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Hey, girls! You like pink things, right? Sure, me and Flynn may have rose-colred DS Lites, but we are men and only men by default. The pink stuff, I mean come on, is for girls. And because men and young boys are busy playing with their manly black and navy DS Lites, Sony thought it would be a good idea to target young Japanese women with Pepto pink PSPs. It even roped in bag designer Samantha Thavasa to do, we assume, absolutely nothing. The handheld hit Japan on November 22, and tonight (I write from the future), Sony held a big bash for the pink portable in Roppongi, complete with women. The shindig commemorates new online shopping site WWCITY. Because women not only like pink things, but buying pink things, right? There was also a fashion show with models and Miss Universe hopefuls. That though wasn't for the women, but for Sony dudes who fancy eyeballing the ladies. Brian Ashcraft More »
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This spring schoolyards will see an influx of Oshare Majo Love and Berry clothes, sneakers, backpacks and stationary. Starting March 2, LB Style Square will be the official shop for the popular Sega card-based arcade game. Oshare Majo is nothing short of a national phenomena in Japan and has captured the minds of young schoolgals. Sega's trying to appeal not only to girls, but also their mothers' desire to have fashionable children. At the press conference, little moppets danced, sang and paraded about in Love and Berry type clothes, while Sega businessmen in suits lurked around in the background. Creepy. More »
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I swung by Sega's Love and Berry booth, hoping that Sonic had dragged Yuko "Yes My Real Voice Is This Nasally" Ogura along for some good ol' fashioned PR. Ogura was no where to be found. (Rats!) The booth was full of little girls pressing buttons, Love and Berry-branded goods they didn't need and middle-aged men very secure in their own sexuality selling stuff to them. More »
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The original pet simulation, Tamagotchi ("Eggy" in English) was a Godzilla-sized hit with teens back in 1996. Last Spring, an infrared breeding version of the toy sold out across Japan. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=125438&view=rss&microfeed=true Bonnie Ruberg over at Killer Betties has a thoughtful piece on homosexual gamers. Women gamers are a minority and lesbians even greater still. Gaming is a testosterone driven Industry as reflected in everything from booth babes to Kasumi knickers to most of my posts here. Ruberg writes: More »
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DVD Vision Japan is hot to start an all girl video game team. We've been hearing about a slew of such teams recently, but there's been little insight on how these ladies make the final cut. According to AnimeNation, More »
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I just finished reading through Zoe Flower s excellently researched article on the representation of women in gaming. While Flower does an great job of getting comments from game designers and publishers, offering up a variety of voices on the topic, she fails to include the most important voice: Her own. Flower does talk a bit about her own opinion at the end, but really fails to synthesize the information she has gathered into any single, strong opinion. More »
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With the advent of gaming porn last month by Playboy, magazines featuring the digital double Ds of video game heroines have blossomed. Popular Culture Gaming has a couple of homemade shots of two of the latest men s gaming mags. My personal fave is Girls of Gaming, which features a half-naked devilette on a black cover. The site s researcher wants to know if anyone will admit to buying the mags I guess he means besides himself. More »
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