Girls In Gamestop, Part 2,454,786

[bloodyrosemccoy]

AMELIA: I would like to purchase this fine product! *hands cashier tiny Wii*

CASHIER: Now, this is not a real Wii. You realize it is simply a tin to hold gift cards and is in fact $2.99, which is slightly less than even a used Wii costs.

AMELIA: Yes. I am aware of this. Perhaps its size, price, and the way it says “gift card tin” on the package were clues.

CASHIER: Very well. I will ring you up.

I am very glad he didn't ask me what it was for.


Also, dear video game companies: It’s nice that you’re trying to expand your audience to include girls, but I’m beginning to wonder if games like “Imagine You’re a Babysitter” or “Imagine You’re A Fashion Designer” are the right answer to the complaints that there are not enough video games with female protagonists. Just, you know, for the record.

Comments

[beccastareyes]

Sadly, that game was in my DS when I apparently lost it in the airport, so now I need a new copy. (I was also up to 10 with some of the girls, and was working on my house upgrade. Dang it.)

It's a really interesting game since the farming and social stuff does tie in with the plot pretty well -- plus, it's kind of nice to not play a wandering adventurer in a fantasy game. (I'm only on the second cave, though.)

I'd also like it better if my character's sexual orientation wasn't set to 'straight', but I have the same complaint with Harvest Moon. (Heck, they can even make a male/female main character sprite option that only changes the pronouns and sprite, and lets you chase after the young men and the young women. I would so play that.)

[fadethecat.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I joke that I'm so addicted to my Sims games because they're the only ones I own that aren't firmly locked into heteronormative cultural assumptions. Which is one of those "funny because it's true, then kinda sad" things.