gross over exaggeration... and reading way to much into things.
There are 3 important factors that need paying attention to.
1. In games and certain film, making a clear distinction between male and female is important. The more pronounced the features, the better. Women with developed breast show that they are indeed women, in contrast with men with muscles show they are indeed men. Lower the muscles and the breasts and you create less distinction, the character could swing either way.
2. Looking good! Not many people like playing ugly characters. Remember these are essentially avatars.... when women go out they want to look their best, often sexually appealing (since its a form of female empowerment). Men are no different. Game adverts love showing this.
3. Its universal. You do not need text, but rather an image that attracts attention and shows off those features above...and it becomes universal. Women statistically spend more money, time, and effort on clothes in the real world. Multiple pairs of shoes, makeup, everything they can to look good for them and for their perception. Many are well aware of their breasts if they have them. Why would this change in creating and playing a games avatar? Its all about perception.
I like to give props to the ads which have more realistic breasts or ones which attempt to remotely fit the frame of the woman they put them on...it gives my fiancee' & I a good giggle on occasion
I dread the day when they show some man junk to sell things o_o /gasp
Good times I like to give props to the ads which have more realistic breasts or ones which attempt to remotely fit the frame of the woman they put them on...it gives my fiancee' & I a good giggle on occasion I dread the day when they show some man junk to sell things o_o /gasp
That would be gross.
Sorry, this chick really doesn't like to look at peni all day, that's pretty ick. A nice looking guy with some awesome armor, a big sword, and a mount that isn't a horse (cuz I like games that have a big variety of mounts) and you've got a cover I can really stare at for a while.
Good times I like to give props to the ads which have more realistic breasts or ones which attempt to remotely fit the frame of the woman they put them on...it gives my fiancee' & I a good giggle on occasion I dread the day when they show some man junk to sell things o_o /gasp
That would be gross.
Sorry, this chick really doesn't like to look at peni all day, that's pretty ick. A nice looking guy with some awesome armor, a big sword, and a mount that isn't a horse (cuz I like games that have a big variety of mounts) and you've got a cover I can really stare at for a while.
Good news lads!
That giant phallic compensation of a sword you raided for for 3 months is actually more desirable to women than the real thing!
The boobage is rampant. More these days than ever before I think. The creepiest are the cartoony F2P games that look like they could be Saturday morning kiddie shows if not for all the voluminous cleavage. Weird.
Subtlety is the key. A good ad should say "I'm sexy" not "LOOK AT THESE!! WOOO!!"
Of course they use Breasts in the advertisements! Who doesn't like Breasts? 1 Thing about Marketing that is true about every thing: Sex Sells!!! Why do you think Models exist? Why Porn Exists? I am a Man, And I am a GAMER!!! And I will say with PRIDE!!!!
I LIKE BOOBS!!!
I LIKE NUDITY!!!
AND ONCE IN A WHILE I LIKE TO CREATE A FEMALE CHARACTER INGAME SO I DON'T HAVE TO STARE AT A MAN'S A$$ RUNNING IN FRONT OF ME WHILE PLAYING A GAME!
Good times I like to give props to the ads which have more realistic breasts or ones which attempt to remotely fit the frame of the woman they put them on...it gives my fiancee' & I a good giggle on occasion I dread the day when they show some man junk to sell things o_o /gasp
That would be gross.
Sorry, this chick really doesn't like to look at peni all day, that's pretty ick. A nice looking guy with some awesome armor, a big sword, and a mount that isn't a horse (cuz I like games that have a big variety of mounts) and you've got a cover I can really stare at for a while.
Good news lads!
That giant phallic compensation of a sword you raided for for 3 months is actually more desirable to women than the real thing!
Good times I like to give props to the ads which have more realistic breasts or ones which attempt to remotely fit the frame of the woman they put them on...it gives my fiancee' & I a good giggle on occasion I dread the day when they show some man junk to sell things o_o /gasp
That would be gross.
Sorry, this chick really doesn't like to look at peni all day, that's pretty ick. A nice looking guy with some awesome armor, a big sword, and a mount that isn't a horse (cuz I like games that have a big variety of mounts) and you've got a cover I can really stare at for a while.
Good news lads!
That giant phallic compensation of a sword you raided for for 3 months is actually more desirable to women than the real thing!
Hmm, maybe i'll have to get into raiding after all.
Good times I like to give props to the ads which have more realistic breasts or ones which attempt to remotely fit the frame of the woman they put them on...it gives my fiancee' & I a good giggle on occasion I dread the day when they show some man junk to sell things o_o /gasp
That would be gross.
Sorry, this chick really doesn't like to look at peni all day, that's pretty ick. A nice looking guy with some awesome armor, a big sword, and a mount that isn't a horse (cuz I like games that have a big variety of mounts) and you've got a cover I can really stare at for a while.
Good news lads!
That giant phallic compensation of a sword you raided for for 3 months is actually more desirable to women than the real thing!
Hmm, maybe i'll have to get into raiding after all.
I noticed that a lot of you don't look at both sides of the grass and women are quick to assume and point the finger at boobies and sex appeal to females in video games and then guys are quick to point the finger at the industry being full of dirty men. Ok, let me throw this down. Even men have their own appeal to men in video games. Look at the top male heros in video games. Almost all of them are buff studs, possibly white or asian, and kicks ass. Female gamers like that stuff too. Male gamers like that too, but that don't mean that they are homo/bisexual. Kick ass girls like Lara Croft and Chun Li. Got the beauty, brains, some brawn and the body. Guys like that. Girls like that too, but don't mean tha they are homo/bisexual.
That's why I don't like these discussions because they relfect one whole side and not the other. If game heros were 300 pound pimple faced, scaly, unatractive people then people would be less intrested. Male, female or creature. Even DOA has characters for females to look at. Sometimes I do think this is a shilvery issue. So some of you either need to discuss both sides or get over it. Sex appeal to both sexs have been going on since before the video game industry. Chill out.
Good times I like to give props to the ads which have more realistic breasts or ones which attempt to remotely fit the frame of the woman they put them on...it gives my fiancee' & I a good giggle on occasion I dread the day when they show some man junk to sell things o_o /gasp
That would be gross.
Sorry, this chick really doesn't like to look at peni all day, that's pretty ick. A nice looking guy with some awesome armor, a big sword, and a mount that isn't a horse (cuz I like games that have a big variety of mounts) and you've got a cover I can really stare at for a while.
Good news lads!
That giant phallic compensation of a sword you raided for for 3 months is actually more desirable to women than the real thing!
Hmm, maybe i'll have to get into raiding after all.
Every week, MMORPG.com and FILEPLANET.com have super half-naked huge breasted women ALL OVER their page.
Do I look? Like 500 times.
Do I click? Never.
I don't know about you, but I'm too old for this trick. Everyone who has used the internet before or has gamed past their ignorant teenage years knows that there is never any reason to click those, or any other, half-naked ads.
Of course, I'm not the average male, nor am I common in my mature understanding of false advertising. Most guys click things like half-naked anime korean MMO ads, and check out the game. It's for the same reason men call the 1-800 number for EXTENDZ or late night dating phone lines thinking "Girls THAT hot are on this phone line?! WOW!"
You would think people would be smart enough to realize "EXTENDing" yourself with pills is physically impossible, pheremones and "secret" potions to win women aren't real, hot chicks do NOT call those phone lines (I assume... I guess it's POSSIBLE, but I've never tried but severely doubt it. Wouldnt they be out somewhere else?) , VIDEO GAMES have absolutely NOTHING to do with women, naked, or sex, and other things like dating websites or "The Secret to Charming Women" are nothing like they claim to be.
But they're not...
And the only reason marketting advertises boobage to men instead of pec-age to women, is because men are a DEFINITE success in this kind of advertising, and business people like the safe approach. Just as in any business, trying out new things is often scary, and thus shunned by people. If you were to show off scantily clad men who are sexually exagerrated- just like stupid men... stupid women would click in droves too. Why? Because it's a Myth that women don't like sex. They're just as horny as men.
Another reason is obvious though. People LOOK and check the game out because of the sexual images. They BUY it because they play video games. Since men are the primary gender who play video games, the marketting is geared towards them. If WOMEN played video games more than Men- you would see sexually exaggerrated men all over the place. But starting an advertising campaign to appeal to the sexual apetite of women wouldn't bring as much profit- because they would get the attention of millions of women, who would click the product and say "Oh...I dont play video games. CLOSE!" many times greater than the mine, who more often DO play video games.
I wonder though, if men are stupid enough to believe they can take a placebo and grow their parts- why havent the ppl at EXTENDZ and ENZYTE done the same thing for women, with all-night commercials claiming they enlarged their breasts with a placebo? Women are the same as men when it comes to believing this kind of stuff (some do, some don't) so it would obviously work. And if you can exploit men, I don't see why they don't exploit women too. Afterall, this guy could be both the ENZYTE and the BOOBZYTE guy:
Just to answer the dude above me, they do have products aimed at women that claim to enhance the boob size, reverse aging(wtf), diet products(which many come with serious health risks not to mention that yoyo-dieting, which these products cause, in itself which is quite damaging to the health) and so on.
Women are as stupid as men and will click on, buy and use all those bullshit products and placebos cause they think it works. They even convince themselfes they see a change in size, weight and aging signs. As we men panic about our penis size, so do women panic about their issues. I'm not saying all do though, but a good percentage do.
Women are as visually oriented as we men. Have you ever seen the cover of a romance novel? Practically every cover has a well sculpted man on it with his chest exposed. I've seen ads on tv that target women(like jewelry) were they got some guy who I hear women call hot. As I type this reply, to the left of the post body is an add for Fiesta that has a well sculpted male with his chest exposed. The only reason we see more female cleavage then male cleavage in game ads is because the gaming community is dominated by men. The romance novel industry is dominated by women which is why you see more half-naked men then women on the covers. You women are as bad as us men. We are just more open about it. My sister choose her favorite football team because they looked hotter in the particular uniform.
funny read. taking this site in particular, it does seem to be riddled more often than not with bosom heavy ladies, but then again i also seem to recall way too many underage little girls of the japanese anime style as well.
while it may all be a nice distraction for a second or two, any mature brain worth its weight in water will automatically know that the makers of those games are usually doing nothing more than overcompensating.
in all my years surfing on this site, i personally have yet to join/buy any game i have seen advertised here, boobs or not. well, ok, i did buy age of conan, but that was honestly in anticipation of being able to hack and slash in conan style, not because of some tart.
and just for the record, the EQ chick is ugly, flubbery boobs and all.
Wow, Archangel, you must be so much better than everyone else. Truly, you are a king of men to know that this is a trick! However, assuming the game is bad because there is a large-breasted-mind-numbingly-hot woman on the ad doesn't mean the game or the product is bad. And mentioning enzyte and extendz or whatever is just stupid. Please, everyone with any sense knows that isn't real. It is the pathetic and the desperate that do that. Stop being such a tool.
"There are two great powers, and they've been fighting since time began. Every advance in human life, every scrap of knowledge and wisdom and decency we have has been torn by one side from the teeth of the other. Every little increase in human freedom has been fought over ferociously between those who want us to know more and be wiser and stronger, and those who want us to obey and be humble and submit."
John Parry, to his son Will; "The Subtle Knife," by Phillip Pullman
I think the thing that annoys me most about this type of advertising is the blatant sexism. That is, that the gents all have full armor gear or when not, they are practically neutered. No package at all. It's as if the male designers are so revolted my their own anatomy that they remove its existance entirely on their MMO males. I think the female images are stupid. The clothes they wear would never work because they don't leave anything to the imagination and protect nothing. Are guys so revolted by their anatomy though that they have to remove any hint of a package? That is really weird.
Personally, as a gay guy, I like the buff male art, but for god sakes give the guy a package. You don't have to put in physics to make it bounce like all the effort that is put into boob physics, but let the guy BE MALE for god sakes. Give us gay guys and the few gals who play something to look at too.
I never did clue into the whole strappy armour with bondage. Goona have to pay attention a little better.
And WAR's opening movie, even plays a little with girl on girl action. Where the sorceress has the female high elf trapped and at the last second just blows her a very sensual kiss instead. With a look of promise in her eyes (well at least that how I seen it)
"I understand that if I hear any more words come pouring out of your **** mouth, Ill have to eat every fucking chicken in this room."
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gross over exaggeration... and reading way to much into things.
There are 3 important factors that need paying attention to.
1. In games and certain film, making a clear distinction between male and female is important. The more pronounced the features, the better. Women with developed breast show that they are indeed women, in contrast with men with muscles show they are indeed men. Lower the muscles and the breasts and you create less distinction, the character could swing either way.
2. Looking good! Not many people like playing ugly characters. Remember these are essentially avatars.... when women go out they want to look their best, often sexually appealing (since its a form of female empowerment). Men are no different. Game adverts love showing this.
3. Its universal. You do not need text, but rather an image that attracts attention and shows off those features above...and it becomes universal. Women statistically spend more money, time, and effort on clothes in the real world. Multiple pairs of shoes, makeup, everything they can to look good for them and for their perception. Many are well aware of their breasts if they have them. Why would this change in creating and playing a games avatar? Its all about perception.
I didn't read the story - just looked at the pictures... I do believe there are more breasts in the ads on this website than were in the article.
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Cosmic Puppet
devs should make females have sexual emotes
Nothing wrong with appreciating the female form in all it's splendor
It won't however sway my decision to purchase games.
my web design: www.advancedws.com.au
Good times
I like to give props to the ads which have more realistic breasts or ones which attempt to remotely fit the frame of the woman they put them on...it gives my fiancee' & I a good giggle on occasion
I dread the day when they show some man junk to sell things o_o /gasp
That would be gross.
Sorry, this chick really doesn't like to look at peni all day, that's pretty ick. A nice looking guy with some awesome armor, a big sword, and a mount that isn't a horse (cuz I like games that have a big variety of mounts) and you've got a cover I can really stare at for a while.
That would be gross.
Sorry, this chick really doesn't like to look at peni all day, that's pretty ick. A nice looking guy with some awesome armor, a big sword, and a mount that isn't a horse (cuz I like games that have a big variety of mounts) and you've got a cover I can really stare at for a while.
Good news lads!
That giant phallic compensation of a sword you raided for for 3 months is actually more desirable to women than the real thing!
The boobage is rampant. More these days than ever before I think. The creepiest are the cartoony F2P games that look like they could be Saturday morning kiddie shows if not for all the voluminous cleavage. Weird.
Subtlety is the key. A good ad should say "I'm sexy" not "LOOK AT THESE!! WOOO!!"
Of course they use Breasts in the advertisements! Who doesn't like Breasts? 1 Thing about Marketing that is true about every thing: Sex Sells!!! Why do you think Models exist? Why Porn Exists? I am a Man, And I am a GAMER!!! And I will say with PRIDE!!!!
I LIKE BOOBS!!!
I LIKE NUDITY!!!
AND ONCE IN A WHILE I LIKE TO CREATE A FEMALE CHARACTER INGAME SO I DON'T HAVE TO STARE AT A MAN'S A$$ RUNNING IN FRONT OF ME WHILE PLAYING A GAME!
VIVA THONGS FOR FEMALE TOONS!!!
"Nothing says combat instancing like cleavage, nipples, and leather"
Amen
A witty saying proves nothing.
-Voltaire
That would be gross.
Sorry, this chick really doesn't like to look at peni all day, that's pretty ick. A nice looking guy with some awesome armor, a big sword, and a mount that isn't a horse (cuz I like games that have a big variety of mounts) and you've got a cover I can really stare at for a while.
Good news lads!
That giant phallic compensation of a sword you raided for for 3 months is actually more desirable to women than the real thing!
what are you fat? girls love my real thing
That would be gross.
Sorry, this chick really doesn't like to look at peni all day, that's pretty ick. A nice looking guy with some awesome armor, a big sword, and a mount that isn't a horse (cuz I like games that have a big variety of mounts) and you've got a cover I can really stare at for a while.
Good news lads!
That giant phallic compensation of a sword you raided for for 3 months is actually more desirable to women than the real thing!
Hmm, maybe i'll have to get into raiding after all.
That would be gross.
Sorry, this chick really doesn't like to look at peni all day, that's pretty ick. A nice looking guy with some awesome armor, a big sword, and a mount that isn't a horse (cuz I like games that have a big variety of mounts) and you've got a cover I can really stare at for a while.
Good news lads!
That giant phallic compensation of a sword you raided for for 3 months is actually more desirable to women than the real thing!
Hmm, maybe i'll have to get into raiding after all.
gang raid on someone?
I noticed that a lot of you don't look at both sides of the grass and women are quick to assume and point the finger at boobies and sex appeal to females in video games and then guys are quick to point the finger at the industry being full of dirty men. Ok, let me throw this down. Even men have their own appeal to men in video games. Look at the top male heros in video games. Almost all of them are buff studs, possibly white or asian, and kicks ass. Female gamers like that stuff too. Male gamers like that too, but that don't mean that they are homo/bisexual. Kick ass girls like Lara Croft and Chun Li. Got the beauty, brains, some brawn and the body. Guys like that. Girls like that too, but don't mean tha they are homo/bisexual.
That's why I don't like these discussions because they relfect one whole side and not the other. If game heros were 300 pound pimple faced, scaly, unatractive people then people would be less intrested. Male, female or creature. Even DOA has characters for females to look at. Sometimes I do think this is a shilvery issue. So some of you either need to discuss both sides or get over it. Sex appeal to both sexs have been going on since before the video game industry. Chill out.
-In memory of Laura "Taera" Genender. Passed away on Aug/13/08-
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RISING DRAGOON ~AION US ONLINE LEGION for Elyos
That would be gross.
Sorry, this chick really doesn't like to look at peni all day, that's pretty ick. A nice looking guy with some awesome armor, a big sword, and a mount that isn't a horse (cuz I like games that have a big variety of mounts) and you've got a cover I can really stare at for a while.
Good news lads!
That giant phallic compensation of a sword you raided for for 3 months is actually more desirable to women than the real thing!
Hmm, maybe i'll have to get into raiding after all.
gang raid on someone?
No, you vile troll.
so what if we like to admire beautiful bodies?
That's what I'm saying. Look at my last post.
-In memory of Laura "Taera" Genender. Passed away on Aug/13/08-
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RISING DRAGOON ~AION US ONLINE LEGION for Elyos
It doesn't work for me.
Every week, MMORPG.com and FILEPLANET.com have super half-naked huge breasted women ALL OVER their page.
Do I look? Like 500 times.
Do I click? Never.
I don't know about you, but I'm too old for this trick. Everyone who has used the internet before or has gamed past their ignorant teenage years knows that there is never any reason to click those, or any other, half-naked ads.
Of course, I'm not the average male, nor am I common in my mature understanding of false advertising. Most guys click things like half-naked anime korean MMO ads, and check out the game. It's for the same reason men call the 1-800 number for EXTENDZ or late night dating phone lines thinking "Girls THAT hot are on this phone line?! WOW!"
You would think people would be smart enough to realize "EXTENDing" yourself with pills is physically impossible, pheremones and "secret" potions to win women aren't real, hot chicks do NOT call those phone lines (I assume... I guess it's POSSIBLE, but I've never tried but severely doubt it. Wouldnt they be out somewhere else?) , VIDEO GAMES have absolutely NOTHING to do with women, naked, or sex, and other things like dating websites or "The Secret to Charming Women" are nothing like they claim to be.
But they're not...
And the only reason marketting advertises boobage to men instead of pec-age to women, is because men are a DEFINITE success in this kind of advertising, and business people like the safe approach. Just as in any business, trying out new things is often scary, and thus shunned by people. If you were to show off scantily clad men who are sexually exagerrated- just like stupid men... stupid women would click in droves too. Why? Because it's a Myth that women don't like sex. They're just as horny as men.
Another reason is obvious though. People LOOK and check the game out because of the sexual images. They BUY it because they play video games. Since men are the primary gender who play video games, the marketting is geared towards them. If WOMEN played video games more than Men- you would see sexually exaggerrated men all over the place. But starting an advertising campaign to appeal to the sexual apetite of women wouldn't bring as much profit- because they would get the attention of millions of women, who would click the product and say "Oh...I dont play video games. CLOSE!" many times greater than the mine, who more often DO play video games.
I wonder though, if men are stupid enough to believe they can take a placebo and grow their parts- why havent the ppl at EXTENDZ and ENZYTE done the same thing for women, with all-night commercials claiming they enlarged their breasts with a placebo? Women are the same as men when it comes to believing this kind of stuff (some do, some don't) so it would obviously work. And if you can exploit men, I don't see why they don't exploit women too. Afterall, this guy could be both the ENZYTE and the BOOBZYTE guy:
Just to answer the dude above me, they do have products aimed at women that claim to enhance the boob size, reverse aging(wtf), diet products(which many come with serious health risks not to mention that yoyo-dieting, which these products cause, in itself which is quite damaging to the health) and so on.
Women are as stupid as men and will click on, buy and use all those bullshit products and placebos cause they think it works. They even convince themselfes they see a change in size, weight and aging signs. As we men panic about our penis size, so do women panic about their issues. I'm not saying all do though, but a good percentage do.
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Grammar nazi's. This one is for you.
Women are as visually oriented as we men. Have you ever seen the cover of a romance novel? Practically every cover has a well sculpted man on it with his chest exposed. I've seen ads on tv that target women(like jewelry) were they got some guy who I hear women call hot. As I type this reply, to the left of the post body is an add for Fiesta that has a well sculpted male with his chest exposed. The only reason we see more female cleavage then male cleavage in game ads is because the gaming community is dominated by men. The romance novel industry is dominated by women which is why you see more half-naked men then women on the covers. You women are as bad as us men. We are just more open about it. My sister choose her favorite football team because they looked hotter in the particular uniform.
funny read. taking this site in particular, it does seem to be riddled more often than not with bosom heavy ladies, but then again i also seem to recall way too many underage little girls of the japanese anime style as well.
while it may all be a nice distraction for a second or two, any mature brain worth its weight in water will automatically know that the makers of those games are usually doing nothing more than overcompensating.
in all my years surfing on this site, i personally have yet to join/buy any game i have seen advertised here, boobs or not. well, ok, i did buy age of conan, but that was honestly in anticipation of being able to hack and slash in conan style, not because of some tart.
and just for the record, the EQ chick is ugly, flubbery boobs and all.
Wow, Archangel, you must be so much better than everyone else. Truly, you are a king of men to know that this is a trick! However, assuming the game is bad because there is a large-breasted-mind-numbingly-hot woman on the ad doesn't mean the game or the product is bad. And mentioning enzyte and extendz or whatever is just stupid. Please, everyone with any sense knows that isn't real. It is the pathetic and the desperate that do that. Stop being such a tool.
"There are two great powers, and they've been fighting since time began. Every advance in human life, every scrap of knowledge and wisdom and decency we have has been torn by one side from the teeth of the other. Every little increase in human freedom has been fought over ferociously between those who want us to know more and be wiser and stronger, and those who want us to obey and be humble and submit."
John Parry, to his son Will; "The Subtle Knife," by Phillip Pullman
I think the thing that annoys me most about this type of advertising is the blatant sexism. That is, that the gents all have full armor gear or when not, they are practically neutered. No package at all. It's as if the male designers are so revolted my their own anatomy that they remove its existance entirely on their MMO males. I think the female images are stupid. The clothes they wear would never work because they don't leave anything to the imagination and protect nothing. Are guys so revolted by their anatomy though that they have to remove any hint of a package? That is really weird.
Personally, as a gay guy, I like the buff male art, but for god sakes give the guy a package. You don't have to put in physics to make it bounce like all the effort that is put into boob physics, but let the guy BE MALE for god sakes. Give us gay guys and the few gals who play something to look at too.
Boobs and swords..not guns I say.
Nothing wrong with marketing like that.
I never did clue into the whole strappy armour with bondage. Goona have to pay attention a little better.
And WAR's opening movie, even plays a little with girl on girl action. Where the sorceress has the female high elf trapped and at the last second just blows her a very sensual kiss instead. With a look of promise in her eyes (well at least that how I seen it)
"I understand that if I hear any more words come pouring out of your **** mouth, Ill have to eat every fucking chicken in this room."
@. Notice the shape of mens cologne and other items? Every time you walk into a store you get bombarded with sexual stimulus because it sells.