Oops, I did it again…

It seems like my last post has created a tempest in a teapot. Unlike the last time I got into a flamewar, I didn’t think anyone would react so negatively, and I didn’t even imply anyone was an elitist bastard this time!

While some of the comments are reasoned and sound, some sound like they protest too much. Sorry I implied that it was wierd to want to look at half naked videogame characters. And I’m sorry that my parents gave me a name that doesn’t fit in with your normative idea of what a name should be.

I’m glad that Tore over at vesterblog sympathises with me, because from the comments I thought I might be the only one who thinks the whole deal is a little weird.

Seriously though, someone explain the appeal of half naked videogame characters when pictures of real people are so easilly available. Please.

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  1. unholy
  2. Tore Vesterby

    Thanks Bryan-Mitchel.

    I guess when questioning things, which seem to have become perfectly acceptable by main stream culture you open yourself to harsh attacks from opinionated readers.

    “Seriously though, someone explain the appeal of half naked videogame characters when pictures of real people are so easilly available. Please.”

    Perhaps it has to do with the fact that the pixelated women are just that: fantasies along similar lines as erotic drawings or pornographic comics, I assume. This is just pure guesswork on my part though.

    I just find it tiring that we have constructed masculinity as a constantly hungering sexual beast, who apparently can’t enjoy games without ‘jiggly bits’ or soft-core porn references.