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Column: Super Macho World November 15, 2006 - by Gonzalo Frasca
Comment from Chris Oltyan on November 17, 2006
Gonzalo, interesting article, but there was a fairly blantant error in the facts of the article contained in the statement: "[Princess Peach] has always played the damsel in distress role" Super Mario 2 featured Prince Peach, Then Princess Toadstool, very actively as part of the main game. Comment from Gonzalo Frasca on November 17, 2006
Hi Chris, You are right. Additionally, Princess Peach fights in Super Smash Brothers. Still, SM2 is sort of the black sheep of the whole series and Super Smash Brothers could barely be called part of the series but I should have probably clarified this further. Gonzalo Comment from Tiago Costa on November 17, 2006
I really liked reading the article. Sexism is probably the reason why most girls do not play video games. Almost every game is aimed at men. Comment from Dan Reynolds on November 17, 2006
Nice article--I think it's really insightful about how the female games audience, even when targeted, is condescended to. Henry Jenkins talks about how one of the appeals of games is the "expansion of the player's capacity." So designers assume that men want to be stronger and more potent...and women want to be more emotional? Or,worse, that what women want most of all is the ability to impose their emotions on the outside world? A side question: is Princess Peach more famous than Samus Aran from Metroid? Comment from Chris Oltyan on November 17, 2006
Gonzalo, You would probably be interested in reading some of the comments comming out on the women in game development thread of the IGDA about the article. I believe you can download the achived conversation, but the subject is: "Princess Peach Sexist?" Comment from Ian Bogost on November 19, 2006
There's a thread over at Joystiq on the article with a number of ... intersting comments. I guess I'd call them disappointing more than interesting. Comment from Jens on November 19, 2006
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