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clips

Hot Chicks In Stupid Game-Related Clips

If G4's old show Cheat - The Pringles Gamer Guide taught us anything, it was that cheat shows just don't work. The odds of someone looking for cheats and hints just happening to stumble upon a video for the exact game they are curious about before resorting to GameFaqs are just too high to even bother. They even tried replacing the host with a hot woman, and that didn't work out...but was it a scantily clad hot woman? SpikeTV combines cheat codes with attractive women in a way that slips right past sexy into a giant pile of stupid. "It takes more than one shot to take me out baby!" Don't waste your bullets.

Hot Chicks With Cheat Codes [Spike.com Via Fleshbot *NSFW*]

6:00 PM on Mon Apr 14 2008
By Mike Fahey
7,906 views, 135 comments

Latest by pedantic_dandy: @Len Bias Cocaine Surplus: Ironic detachment gets old fast. Unless you have access to vast hordes of marijuana. more »

sex

Sex(uality) In Games: The Juvenile/Mature Divide

This week's Aberrant Gamer is an interesting look at sex/sexuality in games, from ICO to Mass Effect: Leigh Alexander has previously defended the busty and scantily—clad video game girl, but this time takes a different look at the subject. The mature vs. juvenile divide seems to be especially prominent in games, where it can seem like it's either improbably perky cleavage stuffed into space age materials or sweetly innocent hand holding with little in between: More »

3:30 PM on Sun Feb 10 2008
By mgreene
16,258 views, 96 comments

Latest by Ninja-Z: Obviously, there's a wee bit of a line as to how far you can go with sexuality before things get ridiculous---FFX-2 is a perfect example, as pointed out in the article, as well as metal bikinis in RPG's. However, like more »

journalism

A Woman Not Bashing Video Games? Impossible!


After a week of women name-calling guys who play games Man-teens and Child Men, Amanda Marcotte has proposed a radical idea: A woman can play video games, and can even spend that time with the man in her life. Marcotte's article responds to a piece written by Kathryn Jean Lopez, Arrested Development, on how Jason Bateman's character in Juno is nothing more than your typical immature husband, opting out of adulthood for an idealized adolescent lifestyle. Marcotte isn't having any of it. She sounds as tired of this whole "manboy" thing as the rest of us, and is stepping up to the table to say what all these angry women seem to be missing:

1) Women play video games. Our vaginas, surprisingly, do not stop us from using a controller.
2) The Xbox is not a widow maker. No matter how many TV specials say otherwise, men can be happy, productive individuals - both as part of a couple and a part of society - while still playing video games.
3) Movies are not the ideal place to be developing deep psychoanalytical theories about men.

Finally, a woman who isn't cursing all things video game related. I was starting to get a little lonely on the Island of Girl Gamers.

Movies and video games told me that feminists ruined men [Pandagon - thanks, Cola!]

11:00 AM on Mon Feb 4 2008
By torif
10,320 views, 137 comments

Latest by ConstantCupcake: @VioletArrows: Yuo've obviously never been to a sex toy party. more »

gender bias

Lineage II Offers $10 Sex Change

NCsoft has just launched their new value-added services for MMO Lineage II, featuring name changes, server changes (coming soon), and the one we've all been waiting for - sex changes. For just $9.99 US you can trade in your outtie genitalia for an innie, or vice versa. Knowing how wishy-washy MMO players can be about their gender, the service allows you to change up to once a week, unless you are one of the winged Kamael, in which case you're already pretty close to gender neutral anyway. Launching alongside the discount nip and tuck is the name change service, which allows you to bury your bad reputation under another title for $29.99 as long as you remove yourself from any guilds and create a level 1 character with the desired name in order to reserve it. Once the server transfer service launches in a few weeks you will be able to start a completely new life as the woman or man you've always had lurking inside of you. Joy!

Lineage II Account Services Page [NCsoft]

11:20 AM on Thu Jan 31 2008
By Mike Fahey
7,840 views, 37 comments

Latest by HolgerM: I would love to see this feature for WoW. I did a big mistake at the beginning. I created a male charakter - how could I... Now most of the time my Male Mage is wearing pink robes... more »

ebay madness

The Proper Way To Gift Rock Band

And here I thought the Rock Band bundle couldn't get any better. The picture above is from an eBay auction featuring a new, sealed PlayStation 3 version of Rock Band, two Guitar Hero 3 Gibson SG guitars, and a bleach blond woman dressed up in holiday cheer - and not much else. The highest bidder (U.S. only!) will get the bundle delivered to them on Christmas day personally by model and Suicide Girl wannabe. Fear not, Xbox 360 owners! There is another auction for the 360 version of Rock Band and Halo 3, to be delivered by the slightly less appealing but sure to have a winning personality Zoei. I don't know what it says about me, but the most attractive part of these auctions is that after they give you the game they leave and let you play in peace. Obviously something broken in my head.

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11:20 AM on Thu Nov 29 2007
By Mike Fahey
9,025 views, 137 comments

Latest by TheRemedy: That should have been front page news, Suicide Girls Love to Milk Things For Profit! more »

almost really hot

Playboy's Annual "Tribute" to Gaming Ladies

Playboy is paying a fourth annual tribute to the fine virtual ladies of video gaming by displaying them buck naked in their December issue hitting newsstands today. The 'Playing Rough' foxes include "Keaira" from Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, "Church & Black" from Jericho, "Morenn" from The Witcher, "Yoko Retomoto" from Kane & Lynch, "A'Kanna" from Conan and "Sarah Morrison" from Tabula Rasa. Ooh, for a moment I thought I saw Morris as in "Zack Morris," and uhh....was totally grossed out.

If someone were to post naked pictures of me on the Internet, I'm not sure if the word "tribute" would be the first to come to mind. But if that someone were Playboy, and that Internet were Playboy magazine, maybe I would feel differently (don't worry, I'm joking and would never do anything to hurt pornography). See the KSFW but probably NSFW promo pics after the jump (you pervs).

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1:22 PM on Fri Nov 2 2007
By Mark Wilson
37,875 views, 51 comments

Latest by RawSteelUT: @belo: That's a problem in and of itself. You don't see this as a technique to get people to see a new movie, at least not this blatantly. more »

upgrade to women

Clip: Overlord Kicking Ass, Taking Mistresses

Mayhem. Magic. Monsters. Line-dancing. Witness the spectacle of Overlord, Codemasters' PC and 360 game that puts you into the damp and spooky shoes of evil. Control demonic Pikmin-wannabes on your way towards becoming ghetto-Sauron. More »

2:20 PM on Tue May 22 2007
By Mike Fahey
13,626 views, 52 comments

ladies' night

Our Little Sister: Jezebel

A fresh, new Gawker site finally sees the light of day, and this one goes out to a very special person...the ladies. Jezebel is a site created for women, and since we here at Kotaku are famous for handling women's issues badly, I'll let Anna Holmes explain.
I'm Anna Holmes, and I'm the managing editor of Jezebel, Gawker Media's newest title, which is launching this afternoon. Jezebel's mission is to cover celebrity, sex, and fashion for women — without airbrushing. Think of it as the sort of women's media property that could never see the light of day in traditional print because the big-name advertisers and the publishers who kowtow to them don't much like it when someone points out the vulgarity of a $2,000 handbag.

Welcome to the family Jezebel! Good to know that our female readers will have something to do after we've run them all off. More »

2:20 PM on Mon May 21 2007
By Mike Fahey
1,945 views, 38 comments

Latest by pillow: Jezebel....wasnt she the singer in "Parker lewis cant lose" when Shelly wanted that golden bracelet/lock thingy and stole the money from the pillow? more »

women

Is Feminine an Advantage?

What are the perks and downsides of being a female in a male dominated industry? Jane over at game girl advance had a December 2006 response up to another opinion piece over at WomenGamers.com, and as is typical to the exceedingly broad question of women and gaming, there are no clear cut answers. More »

3:00 PM on Fri Apr 13 2007
By mgreene
2,912 views, 56 comments

clips

Clip: It's The Jubbly Countdown

Since the dawn of the video game industry, developers have constantly pushed themselves to create new and innovative games breasts. ScrewAttack recognizes their achievements with a video countdown of the 10 Ten Boobies in gaming. Of course DOA shows up once or twice, but there's a few suprises thrown in there to mix things up.

While I am not a breast man myself (more of a P.N.03 bottom kinda guy) I have to appreciate the sheer number of different words Craig and Tom come up with to describe the female anatomy. They only lose points for the cheesy radio voices and not using the word 'chesticles'. Michael Fahey More »

1:20 PM on Wed Feb 21 2007
By Mike Fahey
6,453 views, 31 comments

Latest by John H.: Does the guy who narrated that host morning radio? Christ, what an asshole. more »

sex

Girl Gamers Are Easy

Now this here's a press release. UK online game rental company Gametart has randomly sampled 200 British women and decided to let the world know the ins and outs of their sexual appetites. To the point, they asked them how often they had sex, and if they regularly played video games.
Of our sample of 200 women, those who played video games on average had sex 4.3 times a week while those who didn't play games only had sex just 3.2 times a week.

A completely useless poll done for the purpose of advertising their site, of course. Do they take into account age? Looks? What was their definition of having sex? Rumble or no rumble? Most importantly, where is the photographic evidence?
Perhaps even more promising for gamers is the fact that many of the women that we interviewed who have only recently started playing games said that they now have sex more often than before.

As a wise doctor once said, "You are telling lies!" So what they are saying here is playing video games will enhance your sex life. Anyone else notice this particular phenomenon? Michael Fahey More »

10:40 AM on Wed Feb 14 2007
By Mike Fahey
14,789 views, 42 comments

Latest by R0bster: I'd be lucky if I even got some of that .2 action. more »

women

Women's Health Suggests Couple's Gaming

If you're a guy and have a girlfriend who you're trying to get into gaming, I'd highly recommend picking up a copy of the January/February Women's Health magazine. Inside you'll find an article entitled "Grab the Joystick: Toy with your man in the virtual world", which you can leave sitting around somewhere (not the bathroom, that's our place) where she'll find it. The message couldn't be any clearer.
"Playing video games allows you to bond and learn how to problem-solve as a team," says Susan K. Perry, Ph.D., a Los Angeles-based social psychologist.

Women love psychologists, so this could just work. It might help if you are belligerent to her a week or so in advance, making the article seem like a solution to relationship problems. It helps if your girlfriend, like mine, doesn't read Kotaku. More »

2:40 PM on Wed Jan 10 2007
By Mike Fahey
330 views, 53 comments

Latest by larabair: My fiancee and I (when we first dated) played bust -a-move together for hours. I kicked his ass. Then again I'd been playing random games for years at that point... I remember when he and his old roommate taught more »

gaming

Gamers Getting Older, More Womanly

Analysts at TNS Worldpanel Entertainment have released research indicating that over the past four years the number of female and older gamers is on the rise. Old codgers (here interpreted as over 45) buying games for personal use has risen over 40%, while the female figure (rawr) is up 67%. They didn't say how many women over the age of 45 were buying games for themselves, which just goes to show I should be a market analyst, since they obviously didn't follow through here. Slackers. More »

11:40 AM on Mon Dec 11 2006
By Mike Fahey
162 views, 19 comments

Latest by Candle: That's not photoshopped, that's Old Grandma Hardcore! She's awesome! more »

wii

Men's Health Magazine Prescribes Wii to Women

In this month's Men's Health Magazine, the "Ask The Girl Next Door" section looks at how to use the Wii to get your girlfriend into gaming. While we don't have the actual article to summarize the advice, I can probably extrapolate based upon my own experience getting my own non-gamer girlfriend trained in the complexities of handling an eight-inch, opalescent Wiimote. More »

8:40 AM on Fri Oct 27 2006
By brownlee2
414 views, 18 comments

women

Women Outnumber Men in Games; Men Think They Should Go Back Into Kitchen

A vast armada of women has invaded gaming. Where once we heard over Teamspeak the confident bluster of the male warrior, now our ears are assailed by the shrill whinging of a female in the midst of her monthly ovum flushing. Where once we casually discussed in guild chat bitch fucking and the worldwide conspiracy against women, now we pretend to have "feelings" because we are cuckolded for being "insensitive." More »

12:40 PM on Thu Oct 26 2006
By brownlee2
3,169 views, 94 comments

men

Loads of Online Lady Gamers, Says Study

According to the Nielsen folks, more than half of all "Active Gamers" play online. Sixty-four percent of those gamers are females; however, male gamers still outnumber female ones two-to-one. The study also stated that Active Gamers spend up to five hours a week playing games socially. Teens are still the biggest chunk of the market, and the over-45 year-old segment accounts for the smallest. So that "sexy chick" you're talking to online? Well, that's probably some old dude. Brian Ashcraft More »

7:22 AM on Mon Oct 9 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
178 views, 6 comments

Latest by SkullEtcher: Looks like its been awhile since anyone left a comment so ill leave my two cents. Well I think anyone who thinks they now whats online is full of crap.. Meaning there are a lot posers, someone saying they are more »

e306

The Girls of E306

Personally, I couldn't care less whether there are booth babes at E3. I don't have any great desire to stop and take photos with women in tiny clothes while I'm running around like a chicken with my head cut off trying to see all of the relevant stuff on the show floor. This year there was a much ado about the booth babe crack down. According to one insider source, the big change, besides enforcement, was the addition of one new rule to the contract companies sign when they rent space on the floor. The addition basically said no bikinis. More »

1:00 AM on Thu May 18 2006
By Brian Crecente
3,495 views, 6 comments

Latest by hikaru: Crecente: http://darkestblue.c the girls are right there, fans in hand. more »

oblivion

Gender Stereotypes in Oblivion

From the "people will complain about anything" department, this just in: female gamers are taking a break from their panty/tickle fights and making me dinner to complain about gender stereotypes in Oblivion. More »

11:40 AM on Fri Apr 7 2006
By brownlee
2,686 views, 10 comments