Meanwhile, this hot dog advertisement ran in the July 2007 issue of GamePro. I saw it, so now you have to see it, too.pic.twitter.com/kJ18vStWIS
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While "no girls allowed" gatekeeping was less prevalent in gaming magazines by the mid-2000s, it certainly didn't stop them from leaning into the objectification and fetishization of the elusive "gamer girl." Source: GamePro (August 2007).pic.twitter.com/MbDZpKfw2v
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Reminded of all the 'gamer dating sites' from that era that were just straight-up whiteboxed dating services given a different landing page.
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There was even a muppet enthusiast dating site a friend showed me from back then.
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Always so difficult to believe (but then again, no) how recently this stuff was published.
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“Girls can play games and be sexy”
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I would love to do research on these articles. Is there any way I could find these magazines in an online archive?
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I rely pretty heavily on http://retromags.com and the Internet Archive (specifically this collection: https://archive.org/details/gamemagazines …).
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Truly awful but also yes to Katy showing some love for Breath of Fire 3.
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I still think 90 percent of Ion Storm’s startup funding was old nerds thirsty for Stevie Case
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