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Feminists cry foul over Fat Princess
Yahoo ^ | 07/29/08 | Ben Silverman

Posted on 07/29/2008 2:19:37 AM PDT by Caipirabob

She's plump, powerful and ready to cause more controversy than "SuperSize Me."

She's Fat Princess, the star of Sony's upcoming video game of the same name. Debuting at last week's E3 expo, the colorful Fat Princess is a capture-the-flag game with a twist: you can thwart capture attempts by locking the once-thin princess in a dungeon and stuffing her full of cake, thereby increasing her girth and making her harder for your enemies to haul back to home base.

According to popular gaming blog Joystiq, two feminist gaming sites have already voiced their displeasure with the weighty issue.

(Excerpt) Read more at videogames.yahoo.com ...


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KEYWORDS: fat; feminists; games
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Is there anything that feminists aren't pissed off about?

You go, gurl!

1 posted on 07/29/2008 2:19:39 AM PDT by Caipirabob
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To: Caipirabob
feminist gaming sites

We are doomed!
2 posted on 07/29/2008 2:22:58 AM PDT by GodBlessRonaldReagan (Wakka-ding-hoy - battle cry of the Plexus Rangers!)
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To: Caipirabob
Not a princess:

3 posted on 07/29/2008 2:24:39 AM PDT by ari-freedom (Obama: uh, uh, uh, you know, uh, uh, uh, uhh, is...? Uh, is of -- of their work, uh, uh, uh, uh)
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To: Caipirabob

Just damn.


4 posted on 07/29/2008 2:33:37 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: ari-freedom

Here's a fat princess.

5 posted on 07/29/2008 2:35:19 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: Caipirabob

Give me a pig foot and a bottle of Beer
cause honey I dont care...


6 posted on 07/29/2008 2:36:01 AM PDT by Global2010 (OKIE DOKIE)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Yeah but can he afford to pay 5 grand to have fun for a night with a fat less whore?


7 posted on 07/29/2008 2:37:56 AM PDT by Global2010 (OKIE DOKIE)
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To: Caipirabob

I thought that feminists were all about beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I thought that I read that about how Gloria Steinem wished that women were less obsessive about looks and more about character or intelligence.

BTW, I am a complete videogame nerd. This one looks great so far telling from the screenshot. I don’t care what the feminists think.

(Isn’t it funny, how so many people of my interest seem to have this strange idea of how Republicans are to videogames all registered by a thought that Jack Thompson=GOP yet there is hardly a cow being had about how Democrat politicians use school shootings as opportunities to ban games, no matter what, who, where, or why. I actually found it funny that, in the wake of the VT shootings, the Democrats did the usual blame the company not the psychology on videogames, whereas Rush attacked those same Democrats.)


8 posted on 07/29/2008 2:43:13 AM PDT by Merta (Who is the only parental unit that California Democrats wish preserved? The Aunt(Aunt War=ANWR))
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To: Global2010; Impy; Clemenza

Ole Barn ain't particular, but he does like to be hands-on with his constituents. Looks like his prince has come... (or soon will be once they find a convenient port-a-potty).

9 posted on 07/29/2008 2:49:43 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: ari-freedom
Over at Shakesville, however, writer Melissa McEwan cuts to the chase, telling Sony she's "positively thrilled to see such unyielding dedication to creating a new generation of fat-hating, heteronormative ---holes."

Haha! As if hetero wasn't the norm, anyway, Melissa. I love these people!! Just completely escaped reality somehow.

And here she is. Ain't she pretty? I'm definitely (not) objectifying that! :P



10 posted on 07/29/2008 2:56:27 AM PDT by CaspersGh0sts
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Yikes a desperado.

I am old. I am fat.
I am a good girl.

But if I were to slip and grab a handful of man hiney I would Aim higher much higher..

I would go nuts and get a to go bag.

Sigh nothing is that good that would want to go eye to eye with Father S after the crime.


11 posted on 07/29/2008 2:58:50 AM PDT by Global2010 (OKIE DOKIE)
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They should develop a version of the game where the opponent could option not to rescue the princess, but rather leave her fat and have his way with her where she is.

That could be followed by another game in which the goal is to keep the princess barefoot and pregnant. If you lose that game the princess would morph into a mini-van driving soccer mom who divorces you and takes two thirds of your paycheck for child support (but in reality spends the money on alfalfa sprouts, bottled green tea and yoga classes.)

12 posted on 07/29/2008 3:00:45 AM PDT by shibumi (".....panta en pasin....." - Origen)
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To: Global2010

I was thinking Ryan Secrest can do better than Princess Barney.


13 posted on 07/29/2008 3:05:51 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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Feminist gaming sites? Heteronormative?

Yikes.


14 posted on 07/29/2008 3:20:06 AM PDT by Impy (Spellcheck hates Obama, you should too.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Reminds me of a line from the Mel Gibson movie “The Patriot”.

“Remember why we fight son, so one day instead of a King we can have leaders who publicly fondle their homosexual lovers”.


15 posted on 07/29/2008 3:23:33 AM PDT by Impy (Spellcheck hates Obama, you should too.)
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To: Caipirabob

Tell’em to pound sand.

Don’t play it if you don’t like it....


16 posted on 07/29/2008 3:34:12 AM PDT by Adder (typical bitter white person)
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To: Caipirabob

I think I’ll stick with “Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball”!


17 posted on 07/29/2008 4:07:45 AM PDT by Ozone34
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To: CaspersGh0sts

GUILTY!


18 posted on 07/29/2008 4:19:56 AM PDT by doodad
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Is there anything that feminists aren't pissed off about?

How many women with PMS does it take to change a light-bulb?

Only one. And it's not FUNNY!

19 posted on 07/29/2008 4:21:37 AM PDT by 50sDad (OBAMA: In your heart you know he's Wright.)
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They didn't have a problem with this........

20 posted on 07/29/2008 5:18:45 AM PDT by Red Badger (If we drill deep enough, we can reach the Saudi oil fields from THIS side..........)
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