ha, let's all have a laugh at the games market stereotypes, ha ha. Now I just feel the need to facepalm. Extensively.
Being serious for a moment, I can see two sides to this.
It's a fairly undisputable fact that the main demographic of video games is the male of the species. For whatever reasons, a lot of girls just aren't interested in gaming. Perhaps they see it as boring or nerdy. Perhaps they see it as a boys thing. Perhaps they'd rather drool over Brad Pitt and apply lipstick, I don't know. Consequently, I can see that games such as this could be an attempt to reach out to the young girls who aren't buying games, and trying to entice them with something that they may be interested in. I've seen adverts for a lot of these, generally for Nintendo consoles and handhelds. I don't have access to their figures, but maybe it's working for them.
But for me personally... Well it annoys the bejeesus out of me, frankly. I don't want games to try and appeal to me as a girl. I want them to appeal to me as a gamer. I want them to create a story that will engage me; characters I will care about; a world I can lose myself in. Or, in the case of stuff like Pacman, something that's just fun to play. Here's a newsflash: girls can like blowing shit up too. We don't neccessarily need games plastered in pink, ponies or Barbie for it to be interesting.
I could witter on about the reinforcement of stereotypes shown here. About how great it is to change your hair or buy clothes. Or how you're only complete if you have a boyfriend (who appears to give you an allowance?!). The whole weight thing. But I can't be bothered. I've also grown up with too many girls who completely and wholeheartedly subscribed to these ideals, and to be honest I don't have a lot of time for it. There was a reason I sat in the computer labs at lunch coding RM Basic programs instead of sitting round talking about New Kids On The Block and eyeshadow.
Being serious for a moment, I can see two sides to this.
It's a fairly undisputable fact that the main demographic of video games is the male of the species. For whatever reasons, a lot of girls just aren't interested in gaming. Perhaps they see it as boring or nerdy. Perhaps they see it as a boys thing. Perhaps they'd rather drool over Brad Pitt and apply lipstick, I don't know. Consequently, I can see that games such as this could be an attempt to reach out to the young girls who aren't buying games, and trying to entice them with something that they may be interested in. I've seen adverts for a lot of these, generally for Nintendo consoles and handhelds. I don't have access to their figures, but maybe it's working for them.
But for me personally... Well it annoys the bejeesus out of me, frankly. I don't want games to try and appeal to me as a girl. I want them to appeal to me as a gamer. I want them to create a story that will engage me; characters I will care about; a world I can lose myself in. Or, in the case of stuff like Pacman, something that's just fun to play. Here's a newsflash: girls can like blowing shit up too. We don't neccessarily need games plastered in pink, ponies or Barbie for it to be interesting.
I could witter on about the reinforcement of stereotypes shown here. About how great it is to change your hair or buy clothes. Or how you're only complete if you have a boyfriend (who appears to give you an allowance?!). The whole weight thing. But I can't be bothered. I've also grown up with too many girls who completely and wholeheartedly subscribed to these ideals, and to be honest I don't have a lot of time for it. There was a reason I sat in the computer labs at lunch coding RM Basic programs instead of sitting round talking about New Kids On The Block and eyeshadow.
This actually made me laugh. The whole game looks like it's made as a parody but it seems like the developers are serious about this, which makes it funny and sad at the same time.
But the worst thing is, I actually know some girls who would like a game like this but they won't find out that it exists.
So, asside from people who'd play just for the lulz, I don't think that there are enough stupid people who'd like to play this game seriously. So, I assume that the people who developed this, have no idea how the world looks like today or it's all just a joke, a funny one actually.
Hmm, I'm a straight boy but damn, a carwasher boyfriend who'd give me 50 bucks a day, sounds really tempting to me.
But the worst thing is, I actually know some girls who would like a game like this but they won't find out that it exists.
So, asside from people who'd play just for the lulz, I don't think that there are enough stupid people who'd like to play this game seriously. So, I assume that the people who developed this, have no idea how the world looks like today or it's all just a joke, a funny one actually.
Hmm, I'm a straight boy but damn, a carwasher boyfriend who'd give me 50 bucks a day, sounds really tempting to me.
Quoted because this actually raises a very good point. If we want to argue that violent games are fine because people can tell the difference between game and reality, then we also have to accept that the same rules apply for this game. It can't go both ways.JesterRaiin said:I don't think that for normal kids there's any impact at all - exactly like with any other kind of games.Sizzle Montyjing said:
OT: Well, I certainly won't be playing it, but then I seriously doubt that it's aimed at me anyway. It looks pretty bad, but if that's what people want to play then I say go for it, each to their own and all that.
I don't want to answer those questions because the answers would scare me.
Make suggestive comments at female passers by.
Urinate in public places.
Punch the wall in a display of manly aggression.
And tomorrow I plan on flexing and showing off both my gun collections.
Build a shed.Wuggy said:
Make suggestive comments at female passers by.
Urinate in public places.
Punch the wall in a display of manly aggression.
And tomorrow I plan on flexing and showing off both my gun collections.
Frankly, it's just too amusing.xXxJessicaxXx said:
It's like seeing an obnoxiously vulgar and insulting effigy of something you deeply care about being torched in front of your eyes, only to realise as you get closer that it's fundamentally so badly built and plain wrong from misinformation that you can't help but laugh as you watch it collapse down on it's creators, crushing them utterly.
At least, that's how I see it.
I'm not sure this seems a different sort of offensive. Like you wouldn't have a game that featured racism (outside of a period scenario) so why this blatant sexism? The boyfriend part is sexism against males if anything. It's awful.b3nn3tt said:Quoted because this actually raises a very good point. If we want to argue that violent games are fine because people can tell the difference between game and reality, then we also have to accept that the same rules apply for this game. It can't go both ways.JesterRaiin said:I don't think that for normal kids there's any impact at all - exactly like with any other kind of games.Sizzle Montyjing said:
OT: Well, I certainly won't be playing it, but then I seriously doubt that it's aimed at me anyway. It looks pretty bad, but if that's what people want to play then I say go for it, each to their own and all that.
Use Old Spice body wash and watch My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic would also be there as well of course. Wait...Wuggy said:
I'll agree with you that it look absolutely terrible, and I'd say sexist towards both men and women. But I think that makes it a bad game, I don't think it necessarily means that players are going to take messages from it and carry them over into real life.xXxJessicaxXx said:I'm not sure this seems a different sort of offensive. Like you wouldn't have a game that featured racism (outside of a period scenario) so why this blatant sexism? The boyfriend part is sexism against males if anything. It's awful.b3nn3tt said:Quoted because this actually raises a very good point. If we want to argue that violent games are fine because people can tell the difference between game and reality, then we also have to accept that the same rules apply for this game. It can't go both ways.JesterRaiin said:I don't think that for normal kids there's any impact at all - exactly like with any other kind of games.Sizzle Montyjing said:
OT: Well, I certainly won't be playing it, but then I seriously doubt that it's aimed at me anyway. It looks pretty bad, but if that's what people want to play then I say go for it, each to their own and all that.
Ah - but most games featuring violence (at least COD or other shooters, probably not fighting games ala Tekken) will not fall into the hands of most kids until they're 10-12.b3nn3tt said:
Still children, by every definition, but with some kernels of maturity beginning to form.
Whereas this game, by contrast, seems to be aiming for a much younger audience (it's probably aiming for 10-13, rather than the 16+ or 18+ of shooters), which, logic dictates, means that it'l be far more likely fall into the hands of people even younger than that (as shooters do) - possibly even as young as 6 or 7 years old.
They stand far less chance of differentiating, as they're much younger and more vulnerable.
They're much more likely to take ideas from it to heart and, due to it beginning at a younger age, will have longer for such ideas to ferment, if they aren't corrected.
It's much more likely for someone to be negatively indoctrinated playing this than any shooter.
