Maturity
As you might have gathered from this week’s strip, I am mostly in agreement with the recent article by Monty. I’m not entirely sure what sort of person finds it absolutely necessary to combine porn with every other activity they do, but I do not count myself amongst them. I am also the sort of person who does not like it when the main character of “Alias” keeps finding herself in situations where the only way to save millions of innocent lives is to dress in skimpy black lingerie. It is probably only just me, but I find the persistent intrusion of soft pornography into most of my geeky entertainment somewhat detracting. I’ll have my porn when I’m good and done pretending to be a large man with a pointy sword, thank-you very much.
This is all just personal preference of course, but I’m sure you can find social-wide implications if you bother looking for them. Games that are rife with soft porn aimed at pre-pubescent boys probably aren’t going to attract many women, or anyone else that is repelled by horny pre-pubescent boys – which is most people. I’m not entirely sure what steps must be taken to attract a more cerebral cliental to the world of online gaming but I’m pretty sure that offering leather-clad g-string wearing sex symbols as player characters is not a step in the right direction. I am still debating whether WoW will be a good game to unleash upon my eleven year old daughter and things like this do not fill me with parental confidence.
In other matters, I have regained the faith and admiration of my two daughters by finally unlocking all the characters in Mario Kart. I had previously undergone the humiliation of the girls visiting their aunt because her version of Mario Kart was completely finished and we were still struggling to get Toad. For those of you without Mario Kart who are wandering through my sentences in some confusion, GO OUT AND BUY IT NOW. If you don’t have a Gamecube, go buy one of them too. My personal investment in a Gamecube and four controllers has proven to be a wise one. Super Smash Brothers and Mario Kart have proven themselves to be perfectly adequate replacements for any actual parenting ability. My two daughters have extolled their love for me loudly and publicly, particularly when we’re in EB. If you have children – buy a Gamecube. The fact that you can also enjoy your purchase is merely icing on the cake.
posted by Stark · at 1:34 pm · filed under Stark Reality
Yes, but will you please stop trying to redress the balance by wearing the G-string to work?