I decided to continue comic-hunting this week and I thought we could share a few laughs over the English version of "Living with Hipster Girl and Gamer Girl." As you can imagine, this comic has gotten the full range of reader commentary from raving reviews to scathing complaints, maybe stemming from the fact that the girls are sexy and the author is a man. Anyway, these may not jive with everyone's sense of humo(u)r but I thought I'd post them as food-for-thought on the public image of gamer girls.
Funny or not? Accurate or not? The main question I'm interested in today is: what kind of portrayal is worth getting upset about? What kind of image are women gamers trying to make or break? Where do we draw the line when it comes to "gamer humor"? And when do we think things are just plain funny, without worrying about whether or not they're PC? Let me know what you think!
(Sexual content, just to warn you if you're at work or anything...also, I apologize about the different image sizes which I couldn't fix using this blog template. Luckily all of the originals can be found on the website above!)
Quick intro: The redhead is the hipster, the brunette is the gamer and the guy with the black hair is the self-declared non-emo roommate. Each character gets made fun of throughout the series but each one has some slick one-liners too.
Hi!
In light of still being on the road, I decided that this week should be a fun "vacation from blogging" week. Whether you're secretly reading this at work, or on your phone on the bus, or just at home in your living room, I want to wish you a happy Thursday by sharing my favourite excerpts form Awkward Zombie!!!
Last month I met Katie Tiedrich, the fantastic auteur behind the comics, at ConBravo in Hamilton. I found her very charming and easy to talk to. She has a totally laid back and macabre-but-cute sense of humour which I'm quite in to. AND a lot of her in-jokes are Nintendo-related which is just great.
So enjoy! And definitely check out the rest of Katie's work. If you love it, post it on your friend's wall! Or even better, ORDER SWEET PRINTS! Ok now for the comics.
Katie commented:
"The original female vampire costume in Bravely Default was actually considered TOO SEXY for American eyeballs, so the localized version of the game threw some more layers on there! I guess it's still supposed to be way hot, but I thought it was funny that it was also the class that mimics gross monster attacks like barf jets."
How you feel when you're playing Fallout:
No caption necessary!
...and 2 Zelda ones since I'm doing the picking:
That's it for today! Enjoy your Thursday and don't forget to tell the world about Awkward Zombie!!!
