I was catching up on a little light Penny Arcade reading the other day and came across this gem. Now for years it has been said that playing video games leads, primarily young men, to commit violent and illegal acts. This however has that beat by a Warcraft mile. Apparently after playing the part of an attractive character for as little as 15 minutes (though we all know we can't play for only 15 minutes at a time...) can have a negative effect on the players self-esteem regarding looks and physique.
Now while most of us will agree that Lara Croft was the finest arrangement that pixels have ever been in, even before Ms. Jolie's interpretation, I have never looked at Solid Snake and thought, "Man, I wish I were that ruggedly handsome". No, I've typically thought, "Holy shit! That dude just shot a rabid hamster at me! Where can I get THAT gun?!?".
Late nights on the couch playing Call of Duty with Tyler, Kevin, and the rest of the 23rd Street Crew we never commented on the players looks or build or our own for that matter except making jokes at one anothers expense. While I will give them the benefit of the doubt that we are simply a minute sample of gamers out there, I doubt that there is this following of pre-pubescents or even 40 year olds living in thier parents basement that have the obsession of an 18 year old girl looking through Cosmo. For the most part, we just aren't wired that way. But then again, I could be wrong. I mean that Prince of Persia guy is pretty ripped...
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How can you not remember us all dreamily lusting over that random marine guys body. I thought we all bonded over our desire to be more like him. Maybe that was just me.
..you mean you guys don't think my body is as hot as the British SAS models in CoD4?
Well I mean sure, there was that... But other than that I'd say we didn't sit around doing that... You get so caught up on that one time. GEESH!
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