The Corner of Insanity

Well, not choosing to allow Flash and JavaScript willy-nilly on my browser (I blame far too many years on dial-up access) I wasn't able to see the offending article, but I agree with the sentiments of the other commenters. I'm 38, drattit, and I grew out of needing everything I owned to be lolly pink by the time I was about ten. I've been playing electronic games since I was about fifteen or so, and most of the time I've just been buying the games from the normal racks at the stores - you know, the ones where the rest of the games were. I've found I'm fond of RPGs, with a liking for some strategy games and the occasional MMORPG - and I find all of these on the same shelves as the games for the boys. I like spending money on games - in fact games come in after books as the non-essential item I'm most likely to spend money on.

What I *don't* like is being treated as though I'm a six-year-old moron who's frightened and insulted by being given a range of games which offer roles for female characters outside the stereotyped "love interest", "porn object", "helpless princess" and "housewife" versions by all the various gaming design companies. Gods above, below, before and behind, I've been playing all these various games since I was fifteen - I'm hardly going to start fainting in coils now.