Monday, November 13, 2006

Question: Racist PSP ads?

I was just reading a complaint post on digg about how EB Games had created this display of girl games which appears to be based on the assumption that women are only interested in barbies and cooking. Anyway they then started on how PSP ads were racists. Does anyone know what they are talking about?
anyway this was funny: Games for girls:

- Mega dishwashing
- Grand theft vacuum
- Cook simulator XXX

4 comments:

Kanmi the Conqueror said...

Hmm I found this:
http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/06/sony-under-fire-for-racist-advertising/
Though I fail to see how is it racist.
There are promoting a white PSP to come.

I really don't get how is it racist.

Kanmi the Conqueror said...

Oh apparently it is because it is kind of violent? The white one over the black one?
But there is no reason to imply their white PSP is better than black one.

People are just crazy... or me?

styx said...

Apple should have made the opposite ads when they announced the black macbook or the black iPod

Talking about games
http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2006/11/couples_computers_and_gaming.html

A Fly on the Wall said...

that last link doesn't work :-(