Dan, from tadpole-oriented gameblog GameFam, was shocked and appalled after witnessing the following scene at a local fleamarket:

Father: "This is the one you want?" Daughter: "Yeah. This is the one." Father: "Are you sure? What about that other one?" Daughter: "No way. I played that other one like a thousand times already." Father: "So this one? You're sure?" Daughter: "I'm sure." Father: "Okay." Father buys game for daughter.

Daughter: "Thanks, Daddy!"

Dawww....so polite, so adorable. Until! (And here we insert a dramatic chord, ala ancient radio dramas) We are informed that the games in question were of a Grand Theft Auto bent.

Now, I swore I would never write a Girls in Games article, and I hold to that, but I never said shit about shunning the Little Girls in Games genre.

Dan is looking at this as an outraged father witnessing the rape of a girleen's tender brains by a pack of sluthungry mafiosos, and I can see his point. For the vast majority of ten year old children, GTA is probably not the best choice.

Despite that, I cannot help but think that any girl who digs this sort of stuff is not really out of her depth on this one. And god help me, I see it as a heartwarming example of a young girl rejecting gender stereotyping. By crikey, she wants explosions, car chases and gross physical violence; none of this My Little Pony shit!

Anecdotal little girl, I salute you. Eliza gauger

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