Reading Games

How about it reinforcing to young women that they should spend their college loans on plastic surgery?

Are you serious? Because if you're getting yourself cut for a reason like that, go ahead and fuck with your body, you deserve it.

'Yeah, That's what Jesus would do. Jesus would bomb Afghanistan. Yeah.' - snowlion

Are you serious? Because if you're getting yourself cut for a reason like that, go ahead and fuck with your body, you deserve it.

I'm not. :P

Seriously though, what would you do if you were a teenage girl and everything culture through at you said it was the only way for you to be worth anything? How many female developers did you see at the con?

Not to mention most of the outfits are ridiculous -- no one fights demons that scantily clad. ;)

"Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think."

This post was edited by Tetrazome on Sep 01, 2005.

Not to mention most of the outfits are ridiculous -- no one fights demons that scantily clad. ;)

I sense someone here doesn't know his Laws of Anime:

Law of Probable Attire

(...) Female characters wear as little clothing as possible, regardless of whether it is socially or meteorologically appropriate. (...)

Second Corollary (Indecent Invulnerability)

Bikinis render the wearer invulnerable to any form of damage.

'Yeah, That's what Jesus would do. Jesus would bomb Afghanistan. Yeah.' - snowlion

Seriously though, what would you do if you were a teenage girl and everything culture through at you said it was the only way for you to be worth anything?

I just don't believe human minds work that simple. Naked-booth-babes != Teenage-girl-getting-surgery the same way as First-person-shooter != Mass-murdering-geek-boy. We can't always make sure to butter-pad everyone's feelings or life would be, well, not a lot of fun at all.

'Yeah, That's what Jesus would do. Jesus would bomb Afghanistan. Yeah.' - snowlion

It's a very well known selling technique for business wanting to attract the public in large numbers that if you have women as part of the decor and part of the visual "refreshments" that men with money will come.

It's a business thing. The same thing happens at bike conventions, and other types of conventions. Women with little or no clothes will draw the buying public.
And draw they do.

I suspect that if they didn't have the addition of women on display, that the game show would still have been a major sucess, seeing as how when games are a huge part of your life, you keep track of shows and other game things related.

The girls who are on display choose to take the job, and I can't say as I blame them much, how hard it can it be to wear next to nothing and coo for a big chunk of change?
It's easier than flipping burgers or working in a clothing shop or even running a register.

Just look pretty, play dumb. What a job....the requirements for one of these gigs are simple, boobs, butt and no fat.
In otherwords, as close to barbie as you can get. It also helps if your blonde and if you aren't extrodinary in the face, just apply paint and that will fix it right up.

Now what really helps is if there is liquor of some kind on hand, because some of these women, even though they have the body type need to wear a bag over their head...because sooner or later they are going to open their mouth and really show the world what their looking at.

The whole thing reminds me again, that flesh sells.
I swear, if a toilet paper manufacturer thought it would bring in more business, he would hire some girl to sit naked on a toilet right in the middle of a huge mountain of product.

Silly human beasties....

The girls who are on display choose to take the job, and I can't say as I blame them much, how hard it can it be to wear next to nothing and coo for a big chunk of change?

Not hard at all, especially when "next to nothing" is the only appropriate attire in a hall with hundreds of sweaty people and the same number of high-powered gaming systems.

'Yeah, That's what Jesus would do. Jesus would bomb Afghanistan. Yeah.' - snowlion

This post was edited by Jaz on Aug 29, 2005.

I seriously think it's designed that way. And again it makes business sense.
Just look at how the casinos are in Vagas.
Designed to be crowded, flashing lights everywhere and lots and lots of flesh...
It works too. Lots of money, and lots of things to keep one entertained.