Resident Evil meets Colonel Angus
From Gamers With Jobs comes an article asking video game developers to design games using the female sexual response cycle. An excerpt:
I bought a Namco Museum plug-in handset a couple of months ago for sixteen bucks, and to date I’ve played it more than any game I currently own. This could be because I’m an old fart and newfangled video games piss me off. Or it could be because Pac-Man kicks ass. Looking now at the acceleration of difficulty in Pac-Man, I realize that it more closely models the female sexual response cycle, which, as a man, I’ve spent quite a bit of time adapting to. Perhaps that’s another reason why I like it so. No matter how difficult the game gets, no matter how long I play it, I will only ever be asked to perform the same, basic set of maneuvers that I learned to perform in the very first few minutes of play.
By the way, Gamers With Jobs cater to a more refined and mature audience. It eschews L33+-speak and script-kiddie pablum for usually well-informed content. One guy there had an interesting series of articles on an insider view of your local EB. (Thanks, punctual_shrimp, for the lookout on the site) .
bluegrass girl Said,
August 10, 2005 @ 4:55 pm
This guy is not exactly marketing himself as the world’s greatest lover, is he? Perhaps he has not been asked to move beyond the basic maneuvers because it is clear to the unlucky ladies in his life that even those simple steps are beyond his meager capabilities.
punctual_shrimp Said,
August 10, 2005 @ 6:02 pm
It’s a good site, the player mix is more mature and they get some good online shooter action going. Sometimes the forums read a little like someone’s college diary, but that can be interesting too:)