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blackthornglade

And people wonder why gamer girls are rare?

Jul 28, 2009 15:09

EA puts a sexual bounty on their Comic Con Booth Babes

Different article on the same topic.You know, when I first heard about this, I sort of cringed but figured it was blown out of proportion. Now? Not so much ( Read more... )

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Comments 14

selyndria July 28 2009, 20:31:50 UTC

I was there. This does explain the huge, huge number of guys shoving people around booths like the Suicide Girls booth and why a lot of the "booth babes" were actually not in front of the booths but behind the tables. EA should be sued.

elfwreck July 28 2009, 23:42:47 UTC

EA should be hit with a class action suit for sexual harassment. Telling the public, "PLEASE COMMIT ACTS OF LUST WITH OUR EMPLOYEES" is pretty much exactly what sexual harassment laws were created to prevent.

Saying "by act of lust, we really meant photos," I don't expect to hold up in court. (I mean, when you hear the phrase, "act of lust," what you think of is "a photo standing next to that person," right?)

tryst_inn July 28 2009, 20:38:55 UTC

I wouldn't go so far as to consider myself a gamer, but I do enjoy video games (Nintendo DS Lite). The ones I like tend to be puzzles, I'm not interested in racing or shooting/fighting games which tend to be the largest portion of the gaming industry. Games like MillionHeir (which intrigued me enough to buy the DS), by all accounts a successful game, don't appear to be getting additional titles or even, a MillionHeir 2.

The sexism inherent in the gaming world does get to me. Frankly, I've always tried to ignore it and I wasn't surprised to hear of this.

blackthornglade July 28 2009, 20:43:15 UTC

I don't know that I'm all that surprised by it...horrified enough that I won't buy their stuff? Absolutely.

There's a certain amount of sexism that I'll cope with if I enjoy the game enough, when it comes to gaming communities. And then there is a point past which it needs to be addressed.

tryst_inn July 28 2009, 20:51:14 UTC

I checked my games, I've only got one EA (Spores) game that I rarely play (too complicated).

In the future, I'll likely keep an eye out for the EA logo and avoid it.

thtrelady July 28 2009, 21:30:21 UTC

F---!!! EA owns BioWare!! This is a disaster of truly epic proportions because I am looking forward to SW:TOR so so so much.

@^$@^!@&#*($#!!!!!!!!!

odinkar July 28 2009, 23:54:23 UTC

I had that exact reaction. :(

thtrelady July 29 2009, 21:05:18 UTC

Glad that I'm not the only one that had that reaction...

brock_tn July 28 2009, 23:02:24 UTC

Why is it that marketing people all seem to be weirdly stupid? Is there something they teach them in business school that makes them incapable of reacting to their ill-considered campaigns in the same way as ordinary people?

OTOH, other people feel the same way.

sonicwylde July 29 2009, 00:18:54 UTC

They are taught "Nothing sells a product like sex" it seems.

sonicwylde July 29 2009, 00:18:00 UTC

hmmm I wonder if the booth babes can sue EA for encouraging sexual harassment beyond the hazards of their job.

And why dont they have booth babes for gaymers and women gamers who dont like women.

Really EA needs to be smacked down.