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Destructoid and Fat PrincessPosted by pookzilla on July 23, 2008
Destructoid: off the reading list.
Not only is Fat Princess pretty damned offensive, so is the gasbag who wrote the above. Ugh. Why must the majority of gaming sites be so bloody juvenile?
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Cody said,
Have you ever seen the movie Idiocracy? It’s pretty much where we’re going.
Aaron said,
Yeah, Destructoid doesn’t set a good example. It reminds me of all the “I’m going to kill Jack Thompson for saying that GTA is a murder simulator” blog posts I’ve seen.
However, I’d disagree that the game is all that offensive. Fat jokes are everywhere. In books, in comics, in films, on TV… everywhere! Why is it fine for The Simpsons to poke fun at Homer’s weight not fine in this game? The Simpsons: The Movie video game is all about Homer eating doughnuts and blowing up like a balloon. I can’t say I’ve played Fat Princess but it looks harmless.
And what about the “save the princess” aspect? How is this any different to Mario? Why is it acceptable for the Mario games to portray a helpless princess and not a new game from Sony?
Perhaps being male (but certainly fat
), I just don’t get it.
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