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Women certainly have it rough in video games.

While there are some exceptions to the rule, most notably here, the majority of women in games are represented by images such as this, this, and this.

With these negative images in mind, the concept behind Sony’s new PSN game “Fat Princess” sounds refreshing; rather than watch a disproportionatly structured woman galavant around the screen, you can watch a woman get fat.

However, though I may think that the concept is creative, others disagree, according to this article on Joystiq.com.

While I can sort of see their point; it kind of makes me wonder just how women should be portrayed in games…after all, it is obvious that if the game were called “fat prince,” no one would care otherwise.

The above video is an example of Jack Thompson’s “solution” to the violent video games problem as outlined on the Jace Hall show. More information about it and the interview can be found here.

In watching this interview, I have to admit that I was impressed how it was conducted; Jace Hall was calm and composed throughout and refused to allow Thompson to affect his composure. I found it odd that Thompson referred to Jace as ‘evil’ simply due to his programming games that have violence in them. It shows Thompson’s inability to embrace popular media. If that is the case, why is he not condeming Fox News or other news networks? They show more violence in five minutes than most games do in 5 hours.

Speaking of senseless video game opinions, this report by Gamepolitics here is a real winner, since it requires actions that have already been undertaken; study about real world violence in correlation to video game violence? (done), consoles must have parental lock features? (also done).

While it is true that this new governor is legally blind; it is a shame that he is also ignorant to the stupidity of his approved provision.