
I was reading an interesting article over at Reverse Cowgirl about the misogynist content of GTA IV. I was about to write a small piece based on a video I’d seen (I’ll add it at the end) and quite frankly I was disturbed, irritated and about to go on a feminist rant, then a reverse cowgirl made me stop and think.
Here’s the overall thing. I was thinking from what I’ve seen of GTA IV thus far that it demeans women, it’s helping perpetuate stereotypes, it’s sexist and as Feministing stated “reflective of the bigger misogyny embedded in capitalist patriarchy”. I was thinking all of those things because of a few embedded personal feelings I have about men and gaming.
Firstly it was my assumption that men are capable of mature, intelligent thought and that they aren’t thinking about fucking every 6 seconds. I also was under the preconceived notion (perhaps based on the fact I am a female gamer) that gamers get a bad rap for their hobby and are more often than not inextricably linked to enjoying violence for violence sake and being sad anti social blokes.
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What you're looking at in the post image is an ultra portable Nintendo Wii Screen available at Chinavasion. We've added another full image after the jump for you all. The ball joint design on this means you can swivel the screen any which way you like, which is handy assuming you'd want a tiny Wii screen in the first place.
We don't really see the point of this, other than to maybe play Wii in the car, but that might be a little restrictive and even dangerous, dependent on who's playing (we mean how rowdy they are, not that the driver might fancy a go lol). The Wii always seems to be more of a full on TV experience, what with the swinging of limbs involved in some games, so we say the bigger the screen the better. Still you might like this so we posted it anyway for the lesbian gadget fan.
Thanks to Lesbian Geek for the tip.
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