GF Editorial Blog: Is Fat Princess Contentious?

BigPimpJayQc | July 30, 2008 | Blog | Playstation 3

Sony showed a little PSN game at E3 named "Fat Princess", where you can thwart capture attempts by locking the once-thin princess in a dungeon and stuffing her full of cake, thereby increasing her girth and making her harder for your enemies to haul back to home base. The game looks inoffensive to a certain point but feminists have already chose their target. But the game touches something else...

The controversy surrounding PSN game Fat Princess is just starting, and expect more since it seems that blogosphere has gotten wind of this one.
The arguments have been predictable. Why can’t a game be a game? A woman was on the design team, so it’s okay. It’s supposed to be cute, so just relax. These arguments all miss the point.

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5 thumbs!
Deathsythe | July 30, 2008

Games are just games, no one is forcing you to play them. If you don't like them then throw on some Joan Jett and burn a bra in your basement. Stay away from our stuff, don't mess with our pastime, don't trample on our freedoms.

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Look, the people you are after are the people you depend on. We cook your meals, we haul your trash, we connect your calls, we drive your ambulances, we guard you while you sleep. Do not *bleep* with us.

Us being gamers.
- 4 thumbs!
  Red 9 | July 30, 2008
  
  People we depend on? Guard us in our sleep? Haul trash and drive ambulances? Plenty of guys do those things, too. It's not like we are gelatinous blobs who can't fend for ourselves at all.
  
  I think they're just being oversensitive.
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  Bandito | July 31, 2008
  
  said. and also well, said
3 thumbs!
kspiess | July 30, 2008

I think 98 out of 100 people find nothing wrong with this game -- and those numbers are fine with me. There are worse things in the world worth getting upset about besides 'Fat Princess'
4 thumbs!
Deathsythe | July 30, 2008

@Red 9 - I was quoting fight club, not the article in question.

Its funny how these kinds of people are totally against any kind of censorship, unless of course it offends someone.

Also- why do each of us have a negative thumb?
- 4 thumbs!
  kik36 | July 30, 2008
  
  Ever since the debate on whether thumbs down should be removed or not Gamegrep has been bombarded with it......which I find funny.
  
  I hope the sequel is "Fat Bastard".......bet no one would say shit then.
  - 1 thumbs!
    MusiKon | July 31, 2008
    
    Actually, I bet a lot of people will be pissed with that idea. Because everyone would be expecting an Austin Powers spin-off.
4 thumbs!
iLLmatic | July 31, 2008

I really can't believe the negative reactions this game is getting. I never expected any of this. What do these feminists think the game is saying? I wish I could get an answer directly from them, because this is really confusing. And I can't wait to play the game.
- 4 thumbs!
  Red 9 | July 31, 2008
  
  It's not like the game is screaming "women are fat!" (don't take that for sarcasm, I'm being serious).
  
  It's saying this one princess is getting herself fat to save herself. I don't get why women get defensive over that. It's not trying to be chauvinistic at all.
  - 4 thumbs!
    Gothic Girl | July 31, 2008
    
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    I don't get why women get defensive over that. It's not trying to be chauvinistic at all.
    I'm a woman ... and I can't figure out why any women would be offended by Fat Princess. I saw the screenshots and my first thought was that the game looked cute and unique.
    I read the article, and I still can't see how the game is offensive. It's feeding women's insecurities about their weight? WTF where's they pull that from! Sexist? How on earth does the article conclude that it's sexist? (the fact that the princess is female has nothing to do with the game's plot, gameplay or anything. She could be a male prince and the game would be exactly the same. There's no sexism here!).
    - 2 thumbs!
      RabidChinaGirl | July 31, 2008
      
      Fat Princess is sexist! Resident Evil 5 is racist! When will it all end?!
      
      -_-
0 thumbs!
Silver Mirror | July 31, 2008

If anything they should be praising it, it demonstrates there's nothing wrong with being overweight.

Of course people just see it and cry sexist
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  Gothic Girl | July 31, 2008
  
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  it demonstrates there's nothing wrong with being overweight.
  That's .... not exactly a good thing.
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Silver Mirror | July 31, 2008

Well I guess your right, I guess I mean more like you don't have to be super skinny
3 thumbs!
blackbelt38 | July 31, 2008

Sooo what? Now the "chubby chasers" of the world can't have a game tailored to their preferences?
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  Deathsythe | July 31, 2008
  
  Bill Clinton already reserved his copy.
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  The Writer | September 02, 2008
  
  Seeing that I am myself, a "chubby chaser", I agree wholeheartedly. At this point, I'd normally ramble on about "Why must we be picked on?", but instead, I'm just going to say this: We are people too, and we have our own culture. Why not let us enjoy a game made for us?
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    Red 9 | September 02, 2008
    
    I don't get it, what are we talking about?
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goldva x | August 01, 2008

Sounds like a funny game, lol.
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mb 1 | September 07, 2008

well it's certainly a unique game. unlike most games made these days