Rickford's Big Thread of Grievances

Joel Fagin · Post by **Joel Fagin** » Thu May 25, 2006 6:11 am

Computer games are as much tailored to men as mainstream comics. It's all testosterone fueled, macho power fantasies with scantily clad women in the background. Of course women gamers are rare.

Nintendo is a notable exception, of course.

- Joel Fagin

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Thu May 25, 2006 6:15 am

Joel Fagin wrote:Computer games are as much tailored to men as mainstream comics. It's all testosterone fueled, macho power fantasies with scantily clad women in the background. Of course women gamers are rare.

Nintendo is a notable exception, of course.

- Joel Fagin

yes but female gamers are quite prevelant if not very publicized at this point, a girl liking video games is not that uncommon especially in a crowd such as this which is not an accurate representation of the general population but instead a small sampling filled mostly with people who share interests in the realms of comics, video games, literature, and movies, in this group especially a girl who plays video games or likes MGS should not be that shocking an occurance.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Thu May 25, 2006 6:32 am

That's why we needed Spike TV; it's about damn time men got a channel of their own. Lifetime and Oxygen were certainly threatening to smash the last remainging bits of my heterosexuality. Oops, this is off topic.

I seem have trouble finding people of either sex that likes the same games I do. Most have never even heard of the ones I like. Anyway, my sister is the one that introduced me to Castelvania and Contra, both of which are "manly" I guess.

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Thu May 25, 2006 7:04 am

PeppermintAfterlife wrote:That's why we needed Spike TV; it's about damn time men got a channel of their own. Lifetime and Oxygen were certainly threatening to smash the last remainging bits of my heterosexuality. Oops, this is off topic.

I seem have trouble finding people of either sex that likes the same games I do. Most have never even heard of the ones I like. Anyway, my sister is the one that introduced me to Castelvania and Contra, both of which are "manly" I guess.

as long as you're not playing dating sims, it should be okay.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Thu May 25, 2006 7:07 am

I don't like sims. Unless you count the time I rented Sim City on SNES, destroyed everyones' cities, saved the file, and then returned it.

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Thu May 25, 2006 7:14 am

PeppermintAfterlife wrote:I don't like sims. Unless you count the time I rented Sim City on SNES, destroyed everyones' cities, saved the file, and then returned it.

that was YOU????

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Thu May 25, 2006 7:19 am

Hoo Yeah!

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Thu May 25, 2006 7:22 am

you bastard! do you have any idea how long it took me to build that city?

Ahaugen · Post by **Ahaugen** » Thu May 25, 2006 7:24 am

it couldn't have taken that long, I could build cities of 60,000 in 40 minutes tops

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Thu May 25, 2006 7:29 am

i'm having a violent accusatory conversation with peppermint, if you don't mind.

Ahaugen · Post by **Ahaugen** » Thu May 25, 2006 7:34 am

well, if I say that I don't mind, I'll look like a jackass, and if I say that I do mind, it will encour pain. and while I am afrade of pain, embarassment is worse. so, I'll go with pain

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Thu May 25, 2006 7:39 am

legostargalactica wrote:you bastard! do you have any idea how long it took me to build that city?

Ha ha! Yeah. Watching your fire station burn down was orgasmic.

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Thu May 25, 2006 7:43 am

PeppermintAfterlife wrote:
legostargalactica wrote:you bastard! do you have any idea how long it took me to build that city?
Ha ha! Yeah. Watching your fire station burn down was orgasmic.

all those poor little firemen... and no one to save them cause the fire was in their station.... who will save the firemen from fire? whooooo?

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Thu May 25, 2006 7:44 am

I will.

*summons Bowser to stomp them*

Dotty · Post by **Dotty** » Thu May 25, 2006 8:01 am

SNES Sim City rocked.

As for grievances.....I never got the mario statue you get at 500000.

Ahaugen · Post by **Ahaugen** » Thu May 25, 2006 8:05 am

TdotOdot2k wrote:SNES Sim City rocked.

As for grievances.....I never got the mario statue you get at 500000.

yeah, they took out alot of the good stuff when they converted it to PC

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Thu May 25, 2006 8:59 am

PeppermintAfterlife wrote:I will.

*summons Bowser to stomp them*

Noooooooooooooo!

oooh... bowser!

Vorticus · Post by **Vorticus** » Thu May 25, 2006 9:34 am

I had lots of fun with smashing the cities, mind you I'd always save first. I did have a silly strategy though, to save money I never funded the fire departments. If a fire broke out, I'd just bulldoze everything around it so it had nothing to burn. I did have a fire burning in the middle of my city for 6 months once, but I didn't spend a dollar on fire protection

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Killbert-Robby · Post by **Killbert-Robby** » Thu May 25, 2006 9:34 am

legostargalactica wrote:
KittyKatBlack wrote:
Killbert-Robby wrote: But but but she plays the MGS series!
....is there something odd about that? It's a good series.
some people are still under the impression that girl gamers are rare.

No, I know they're everywhere, I've just yet to find one that plays MGS

Col · Post by **Col** » Thu May 25, 2006 9:36 am

I am intrigued and wish to find this SNES version of Sim City.