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I am currently disappointed in Dollhouse. I recently read a great article about the state of the show:
What if a show shouldn't be a show?

And, I agree fully.

The story has a finite number of episodes in which to complete Echo's storyline (with two major arcs as an ending). And, I'm already tired of "the doll that breaks" after episode 3. With an entire alphabet of "dolls" (minus an "a"), why would they continue to use he crappy one that keeps breaking in all of the "high-risk" scenarios? If she were old yeller, she would have been shot by now.

"Fox effed it up" is an excuse that can only be used for so long and, "it gets good if you keep watching through episode eight" (half a season in most first-year shows...especially for a mid-season replacement) reminds me of a cult waiting for the comment or the Kool-aid to take them away to Joss-world.

I want Joss to do well...and I want Eliza to have a successful vehicle too...

But, this just doesn't feel like "it."


Maybe I'm wrong and 8 will be the magic number...

Hopefully.

I concur.

All the more reason why they should continue the show...just for us

I love the 6's AND Bruce Campbell...but I stil can't watch more than a couple episodes of Burn Notice.

It's just sad...

Of course, it should be said that we're mostly just arguing for argument's sake 'cause we both can either see or basically agree with the other's side, but htis is fun:

So, then why the double standard for my personal opinion and bashing of a peripheral on my personal blog or my blog for girlgamer.com? What makes Kotaku's opinion more acceptable and I'm not allowed to make a quip?

There may be an industry standard, but that doesn't mean we have to like it or accept it...or voice our opinion on why it needs to change.

I hope to god they don't...considering my personal interaction with them and the general marketing around them as "girls in bikinis working as marketing puppets for Ubisoft."

http://www.metafilter.com/37059/Gaming-girlz

http://www.mono211.com/ffwd/archives/000794.html

I think just the opposite...as a hardcore gamer I look directly at the trailers that are released and evaluate the quality of graphics in cut scenes and in-game play.

Tell the thousands of hardcore Blizzard fanboys that the cinematic and in-game trailers for Diablo 2 don't matter...I'm sure their petition to change the design scheme based on thoes trailers says otherwise.

And so do I...That was sort of my main point, which was girl's don't nessasarly go for the "pink" product. Sometimes we do want the strat with some flames on the pickguard.

What I was more upset about was the fact that it took so long to come out with a guitar marketed specifically at girls...and the implication that we didn't like the original one that came with the game.

Wii does...in the form of "This is a great workout," or "family activity." And, marketing sites praise them for it:
http://andhowmarketing.typepad.com/andhow_to_reach_women/2008/04/wii-fit-tries-t.html

And, when I worked at Game Stop I had people who refused to acknowledge my help because I was a girl and "didn't know anything about games" despite the fact that I was the manager on duty.

Specific example:

"Customer has a question, I offer to help. They refuse my help because, "I won't know the answer." Customer asks guy on duty about UEFA vs FIFA and he doesn't know the answer...has to ask me and I answer the question while looking at the customer who REFUSES TO LOOK AT ME and continues looking at the guy. Customer then THANKS the guy for HIS help."

I think the point is this:

And, a good 85.4% of it was said in jest.

And, if

Remains to be seen...and I can't speculate on that.

But, the larger issue that I DO have a problem is IS the fact that these are marketed to 10 year old girls.

With recent surveys showing that 97% of young girls play video games why are we waiting on creating a peripheral almost two years after it's launch?

Moreover, why is the marketing that is directed at the female gamer overwhelming geared toward the 10 year old demographic with glittery pink guitars, Cooking Mama, and Barbie's Horse adventure? Furthermore, why is aforementioned marketing riddled with phrases like, "now girls can finally play." As though they were unable to before because of the content/peripherals not being marketed toward them in the first place. Why isn't there anything specifically targeted at the female gamer age 17-25 or *gasp* 30-55? And, when there is something marketed toward these older demographics we get things like Game Stop's horribly degrading attempt at getting women involved in Madden with tag-lines like, "learn plays that will impress any hardcore gridiron fan." Reducing our desire to play a video game to the "need" impress men.

There's nothing wrong with any of the products individually, however when grouped together, they represent a trend that does offend me personally...and I'm entitled to comment on it.

Moreover, it's upsetting to see that this mindset is held, not only by the marketing departments in the industry, but the gamers themselves.

In reading Endgadget's report on the release I was deeply saddened to read some of the reader's comments that included things like:

Both of thes comments (while on opposite ends of the spectrums) completely miss the mark.

It seems there is no room in the world for hardcore girl gamers...in the market or at home.