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theprof00 on 14 January 2009

they just don't get enough exercise :P she should get a wii !

BURN EDIT: you probably need an HD monitor just to fit that picture on the screen! OH SNAP!



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bigjon on 14 January 2009

naw, she'd break the the Balance Board.... better stick with HD gaming and die fat and happy (at most likely a premature age)



End of 2009 Predictions (Set, January 1st 2009)

Wii- 72 million   3rd Year Peak, better slate of releases

360- 37 million   Should trend down slightly after 3rd year peak

PS3- 29 million  Sales should pick up next year, 3rd year peak and price cut

Esa-Petteri on 14 January 2009

Oh well, if that kind of comments won't get you banned...



ctk495 on 14 January 2009

Eww ubisoft I won't bother reading,



bigjon on 14 January 2009
Esa-Petteri said:

Oh well, if that kind of comments won't get you banned...

 

 what mine?

its true, go ahead and get all obese and see how much it shortens your lifespan.



End of 2009 Predictions (Set, January 1st 2009)

Wii- 72 million   3rd Year Peak, better slate of releases

360- 37 million   Should trend down slightly after 3rd year peak

PS3- 29 million  Sales should pick up next year, 3rd year peak and price cut

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The Ghost of RubangB on 14 January 2009
Johann said:
The Ghost of RubangB said:
Outcast said:
Gamerace said:
@ Outcast - BringBackChrono just said it for me. Girls may like to play with horses but My Horse and Me by Atari is superior to Ubisofts offering. Their games for girls are usually cheaply made affairs and girls deserve better.

Ubisoft also has nothing for all those women who own Wiis. So I don't think they're in a position to brag (although their still further ahead than 95% of the industry when it come to female oriented games).

No, you are completely wrong. You have never played any of the games you're talking about and I doubt you've ever even seen them. Girls and younger children have no expectations about quality or game play. They want to play a game about horses even if you or the enthusiast press hardcore games reviewers don't.

I remember being really young and dumb and still knowing "fun" from "boring."  I could tell a good platformer from a pathetic cash-in before I could read.  Girls and young kids aren't as stupid as you think.  They've been making pathetic cash-ins, games for girls, and games for young kids, for as long as I can remember.  I can tell you firsthand that The Little Mermaid is an amazing game on the NES, and Barbie is a horribly shitty game on the NES.

As a proud owner of Hello Kitty Happy Party Pals on the GBA and ex-owner of Hamsterz on the DS, I can tell you that these games suck, are pathetic cash-ins, and rely on franchises and/or cuteness rather than fun.  If you ever have a daughter and expect her to enjoy crap like this, you will make a horrible parent.

Most girls I've talked to would rather play Zelda or Final Fantasy than any "girl game," and that is part of why those franchises are so successful.  They are appealing to girls and boys.  And you can make stuff cute without making it insulting and retarded and covered in babyz, horsez, and flowerz.  That's what Yoshi and Kirby are for.

Just where the fuck do you meet girls!? I've NEVER met a girl who liked to play Final Fantasy. Fighting button mashers, even FPSs, sure, but Final Fantasy? Or any JRPG? I think I would just start to dryhump her leg within 2 seconds of her saying that Setzer is cooler than Seph!

I'm playing FF6 with my wife RIGHT NOW.  We're already getting into huge fights over how we name our characters.  She's loving the game so far though.



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PSwii60 on 14 January 2009

How is their name pronounced anyway?

 

"Ooh, Be Soft" Or

"You Be Soft"

 

just wondering...



jv103 on 16 January 2009

Yeah this girl thing is just fucking sexist. My girlfriend won't stop playing tales of vesperia (and know she didn't grow up a dork - she used to be a snow bunny [if you know what that is] with the cool guys in memphis) and she beat Bioshock, Gears 1 and 2, Prince of Persia, Professor Layton, Call of duty 4, Mirror's Edge and she kicks my ass at soul calibur (which is embarassing cause I've been hardcore gaming since 1993 when I was 7). Maybe my girlfriend of three years is a lesbian or something... I find many of the games kind of denigrating (although I'm not a female so I can't really judge) but I saw Imagine Popstar, Imagine Actress, Imagine Babyz (Broodmarez?), Imagine Gymnast, Imagine etc.
I was suprised that there were 10+games and was suprised I didn't find "Imagine Secretary", "Imagine Nurse" ""Imagine Schoolteacher" and "Imagine Housewife."