Not to jump on the bandwagon here, but I find myself unable to resist the urge - I need to say something about Fat Princess. Call it feminist compulsion. If you haven't already heard about this game featured at E3, it's expected to be released this spring. So far, it seems to be drawing only rave reviews. Except that, for whatever reason, feminists seem to have their bloomers in a bunch over this one. With a title like Fat Princess, however could that be the case? Reviews at IGN and Joystiq state that the gameplay is engaging, that the graphics are colorful and cool, and that the game is all-around awesome. Fat Princess is a capture-the-flag type game. At the game's start, each team has already captured the other team's princess and is holding them captive. In order to make it more difficult for your opponents to rescue their princess, your team for your opponents to rescue their princess, your team must feed their princess as much food as you can find. Why? So that she gains weight and becomes more difficult to carry off - obviously. Charming. Why can't she walk off on her own once her team infiltrates the castle? I guess because she's a princess.[video:youtube:FyEuRem5N78] So what could possibly have those feminist bloomers bunched? Ideally, I wouldn't have to answer that question. ...
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