>"In addition, 38 per cent of female game characters had large breastsand
> 46 per cent had unusually small waists," ... Many also showed
> stereotypical female behaviour and characteristics.
> For example, in certain games the females emitted a high-pitched giggle
> or sigh in reaction to different actions by the player.
> "Their male counterparts, in contrast, had no such response to the same
> actions."
This is so hilarious... Do these people really think this is a video game
specific issue? And are they really suggesting that "You Can Be A Woman
Engineer" is a viable alternative to real video games?
I'd love to see someone develop sappy pc "boy friendly games" with
"positve images of masculinity", and see how well that sells.
In a related un-pc video game note... my first exposure to computer games
(as oppsed to the video game cosole sort) was when I was 14, one of my
perpetutally pubecent uncles showed me how in Duke Nukem you can use a
secret code to throw dollars at the strippers. I thought it wasa riot.
--Alison
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