Girl-game damned by boy reviewer, redeemed with hilarious 1-liner
Alice from Wonderland happened upon a game-reviewer on IGN who damned the girl-targeted Bratz video game for teaching girls that there's money to be had just by picking it up off the ground. Alice's one-line rebuttal is a laugh-out-loud beaut:Just look at how the Bratz earn money. After completing arbitrary assignments players are rewarded with the equivalent of cash. Okay. But, most of the time just walking around yields coin. Money appears on the ground! This is what we're teaching our girls?Zing! LinkDude ... Sonic. Mario. Zelda.
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Cory Doctorow
Upcoming appearances
* Feb 9, 2012, DeKalb, IL: Day of Doctorow, NIU
* Feb 10-12, 2012, Chicago, IL: Capricon 32
* Feb 13, 2012, Arlington, TX: UT Arlington College of Engineering Distinguished Speaker Series
* Feb 16, 2012, Victoria, BC: 13th Annual Privacy and Security Conference
Recent books:
* Context (essays)
* With a Little Help (short stories)
* For the Win (YA novel)
* Makers (adult novel)
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