I think more or less that the insulting feeling comes from the fact that they think by putting some controllers and putting some video games in the pic that they can sell a magazine… some dive right into it because its a form of mental masturbation because they WANT to believe it, those insulted live in the real world. of course that dosent change the fact that “china doll” is hot haha

Anyways, I wouldn’t buy this magazine myself, (softcore porn has never appealed to my kinky and bizarre sexual fetishes!) but I find this idiot editor’s brain-dead, repetitive rant unintentionally hilarious.

here’s something I hate: when gamers feel the need to use some cliche to justify their credentials.

I see this unfailingly whenever someone (girl or guy) needs a yardstick to prove that they’re a genuine gamer – you just used it Jen: “Does what I look like or what I wear or who I am affect my k/d ratio or me kicking your ass in Titanfall”.

Wwhy in hell does everyone feel the need to use their 1337 frakking skillz as ammunition in an argument?

My girlfriend and I cumulatively play about 80 hours of games every week. But neither of us have, or ever will, be able to place in the top 3 of a Titanfall game, let alone beat anyone. We suck. And blow. But I freakin’ guarantee you we’re some of the most serious gamers in this conversation.

Protip for girls who are pissed off that you aren’t taken seriously as gamers: don’t try and live up to a stereotype – in exactly the same way that you don’t have to wear sexy lingerie, a tutu or high heels while playing to be a gamer, you don’t have to be like an obnoxious teenager boasting about how friggin’ great you are.

MENSA…pffft. Triple niner says, “You ain’t got no chili, Leeeroy!”

1. I am 33.
2. I am engaged
3. My gaming pc is custom built with a liquid cooler but is under my desk
4. I am a member of MENSA
5. Please stop taking your inadequacies out on others and accusing them of stuff that describes YOU

This from a kid with a perpetual boner who probably has a window on the side of his computer so everybody can see that “sexy” motherboard and liquid cooling setup with all its tidy cable management goings on.

It surely isn’t fair to be attacking a model for being a model? It is the people running the publication who are the ones who are fully aware of, and responsible for, the exploitation of gaming culture taking place here.

I sometimes play naked or half-naked, but generally that’s because it’s really hot, or I’m drunk or something. I can’t assume it ever looks particularly sexy.

“Note the above statements and realize with a sullen soul that you actually said that”

First off, it’s completely useless to try and guilt trip someone (me in this case) on the damn internet… When in the history of internet has that ever worked…?

“The problem, Caleb, is that looks have to be brought up at all”

Look, I hate to parade on your fantasy world that all people are mutually attractive in terms of looks to everyone else on this planet – but that has NEVER been the case. That kind of idealism sounds good to a certain audience/people, but not everyone is that naïve… Looks matter – always have, always will. It’s human nature for one to find another more attractive than the other. Visual stimulation that’s further enhanced by human emotion is the reason why we have terms and categories for how more pretty or attractive one person is over others. It’s not a bad thing – but a lot feminists and vocal minorities love to think so… But don’t get me wrong, I’m not superficial and I completely agree that looks ARE NOT everything and that a persons virtues and qualities are important – but that’s not what we’re talking about right now… We’re talking about a magazine, and like ALL other magazines – features attractive people. To do so has been a magazine standard for literally several decades. Why? The answer is obvious… Visual stimulation. I mean Christ woman, if looks don’t have to be brought up at all then I guess models would be completely useless then huh?

If you want to keep on preaching that looks are irrelevant then by all means – go ahead… But don’t try and argue this on every single facet of social media entertainment (magazines, games, movies, shows, internet, television, etc) because doing so would be like beating a dead horse with a stick – not to mention your words or attractive equality will mostly fall on deaf ears. Assuming that’s the point you’re trying to get across.

You have completely misinterpreted my intended point in my original post, and in the process made a completely irrelevant counter argument about something that’s just flat out human nature…

YES, looks have to be brought up – because unlike you, I admit the social industry standard of depicting attractive people and also unshamely know that attractiveness DOES MATTER. Call me a superficial pig or whatever – I wouldn’t expect anything less coming from a person that thinks like you.

“Not all gamer girls are necessarily ugly…”

“…but its also selling a false image of gamer girls in general.”

Note the above statements and realize with a sullen soul that you actually said that. The problem, Caleb, is that looks have to be brought up at all. It’s one thing to say “Hey, let’s not sexualize female gamers. Let’s treat them as equals, because us male gamers certainly don’t go around judging each other by looks.” And it’s another thing to say “Wtf, they don’t dress like that and implying that they do is false advertisement.”

How is that NOT a problem to you?

No one should be having a problem with the girls since they are getting paid to do this. It’s in their best interest to make money, not necessarily portray gamer girls correctly.

We should be mad at the creators of the magazine, how they woke up and thought HEY! THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT IDEA!!

Since people are angry, be angry at the right people.

…..What? I just basically said that this magazine is garbage and that it sexually objectifies girls – and that’s…a problem? Uh huh….. So you WANT me to think that girls being sexually objectified is okay?