Have you heard about the Miss Video Game 2007 competition? It’s a competition claiming to “To assist in the proliferation of females in gaming genres of all types and to help raise awareness of the female gaming audience among game publishers and advertisers” by showcasing photos of women who “don’t mind video games”. It’s also definitely not a beauty pageant, in a “No way, nuh-uh, it’s not our fault if the voting public bases their decision on the huge bikini photos instead of the poorly-laid-out boring text bit.” Go to LiveJournal GirlGamers for the official defensive press release.
Anyway, the the reason I’m posting is to point you towards Alihja’s hilariously withering reaction at NotAddicted.com:
Lets take a look at the requirements… Number four. Loves the beach? Uh-oh! This one looks like trouble…
…You see, as a gamer I love dark cold rooms that are lit by flat panels and LCD monitors. The hum of the fans in my Scorpio “Z†668 case with its kick-ass “Z” backlight on the front panel which is a lovely shade of blue… kind of like a beach, right?
…A couple of months ago, when I was at DragonCon and I sat on two video game panels, did I think about the beach then? Alas, my sweet adorable cupcakes, no, I did not fucking think about the beach. I hardly even remember what the beach looks like. I think it has water, and sand… and—hey, wait a minute! Computer chips are made out of silicon, and sand is also known as silicon dioxide. And guess what’s at the beach?
Okay. I love the beach! Hooray!
Link:
Miss Video Game 2007: Sexism In The Name Of Equality!
December 10th, 2006 at 7:00 pm
That’s some pretty funny stuff. Do we really need a Miss Video Game who ‘loves the beach’? I’d just prefer she knew something, anything, about games. Was it Kate Thornton or some other C list celebrity who presented the Golden Joysticks and freely admitted she was there for the cash? If I were the editor of that show I would have had whoever hired her sacked, and her quickly replaced. Live. On air. Morons all.
December 11th, 2006 at 10:18 am
LOL. I hadn’t heard that story. Yes, I wouldn’t be surprised if said C-lister doesn’t get hired to present anything ever again. I certainly wouldn’t hire anyone stupid enough to say that in public.
January 5th, 2007 at 3:00 am
Hey, thats my cousin! http://www.missvideogame.com/432108.htm
February 9th, 2007 at 8:22 am
okay what has the beack got to do with video games it’s got me.
If it was for beach volley ball video games i would understand.
January 31st, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Who made these requirements? This is one of the stupidest things I have ever read. I don’t think they are succeeding in their goal of raising awareness of the female gaming audience, at least not through stuff life this.
February 5th, 2008 at 12:10 am
Beach + girls + video games = :-)
Pity I’m not anywhere near the event.