tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4431889684623538612.post2451265616778881911..comments2023-07-05T15:19:39.315+01:00Comments on Beames on Games: American age rating body calls new Dead or Alive game "creepy"...Robert Beameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03989843762343798504noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4431889684623538612.post-5228407163973720002010-02-06T21:54:59.064+00:002010-02-06T21:54:59.064+00:00Certainly they occupied enough column inches, pers...Certainly they occupied enough column inches, personal appearances and boyish giggling to suggest otherwise. Then of course there's the movies and the casting of a suitable busty women to bring Lara to life. More boyish sniggers.<br /><br />Lara was one of the first 3D puzzle adventures, so there was more to it then virtual lovelies. More than just two things, perhaps.Edward Beameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01528398477261173674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4431889684623538612.post-32467295199142408912010-02-06T17:27:55.244+00:002010-02-06T17:27:55.244+00:00I think now that the point is to look at the chick...I think now that the point is to look at the chicks it has been elevated to creepy. I don't think anyone bought Tomb Raider explicitly to ogle at her virtual lovelies.Chris Beameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02405921999045322738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4431889684623538612.post-70752307518396563712010-02-05T15:57:56.156+00:002010-02-05T15:57:56.156+00:00Dead or Alive is to gaming as Carry On is to film....Dead or Alive is to gaming as Carry On is to film. All double entendre have simply become single entendre. Once there was some pretence that the game wasn't about the girls, even as the pixels got smaller and the shapes become curvier. "Oo er, Mrs Nice pear." Has given way to "Oo er, Mrs Nice pair."<br /><br />What's interesting about this though is its taken the removal of the second meaning to cause a stir. Lara Croft for years has been gunning around forests killing wild dogs in a pair of flimsy shorts. Part 3rd person action adventurer and part pin up. When I last looked she'd stopped wearing gear you might conceivably have been convinced was credible jungle wear and was instead wafting about skyscrapers in a flimsy nightie. Which let's face it when your abseiling between buildings you need lightweight comfort clothing. Anything else would just be a drag.<br /><br />So watching Lara's bum as she hurdles over ravines (while bemoaning the fact you rarely get to see her from the front) wasn't creepy voyeurism?Edward Beameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01528398477261173674noreply@blogger.com