Head past the break to check out the two commercials. Bonus points if you can spot the exact moment where feminism has been set back 30 years.
[Via VG247 and UK:Resistance]
Head past the break to check out the two commercials. Bonus points if you can spot the exact moment where feminism has been set back 30 years.
[Via VG247 and UK:Resistance]
Reader Comments (90)
Posted: May 25th 2010 2:07AM Special Agent Steve said
Wait, where's the game in this po- Oh, I see. It's BEHIND the women.
Posted: May 25th 2010 2:07AM bxgt said
That was some of the breast advertising ever.
Posted: May 25th 2010 9:02AM Hans Majestt Kung Carl XVI Gusta said
Thanks for the hips! I'll be on my way to Breast Buy now!
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Posted: May 25th 2010 12:31PM rhododragon said
Man, gary numan is the breastest. Next racing game i play i will be totally jammin' to cars and day dreaming of suddenly much more appealing french women.
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Posted: May 25th 2010 2:09AM Grey said
Damn, is that girl's nose in the pick slanted at an obscene angle or am I just so tired I'm not seeing straight. Looks like somebody didn't wash the dishes when they were told. Well, sexist or not, its good to see hot women with sexy accents right before I hit the hay. Oh the dreams I'll have tonight...
Posted: May 25th 2010 2:22AM Fraul Pench said
Jeez...she looks like the female Owen Wilson :-X
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Posted: May 25th 2010 2:39AM einhanderkiller said
I think it's just the lighting.
If you look at her close-up later on in the video, the nose looks fine.
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If you look at her close-up later on in the video, the nose looks fine.
Posted: May 25th 2010 9:18AM borland502 said
@Broken Triforce I suspect for the majority of us the options are limited to two:
1.) Imagination
2.) Hand of your choice
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1.) Imagination
2.) Hand of your choice
Posted: May 25th 2010 5:04PM BrokenTriforce said
@ borland
Everything is better when you use your imagination.
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Everything is better when you use your imagination.
Posted: May 25th 2010 6:11PM operator17 said
Well, I for one am glad that someone is taking a stand against the antiquated notion of feminism.
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Posted: May 25th 2010 2:10AM Valient said
No but i am sure it has already gotten your attention or not if you swing another way lol
Posted: May 25th 2010 2:15AM (Unverified) said
Good ads, but a whole post about Blur and no mention of Activision - lol - Something aint, right? lmao
Posted: May 25th 2010 2:21AM BrokenTriforce said
Fap fap fap
Posted: May 25th 2010 5:40AM Prinnywithascarf said
For some reason, it sounds like those French chicks are giving me dirty talk.
Prinny like.
Dood.
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Prinny like.
Dood.
Posted: May 25th 2010 7:24AM xGeneral DEATHxDEETH82 said
Posted: May 25th 2010 2:22AM Dlord said
I like beautiful women and all too but COME ON
Posted: May 25th 2010 2:32AM robotoid said
Something's definitely going up... but it's not a power.
Posted: May 25th 2010 2:50AM polysix said
Nothing wrong here - men have been treated as jokes (and cliches) in adverts since feminism kicked in. All we're seeing here is a redressing (or undressing) of the balance. Besides most (young, good looking) women are treated like that in real life, why lie, they look to men for assurance and to dominate them slightly - it's nature ffs, you don't complain about the animals doing it (sometimes the females are dominant). They love it really, it's only the ugly old spinsters who got their tits in a knot cos they could never compete with the 'dolly birds' so stamped out the fun for all...
...or maybe not ;)
Benny Hill
...or maybe not ;)
Benny Hill
Posted: May 25th 2010 2:51AM EMaster said
I Love how progressive the Europeans are. I wish it was more like that here!
Posted: May 25th 2010 3:22AM raiden55 said
Since when did us male gamers give a hoot about feminism
Posted: May 25th 2010 12:19PM HydrophobicFish PSN ID Hydrophob said
OMG GIRL ON THE MIC? ASL? CAN I FRIEND REQUEST YOU?
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Posted: May 25th 2010 3:40AM lobotomies4free said
nothing like a good shunt
Posted: May 25th 2010 3:31AM Credge said
Feminism doesn't mean what the writer thinks it means.
Most people don't.
Most people don't.
Posted: May 25th 2010 3:36AM Credge said
Most people don't understand what it means.
It would be nice if I could finish a statement without looking at those
It would be nice if I could finish a statement without looking at those
Posted: May 25th 2010 3:50AM Marcus Carter said
Why don't i see a PS3 controller in their hands only 360?
Posted: May 26th 2010 6:53PM Fata1Stryke said
The better question is, why are they flailing so ridiculously with those controllers? No one actually games like that, but on TV they always make it look idiotic.
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Posted: May 25th 2010 3:52AM Shauk said
This is why the USA needs to calm the hell down, it's so puritan and uptight it can take a simple and fun/sexy commercial (silly as it may be) and turn it in to an "omg sexist" accusation.
Posted: May 25th 2010 4:35AM dividebyzeroZA said
You do realise that REAL Feminism is about the independent CHOICE that each PERSON is allowed to exercise?
Real Feminism isn't about taking rights away from men, nor is it about giving women more rights than men. Real Feminism is about allowing women to have as free a choice to do as they please as men have in the world.
If this choice is for a woman to pose sexily in a television commercial then the emphasis is on her being allowed that independent choice - that is to say, she wasn't forced into doing this.
And that, my friends, is what real feminism is about - equality for ALL.
Real Feminism isn't about taking rights away from men, nor is it about giving women more rights than men. Real Feminism is about allowing women to have as free a choice to do as they please as men have in the world.
If this choice is for a woman to pose sexily in a television commercial then the emphasis is on her being allowed that independent choice - that is to say, she wasn't forced into doing this.
And that, my friends, is what real feminism is about - equality for ALL.
Posted: May 25th 2010 8:32AM Jack Tretton said
Aw, come on, cut Hinkle some slack... Internet white knight, "Lookit me standing up for feminism on a video game blog..." blah blah blah. "Not all gamers like wimmens for their tits..." etc.
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Posted: May 25th 2010 11:32AM (Unverified) said
Jack, you just look like a douche now. You're missing the point almost as much as Hinkle himself.
Besides, white knights are hotter than douchebags.
P.S. I love the occassional side-boob too.
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Besides, white knights are hotter than douchebags.
P.S. I love the occassional side-boob too.
Posted: May 25th 2010 5:12AM DokiDokiBawanga said
i don't understand a word but I'm buying this game!!!! *runs off*
Posted: May 25th 2010 5:16AM Zurrafax said
It's 5 in the morning, I can barely even stay awake, how the heck did a comment section become a half argument again, or more importantly, where do you guys get the time?
Posted: May 25th 2010 5:19AM alborada said
wait, isn't this the same site that posts photo 'reports' on booth babes every time there's a major expo?
Make your minds up guys. Either you adhere to the male teenage gaming stereotype, or you act like you're ashamed of it- doing both is a bit confusing.
Make your minds up guys. Either you adhere to the male teenage gaming stereotype, or you act like you're ashamed of it- doing both is a bit confusing.
Posted: May 25th 2010 5:50AM Caprice Dates said
And we are just all horny little toads that will pick up a game because a nice set of boobs on some legs says so, smh.
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