Er, lots of people mention Mr. Sterling's attractiveness. For good reason, too, he's sexy as fuck.Lono Shrugged said:Pretty much everyone defending her has commented on her appearance. Funny how people defending Jim Sterling or the no right answer guys don't mention their attractiveness.
Not really, I watched the 'Worst Video Game Romances' for a lark and ignored the series after rant about Zevran that stopped just short of being homophobic.sanquin said:Just proof to me that most people watch it because of the hot chick presenting it. No disrespect to Lisa. She's pretty and doesn't use her cleavage or something like that to attract viewers. But I still think that because she's female and very good looking, so many people 'like' her. Disagree with me all you want, but that's just how I see it.Ed130 said:Because her top 5 was better than the other one that was on The Escapist.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/top-5-friday
Seriously, after these were put up people were begging for Lisa Foiles to come back.
In my quest to determine what the appeal of Lisa Foiles' show is, I fear I may have opened a Pandora's Box of bullshit. I regret my decisionLegion said:Anita Sarkeesian makes a video series criticising video games. People get annoyed.
The conclusion people make? "It's because she is a woman".
Lisa Foiles makes a Top 5 list video series. People like it.
The conclusion people make? "It's because she is a woman".
It's amazing how simple minded so many assume that men are. That the quality of a video series means nothing to them, only what gender the person hosting it is.
Pretty sexist don'tcha think?
If it makes you feel any better, you could have made a thread called "I like cute kittens and puppies, how about you?" and similar results probably would have ensued.bz316 said:In my quest to determine what the appeal of Lisa Foiles' show is, I fear I may have opened a Pandora's Box of bullshit. I regret my decisionLegion said:Anita Sarkeesian makes a video series criticising video games. People get annoyed.
The conclusion people make? "It's because she is a woman".
Lisa Foiles makes a Top 5 list video series. People like it.
The conclusion people make? "It's because she is a woman".
It's amazing how simple minded so many assume that men are. That the quality of a video series means nothing to them, only what gender the person hosting it is.
Pretty sexist don'tcha think?
Like I said, my opinion. So yes really. Because it's my opinion, not yours.Ed130 said:Not really, I watched the 'Worst Video Game Romances' for a lark and ignored the series after rant about Zevran that stopped just short of being homophobic.
And lets not get started on the 'Mrs Pac Man is a transvestite' theory he came up with...
No. That is not about it. You may speak for yourself, because that is your opinion and you should be proud of it. But don't go around 'explaining' why everybody else likes or dislikes her. If you can't look past her figure, that's your POV, not mine.00slash00 said:i agree. i watched a few episodes before and have no desire to watch more, now that shes back. shes an attractive girl and this site has a lot of teenage boys on it. thats about it.
Is what OK? What is it that Lisa Foiles "chose"? Do women have to be ugly for it to be acceptable for them to make videos, or something? I'm seriously not following you at all.A Weakgeek said:Two reasons.
1. Her left boobie.
2. Her right boobie.
And her making these type of videos creates this sort of "girl down next door" effect, and people start having E crushes.
EDIT: I also find it funny that people are so openly supportive of her despite raging against objectification in videogames. Is it ok because its her own choice, while videogame characters can't choose by themselves?
well thats my theory, considering neither her content or her personality are anything interesting or special (based on what ive seen of her reviews and top 5 videos). feel free to express your theory but from what ive seen in both her videos and comments to her videos, im somewhat skeptical that she would have the same popularity if she were a man or an unattractive woman.Johnny Novgorod said:No. That is not about it. You may speak for yourself, because that is your opinion and you should be proud of it. But don't go around 'explaining' why everybody else likes or dislikes her. If you can't look past her figure, that's your POV, not mine.00slash00 said:i agree. i watched a few episodes before and have no desire to watch more, now that shes back. shes an attractive girl and this site has a lot of teenage boys on it. thats about it.
Again, I cannot emphasize this enough. The reason for which some people like her videos is the same reason for which some others don't: it's their opinion.
Who wouldn't do Jim? All those rippling muscles.ScrabbitRabbit said:Er, lots of people mention Mr. Sterling's attractiveness. For good reason, too, he's sexy as fuck.Lono Shrugged said:Pretty much everyone defending her has commented on her appearance. Funny how people defending Jim Sterling or the no right answer guys don't mention their attractiveness.
I'd turn for Jim. I need to take a cold shower after every jimquisition.SkarKrow said:Who wouldn't do Jim? All those rippling muscles.ScrabbitRabbit said:Er, lots of people mention Mr. Sterling's attractiveness. For good reason, too, he's sexy as fuck.Lono Shrugged said:Pretty much everyone defending her has commented on her appearance. Funny how people defending Jim Sterling or the no right answer guys don't mention their attractiveness.
Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and agree with you. I would go more into detail, but I doubt the mods would approve of the way I would.KubuTsukareta said:Lisa Foiles is a genuinely delightful person. If you'll allow me, I shall now explain how she is much more watchable than the Escapist's other female video host, Ashley Esqueda.
Few people on the internet have such personality and charm as our Top Five gal pal, and that's why we love her.Now, this has nothing to do with their level of hotness. That doesn't matter and never will. But it is my opinion that Lisa is much more lively than Ashley. The former puts so much energy into her performance and exudes joy and excitement, whereas the latter just smiles as she reads from the script she memorised. I'm sure Ashley is a genuine girl gamer, but when I watch her vids all I can think of is plastic.
I might be wrong, but this is how I chose to interpret your post. The long and short of it is that different gaming and entertainment websites exist. They have different slants and cover content in ways that differ from one another. Lisa Foiles is one of the Internet's *hundreds" of game-related content creators.bz316 said:"I don't want to say it out loud, but Cracked is a much better entertainment site."