Fat Princess, This is a Game?
You have probably heard the annoyed rumblings about the newest Playstation game, Fat Princess. Yeah, I made that face when I first about it too.
The storyline seems pretty basic, get in and rescue the princess. However they threw in the catch of her being so fat that it will take your entire army to carry her out. Not that it really matters, but I'm curious at how they came to the idea. Was it "Lets make it take the whole army to work together! How? I know let's make her fat!" Or was it more "I've got an idea, let's make the princess fat! Why? I don't know, it will be funny to watch everyone have to carry her out like a whale."
I'm generally not a video game person so I realize that I'm late getting to this. But that doesn't mean I can't scrunch my face up in disgust. Fat Princess, really? I mean, could they seriously have been anymore offensive? Don't answer that Miss Bimbo. Between games like these and the ones that feature big, sweaty guys in cammo shooting up the place I'm curious if there are any games out there that aren't guy-centered. It seems, in my limited view at least, that video/computer games fail to meet The Rule as often as movies do.
Be sure to also read:
Melissa at Shakesville tells Sony how she really feels..
Ampersand of Alas A Blog isn't that concerned about what the idiots are doing.
Holly of Feministe points out the cliche of the game
Mighty Ponygirl of Feminst Gamers points out the obvious about the storyline of this game
The storyline seems pretty basic, get in and rescue the princess. However they threw in the catch of her being so fat that it will take your entire army to carry her out. Not that it really matters, but I'm curious at how they came to the idea. Was it "Lets make it take the whole army to work together! How? I know let's make her fat!" Or was it more "I've got an idea, let's make the princess fat! Why? I don't know, it will be funny to watch everyone have to carry her out like a whale."
Frantic and fun, Fat Princess pits two hordes of players against each other in comic medieval battle royale. Your goal is to rescue your beloved princess from the enemy dungeon. There’s a catch though: your adversary has been stuffing her with food to fatten her up and it’s going to take most of your army working together to carry her back across the battlefield.
I'm generally not a video game person so I realize that I'm late getting to this. But that doesn't mean I can't scrunch my face up in disgust. Fat Princess, really? I mean, could they seriously have been anymore offensive? Don't answer that Miss Bimbo. Between games like these and the ones that feature big, sweaty guys in cammo shooting up the place I'm curious if there are any games out there that aren't guy-centered. It seems, in my limited view at least, that video/computer games fail to meet The Rule as often as movies do.
Be sure to also read:
Melissa at Shakesville tells Sony how she really feels..
Anyway, congrats on your awesome new game, Sony. I'm positively thrilled to see such unyielding dedication to creating a new generation of fat-hating, heteronormative assholes. It's not often I have the opportunity to congratulate a cutting-edge tech company on such splendiferous retrofuck jackholery. Way to go!
Ampersand of Alas A Blog isn't that concerned about what the idiots are doing.
These kind of fat jokes are rebellion for the gutless — offensive enough so that people can pretend to be daring, but not so offensive that they’re risking pissing off anyone who matters. Fat jokes today are what Polish jokes were in the 1970s.
Fatophobic crap like “Fat Princess” is more cause than effect; it’s a reflection of an anti-fat culture, and when the culture changes then the sheep who made “Fat Princess” will move on to some other target.
Fatophobic crap like “Fat Princess” is more cause than effect; it’s a reflection of an anti-fat culture, and when the culture changes then the sheep who made “Fat Princess” will move on to some other target.
Holly of Feministe points out the cliche of the game
Fat Princess is a send-up of that tired old cliche. Believe me, there are a lot of ways you could send up that cliche, but of all the possibilities, Titan chose to make the princess FAT. The joke here is also obvious: LOL who would want to rescue a fat chick? It’s a shtick that’s been used in animation and film plenty of times; the dashing hero thinks he’s rescuing a beautiful damsel in distress, but the “joke” is on him because it turns out she’s larger than acceptable! And therefore unattractive and a horrible burden for him to rescue, of course.
Mighty Ponygirl of Feminst Gamers points out the obvious about the storyline of this game
Instead of running out into the forest to find cake to fatten up the princess with, why not go out and find gold (which is a lot heavier than cake) to stuff into a treasure chest. The more gold in the chest, the heavier it would be, and the harder it would be to carry.
Oh, but that’s not as “cute” as cake and fat chicks. Right.
Oh, but that’s not as “cute” as cake and fat chicks. Right.
Mike Pouraryan
