The Big Bouncy Bulbous Balloon Breasts Edition of GameStooge
- Scribbled on June 19th, 2007 by Jonah Falcon
- Filed in Features, Fighting, Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 3, WTF
GamesRadar has a funny story on the history of the obsession with mammoth mammaries in the Soul Calibur series, and how unrealistic these female characters are.
To quote Rita Rudner: “I don’t think they had silicon injected - they had helium. They’re so big you can’t close the game box.” Or as Marge Simpson would say: “Her maguppies have become bazongas!”
On a serious note, how damaging are these images to women? What about the realistic effects, such as the facts these women are wielding swords. Aside from the possibility of accidentlly cutting a thin little strand holding these bras up, isn’t there a high probability of serious damage? Not to mention the back problems in the first place…
June 19th, 2007 at 9:13 am
damaging effects? I didn’t know that was a concern most guys that play these games actually care about.
What about back problems?
June 19th, 2007 at 9:15 am
You do know why a lot of women have breast REDUCTION surgery, right? I mean, her breasts probably constitute half this woman’s body weight!
June 19th, 2007 at 10:42 am
She’ll be a hunchback before she’s thirty! :O
June 20th, 2007 at 7:15 am
Video game characters don’t have back problems or get hunchback unless the creators want them to.
For all you know, that “thin little strand” could be made of a special magical titanium alloy, or better yet… an extraterrestrial-born material that has the look and feel of cloth but is stronger than diamonds.
The point is.. it’s make-believe. You can suspend disbelief. You don’t have to be concerned with how she can go poop between fights when her sword won’t fit in a bathroom stall with her or worry about and debate the physiological disadvantages of her anatomical proportions.
June 20th, 2007 at 8:35 am
The psychological damage is very real.
June 26th, 2007 at 9:26 am
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September 1st, 2007 at 12:56 am
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September 8th, 2007 at 11:58 am
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October 23rd, 2007 at 1:48 am
wait a sec from what i remember the problem with otehr games was the fact that the characters body was not proportionate to their breast size(ie lara croft with that tiny waist from many years ago) if ya look at ivys body she has big hips and a rahter sturdy waist. she has ” junk in the trunk” seems to me shes the most realistic large breasted chaeacter i have ever seen in a game. ( as in her body matches her breasts).
October 23rd, 2007 at 10:21 am
Ivy has an entire junkyard in the trunk.
April 16th, 2008 at 11:06 am
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May 5th, 2008 at 11:49 am
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October 18th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
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