If I wanted tits, I wouldnt watch a game trailer.
If I wanted a game trailer, I wouldnt want it projected onto tits.
If I wanted a game trailer, I wouldnt want it projected onto tits.
Look Upon Playboy's "Sexiest Game Trailer Ever" and Despair
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Amen to that. Although it has been shown in studies that when men are exposed to sexual images they become more likely to accept unfair business agreements (apparently, like buying Darksiders).khaimera said:
(link: http://wv-www.net/2008/12/do-attractive-women-make-better-salesmen/)
Personally, after being exposed to so much obtuse sexualization and scantily clad women in gaming advertising, I feel that I've gotten pretty well desensitized to it. Like many gamers, I find the most attractive women in games are the ones who are the best characterized (Aeris from FFVII is the go-to example here). You start to feel a genuine emotional attachment to them, which is far more stimulating than straight-up tits.
As far as Playboy is concerned, I would suspect this sort of thing is less a problem with their view of gamers and more them pandering to their own audience. Granted, I've never really read a Playboy magazine all the way through, but I've seen a few of them and the gist that I got is that Playboy's target audience are, indeed, playboys. Men who fancy themselves 'players' or 'pimps', who go around to clubs and bars seducing, sleeping with, and then forgetting about as many women as they possibly can, giving no thought to long-term fulfillment or their own emotional needs.Andy Chalk said:
I could be wrong though, and feel free to correct me if I am, but I think this sort of thing says more about Playboy and how it views its audience than it does about gamers in general.
Don't they know that people make porn games? Why're you messing around with frakkin' Darksiders?
It is all taht bad. That whole gamer next door thing is just an attempt to get the gamer comunity into buying playboy. I sure want to see more of that Jo Garcia.
Lol, take one look at this forum and tell me: are you surprised that gamers are diagnosed as anti-social losers? Along with chauvinistic, immature and always seeing things at face value, I'd say it's an accurate stereotype (with the exception of the guys who will inevitably reply just to say "but I don't fit the stereotype because of this excruciatingly minor detail so the whole thing is wrong!").
Here's a thought, STOP being so sensitive about what others think of your hobby. All it does is make you look insecure because you're so afraid of being judged by others for a freakin hobby. This is why nerds are seen as juvenile and anti-social loners. It's a hobby, grow up.
Here's a thought, STOP being so sensitive about what others think of your hobby. All it does is make you look insecure because you're so afraid of being judged by others for a freakin hobby. This is why nerds are seen as juvenile and anti-social loners. It's a hobby, grow up.
I find it odd many are complaining about being stereotyped while doing the same to the women who choose to work for Playboy. Otherwise I completely agree with Andy's statements. Playboy magazine is stuck in the 70's. Now that they are losing readers they're trying desperately to seem modern. It is time to euthanize the old guy and try to remember the revolution it helped spark and not the depths it sank to when it was no longer relevant.
So, Playboy tries to do the "condescending down to the gamers' level". LOL!
Hey, Playboy, the games industry now actually makes MORE than your porn! Besides, you can't beat us in our own game. We were looking at naked chicks on the internet when it wasn't even called internet yet, so SHUT UP!
We don't try to make porn trailers, so please stop trying to make game trailers. Thanks.
Hey, Playboy, the games industry now actually makes MORE than your porn! Besides, you can't beat us in our own game. We were looking at naked chicks on the internet when it wasn't even called internet yet, so SHUT UP!
We don't try to make porn trailers, so please stop trying to make game trailers. Thanks.
Someone get their ass kicked by Urkle? I'm sorry, but if you portray Football players as mass idiots running around screaming touchdown every 5 seconds, someones gonna get mad. Same thing here. People don't like to be made fun of (as referenced by the joke in the beginning which surely got your attention.) intentionally or not. Have you seen the videos they did for Bayonetta? Just girls in skimpy outfits looking like girls that are fake dancing in their room against a green screen pretending to be superheroes. It's kind of freaking insulting that this is what we're being portrayed with.President Moocow said:
I decided to watch her review of Darksiders, and my god I raged when she said the art style reminded her of Shadow of the Colossus. But then again, that's not her fault, she's just reading her lines.
She doesn't play video games, bro.
What do we expect from playboy? All they care about is boobs, even at the expense of, say, 99.9% of the gaming community. I think almost every non-gamer who thinks playboy can represent us in any way, sense or form will keep on losing their respect. I think playboy should just shut up about gaming, as they know nothing about it and stick to their boobs.
I don't find it anything to get offended about, but I do find it highly flawed as a marketing tactic. The trailer in no way inspires me to go see the game. Actually, it made me more interested to track down pics of Jo Garcia. So really, maybe the trailer was meant entirely to be Playboy's benefit - gamers will click on it because it's about Darksiders, and end up wanting to see more of Jo. Worked for me.
But, like I said, I'm not offended. It just didn't work on me, and all that means is that Playboy wasted its money. Or maybe it did work, and good for them. But why be offended? Just about everything out there is marketed with T&A, and nothing is a bigger offender of this than the gaming industry itself. This is a poor trailer, no doubt about it, but I'm not the sort of person that will buy anything just because of a hot chick, and I'm no worse for wear.
But, like I said, I'm not offended. It just didn't work on me, and all that means is that Playboy wasted its money. Or maybe it did work, and good for them. But why be offended? Just about everything out there is marketed with T&A, and nothing is a bigger offender of this than the gaming industry itself. This is a poor trailer, no doubt about it, but I'm not the sort of person that will buy anything just because of a hot chick, and I'm no worse for wear.
You know, describing this woman as "some bikini clad bimbo" does nothing to further your point. She was hired to do this and pose like this - that makes her a "bimbo"? You want people to stop making assumptions about gamers? Perhaps you should ask yourself about your own assumptions. Lead by example.
Big difference, when the football players are portrayed like that, they don't give a shit.CommyGingerbreadMan said:
Yeah, the Bayonetta doesn't really help the case by proving that all it takes is a skimpy girl who embodies 100 fetishes to get nerds to pay for it. It's funny because it works!
