http://revengeofthegamer.com/2009/10/23/theres-nothing-like-the-internet-to-make-you-feel-stupid/ Published by Christopher Fox Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:41:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://revengeofthegamer.com/2009/10/23/theres-nothing-like-the-internet-to-make-you-feel-stupid/#comment-118 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:46:37 +0000 http://revengeofthegamer.com/?p=480#comment-118 Another interesting thing you might want to note to yourself about advertising and the exclusion of women: this type of promotion basically says “We only think men are playing this game.” As a woman, I had an enormous amount of interest in Dante’s Inferno despite its typical “damsel in distress” storyline that we women find so irritating. Now with this promotion, I’m seriously rethinking my willingness to spend money on this franchise. When women see a woman’s body being used to advertise, the knee-jerk reaction is “Oh, that’s not meant for me” just like they would an issue of Maxim. It doesn’t stop all women from playing games, but it does act as a deterrent and contributes to the “only men game” image, which can be a turn off on a subconscious or conscious level.

]]> http://revengeofthegamer.com/2009/10/23/theres-nothing-like-the-internet-to-make-you-feel-stupid/#comment-109 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:44:16 +0000 http://revengeofthegamer.com/?p=480#comment-109 I’m glad that you changed your mind about that issue, but I am saddened that it took a horrific and traumatizing anecdote from a guy who’s friend experienced sexual harrassment as a direct result of that competition, to raise that kind of awareness. Convention sexual harassment is, unfortunately, a widespread phenomenon, and this Sin to Win contest just enabled behaviour that is common at conventions. I wrote about it in a post here.

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