http://www.metafilter.com/tags/ubisoft Posts tagged with 'ubisoft' at MetaFilter. Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:25:56 -0800 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:25:56 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/66693/Jade%2DRaymond%2DSmells%2DNice%2DWTF <a href="http://brokentoys.org/2007/11/19/clearly-we-do-not-deserve-nice-things-andor-people/">This is why we can't have nice things/people.</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade_Raymond">Jade Raymond</a> is a producer for <a href="http://ubi.com">Ubisoft's</a> new video game <a href="http://assassinscreed.uk.ubi.com/experience/">Assassin's Creed</a>. Being an attractive woman, Ubisoft decided to <a href="http://www.thebitbag.com/index.php/2007/11/17/jade-raymond-ubisoft-poster-girl/">capitalize</a> on this fact, leading to <a href="http://kotaku.com/gaming/jade-raymond/">sad and pathetic</a> <a href="http://kotaku.com/gaming/assassin.s-creed/jade-smells-pretty-at-london-games-fest-313920.php">video game coverage</a> of said woman. Then the <a href="http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/11/19/the-trouble-with-jade/">comic </a> <a href="http://www.gamegirladvance.com/archives/2007/11/16/jade_raymond_is_for_real.html">hit</a>. The comic (which being of extraordinary poor taste, I will not link to. A panel of it is shown in the first link) plays to every horrible misogynistic stereotype that people have about women in video games. As can be expected, this caused an uproar, with Ubisoft trying to sue the comic off the Internet, even sending threatening letters to <a href="http://www.somethingawful.com">SomethingAwful</a>, <a href="http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2686438">with predictable results</a>. I would like to proud when I say "I play video games". Some days, it is difficult. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.66693 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:25:56 -0800 assasinscreed batshitinsane godwhy jaderaymond misogynism somethingawful ubisoft zabuni http://www.metafilter.com/37059/Gaming%2Dgirlz <a href="http://www.fragdolls.com/">The Frag Dolls</a> "represent the ladies in gaming with the taste and talent for beating you at your own games. So, for all you guys who think the only gals in gaming are the leather-clad, pixilated beauties on your screens, think again. We're real, and we've got the skills to teach you a few tricks of our own." They're also sponsored by <a href="http://www.ubi.com/US/Community/Default.htm">UbiSoft</a>. Dismantling stereotypes or reinforcing them? <small>(via <a href="http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/20465/">Annalee Newitz</a>, and a nice counterpart to this <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/37037">thread</a>)</small> tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.37059 Thu, 18 Nov 2004 12:31:01 -0800 dolls frag gaming ubisoft mrgrimm