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You can't help but notice this ad - especially if you're a guy.
With Hitman: Blood Money
The woman lies on a bed of gold satin sheets; her come-hither pose is deliberately eroticized - until you realize there is a small bullet hole in the middle of her forehead. Only then do you notice a carmine pool of blood spreading around her pillow. It's easy to see why you missed it initially. At at first glance the blood seems to be just more accessorizing; it's color-coordinated with the woman's lingerie and high heels.
The violent, erotic nature of the ad has spawned controversy; A-list game blog Joystiq recently asked their readers to analyze the ad and offer their views. Some, like Kate, found the ad unacceptable:
"Whether or not it's the intention, it is yet another drop in the bucket of cases of violence against a sexualized woman. Thus, it contributes to a culture of acceptance of those messages." Similar arguments centered around whether a non-gamer would be able to look at the picture and understand what the ad is all about. Still others wondered whether or not Hitman: Blood Money would be tagged with the usual "murder simulator," label, perhaps even inspiring criminals to copycat violent acts committed in the game.
One of the more controversial issues among the Joystiq crowd was whether or not the ad promotes rape. Joystiq editor Vladimir Cole writes, "It's clear that a semi-naked woman carefully arranged on a bed has clear and prominent sexual connotations and that if rape isn't explicitly evoked, it's implicit in the situation."
Several readers asserted that the ad does not come close to promoting rape. They cite the fact that the "victim" is not visually bruised or harmed in any way (well, except for the bullet in her head). One asked, "Why in the world would any sane ad agency risk making an advertisement that glorifies rape?"
On the flip side, some gamers found the ad brilliant marketing, primarily because targeted buyers for Hitman: Blood Money are men. Folks in this camp argued that those offended by the ad were simply reading too much into it. benhc911, for example, remarked, "It fits their campaign perfectly, and is nothing new or shocking."
GP: ...not to jump in on Monica's piece, but as a guy I'm highly offended by any insinuation that guys in general are turned on by violence against women...
MV: Amidst all of the controversy and speculation surrounding the ad, there is one thing that both sides can agree on: from a marketing standpoint, this ad was successful in the sense that it has drawn widespread attention to the game. Whether there is longer-term fallout remains to be seen. We'll probably hear more about this controversy as Hitman: Blood Money gets closer to retail release.
-Reporting from Wisconsin, GP correspondent Monica Valentinelli
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April 19 2006, 13:44:41 UTC 6 years ago
I've seen worse done for Horror movies
If anything , I think the AD is a brillant work, both Visually and in the context of the game. If that add were done for another game, then I might think it wrong or perhaps incorrect, but the Hitman series deals with a man whose primary job is to find, and execute specific targets. I fail to see how showing the aftermath of such an event, in relation to the game, is in anyway wrong.By comparison, look at the tv adds for the movie Hostel. I found them sickening and lacking in any artistic style, they exsisted on Shock Value alone.
The hitman Ad, Ironicly, shows no violence at all, theres no image of the Hitman Shooting the woman, nore is there gore painting the walls. Instead, it's an extremelly well done Ad that drives home the point of the game.
Thats point has been, since the first game. "The best hitman is the one that no one ever see till it's to late." Basicly, the best players of Hitman, are the players who can get in, and then back out, while killing the target, without anyone, ever knowing they were there.
In that respect, the Ad is excellently done.
Besides that, the hitman isn't a Misogynist. If you play the game you know, it doesn't matter who the target it. He'll kill anyone for the right PRICE!
April 19 2006, 15:02:30 UTC 6 years ago
Re: I've seen worse done for Horror movies
Yuki has pretty much said here what I feel.As for the whole promotes Rape thing, how?
Her clothes are not torn, there are no signs, and its for HITMAN, hmm an Assasin generally doesn't take that much interest in his target, not to mention an Assasin would not leave such evidence a rape would leave.
Also why is it anytime something like this is used it promotes violence against women. If they'd put a male Gigilo in the same or similar pose would this promote violence against men? or raise anywhere near this controversy?
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April 19 2006, 13:46:42 UTC 6 years ago
And that is more than likely the biggest concern. Will Cloutier, Clinton, Yee, or some other high-profile politician eat this up like candy and throw it back in the faces of the gaming industry?
I'm all for freedom of speech and expression. But it just feels like this isn't the right sort of ad to be churning out at this particular time, game legislation and highly covered criticism considered. Are the advertisers trying to be artsy and use a double-meaning ("beautifully executed")? Of course. Smart people with a good head on their shoulders will realize this. Unfortunately the rest of the masses, and politicians looking for a rally cry, will focus solely on the image depicting the end results of a "BOOM! HEADSHOT!" while ignoring the play on words.
Besides, I think the ad is pretty lame. :-p Then again, I was never a fan of the Hitman series.
April 19 2006, 14:59:54 UTC 6 years ago
I thought of one of my friends yelling that catchphrase as soon as I saw the ad. It gets old at times.
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April 19 2006, 13:47:53 UTC 6 years ago
Stupid Eidos
With all the controversy going on, what in the hell made them think they could get away with this ad unscathed? They're just asking for a Jack Thompsoning.April 19 2006, 13:54:23 UTC 6 years ago
Re: Stupid Eidos
I think your taking this to a non exsistanct conclusion Ad, but on the one hand, in the current political climate, it is a rather bold choice to do an ad like that. But, I'm glad, cause not doing something like that is caving in to outside pressure, which is just another Form of censorship. I for one thought the ad was well done and fit the theme extremely well.Regardless, the industry has to stil to it's guns, if it allows people bully it in anyway, it will get walked on.
No, I say edios had every right to do this. Jack Thompson, as they say, can go F#%^ himself, all he and the rest of the world did was hand Eidos money when they moved against 25 to life.
If they are stupid enough to make a big deal out of this, then they hand Eidos more money.
Big freaking deal. We got them beat in court, so all there posturing is just that.
Besides. Jacks Nuts, we all know it.
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April 19 2006, 13:56:41 UTC 6 years ago
Do I care about this add? Not really, I am not really into the Hitman series anyway, though I sometimes enjoy a violent video game or two I more lean towards the RPGs and Strategy/Puzzle based games. And yes while games like PoP are rated M I enjoy their challenge.
April 19 2006, 13:57:36 UTC 6 years ago
to be honest
I don't base my choice to buy a game with ads like this. I think Eidos is stupid for running this ad, cuz it's not the pic of a 1/4 naked woman with a bullet in her head that is gonna sell me this game. What is going to sell me this game is reviews and screenshots, and since I haven't played any of the other Hitman games, I don't plan to buy this one at all. Eidos, pull the ad, and don't ever put it up again, it's just a waste of money and paper.April 19 2006, 14:02:55 UTC 6 years ago
First Rule of Advertising in entertainment
Controversy Creates CASH!!!!Sun, while I understand your concern, your wrong to say that Screen shots and reviews sell games. They has a small part. Advertising, box art, word of mouth. Thats what sells games. Controversy creates cash. It worked for GTA, God Of war, 25 to Life, you name it.
Now, I for one like the fact that the AD is aimed to evoke more mature style, and in the context of the Hitman series, it works extremely well. Your free to disagree, won't come down on you for it, but Eidos knows from experiance that any controversy this creates, is just gonna fuel sales.
The industry has been beating anti gamers for years now. I would like a more active approach, but for now, I think that sticking to it's guns and doing what it wants is the best thing for the industry. Free speech cuts both ways. Eidos has every right to run the ad, as you have every right to disapprove of it.
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April 19 2006, 14:03:10 UTC 6 years ago
Besides, ads showing dead bodies does not make me want to buy games.
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April 19 2006, 14:04:22 UTC 6 years ago
I am amazed by how much people can read into this.
This is a game about a hitman, the game is gonna involve people dying, some of them are going to be women.There is nothing alluring or erotic about the ad that I can see, just some woman with a bullet in her head. I do not find dead people alluring personally myself. But each to their own I suppose.
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April 19 2006, 14:05:50 UTC 6 years ago
1) This ad very much promotes violence towards women, and I think that's a terrible thing. I believe ads like this, and games as well, need to get rid of the idea that violence is okay. But not just towards women, but towards men, alien invaders, ninjas, and giant robots.
2) This ad does promote discrimination towards women. As such, it needs to show a pile of bodies including men, women, transvestites, puppies, and aliens.
I think the second one's more important. People talk about how the GTA games promote violence towards women. ....How? I seem to remember nearly every mission (in GTA, Vice City, and San Andreas) which requires you to kill requires you to kill mostly men. Just because there are prostitutes in the games and you can kill them does not inherently mean the games promote violence towards women.
April 19 2006, 14:27:30 UTC 6 years ago
As for gender: Pick up this month's PC Gamer (possibly other game mags as well, I just happened to be flipping through it while waiting in line the other day) and you'll see that the next ad in the series has a man in his 40s sitting in a chair in an empty concert hall, a cello still leaning against his shoulder and his throat cleanly slit. The tag-line? "Classically Executed". Again, the point is word-play, and so far this ad campaign seems to be entirely balanced in its depiction of the dead: one male, one female. In fact I'd be willing to make a small wager that by the end of the advertisement series more men will have been shown dead than women (but only a small one, since there are possibilities of mass-killing scenes and the like).
However, while I find the discussion of the "does it promote rape/ necrophilia/violence towards women" question silly (anyone who looks at a corpse and sees a sexual situation is projecting some very interesting baggage and needs some time for introspection), I -do- think that there is a valid point that that particular ad may be giving ammunition to people who are oversensitive or just have a grudge against video games in general, something that the industry doesn't need at the moment. When under intense public scrutiny some care -is- needed, no matter how far in the wrong the critics are, for the simple reason that they have a degree of power.
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April 19 2006, 14:28:36 UTC 6 years ago
Brilliant
I thought the ad was brilliant, because it demonstrates the ultimate achievement of the Hitman games: a silent, virtually undetected assassination. Other ads show charred landscapes and demolished buildings, but it's a superb visual that shows the only difference the skilled hitman player will make in their environment is a single bullet-hole in their victim.As to the charges of "Misogynist" and "rape", all I have to say is that there are a subset of people who will read anything into everything and get offended by it, and your best course of action is to ignore them. While there are legitimate exploitative ads in the game industry, (Sega's "Centerfold" ad for the Saturn comes to mind) this is not one of them.
April 19 2006, 16:54:51 UTC 6 years ago
Re: Brilliant
I entirely agree. What I like about the ad is at first glance you don't realize that she's dead. Then as you look at it you realize it, and that's what I think really ties in the silent, undetected kill aspect.There's another ad that I saw the other day like this. Its a render though. It has a cellist sitting in a chair with his cello and he's dead, the caption read "Classically Executed". This ad was just as effective I think because even though he looked more dead (mouth open slightly, arm hanging loosely at his side, eyes kind of lolled to one side) the cause of death was harder to see. It wasn't until I actively looked closer at the picture that I noticed markings one his throat that would have come from a garote or piano wire.
Of course, you don't hear anybody yelling about violence cellists now do you.
April 19 2006, 14:30:50 UTC 6 years ago
Rape?
It might just be because I looked at the ad from top to bottom (so I saw the catch-phrase first) but I really don't think that involves rape. The woman could of just been laying there waiting for someone when the Hitman took her out. Shot from the side, her head might twist from the impact. Shot from above, well, he'd have to be standing right there, but it isn't out of the question.But yeah, while its obvious there's sexual implications behind it, I really don't think it implies rape. It just makes me think of a Bond movie, appart from the tag which clearly makes it a Hitman game.
April 19 2006, 16:44:34 UTC 6 years ago
Re: Rape?
Rape is not only about sex. Rape is about power. Rape is about violence.There is sex appeal and violence in this ad, which has similarities to rape.
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April 19 2006, 14:32:52 UTC 6 years ago
Pffft
I think Joystiq has started to think like Jack from dealing with him so much. Or maybe they were just trolling for a response from him?Either way, they took the ad out of context and sensationalized it in a very Thompsonesque manner. Like someone at /. pointed out like a week ago, there's a whole series of these "___ly Executed" ads for the game with different puns. And some of them even feature *gasp* dead guys. As such, the "controversy" Joystiq started is no different from the asshats who go on about beating hookers up in GTA while conveniently ignoring the fact you can beat up anyone.
April 19 2006, 14:34:06 UTC 6 years ago
Time to put my ad school studies to the test!
I'd say the ad is effective.When you're dealing with magazine ads, you have to realize that they're designed with the intent someone to pause long enough to look at it. The target customer doesn't give a shit about your ad. If given a choice, he'd probably say he doesn't want to be advertised to.
So you throw out the cookie of the beautiful woman, which gets him to pause, then you've already won. If he just sees the headline and the logo, then you're golden. It's invasive. The customer has seen the product.
But if he actually reads it, notices the bullet hole, figures out what he's really looking at, and the light bulb goes off, then the ad's more likely to stick with him at the register. If some people are put off by it, then that's fine. You're not trying to sell to them anyway.
And if the ad gets pulled because of protests, then that's fine, too. Who cares about losing your paid space in Computer Gaming World when they're showing your ad on CNN for free?
April 19 2006, 14:45:40 UTC 6 years ago
Neither? It's a very straightforward statement+image, to me.
What the heck? Sounds like someone is deliberately reading way the heck too far into this. Molehill >> Mountain.
April 19 2006, 14:46:46 UTC 6 years ago
Will this be used as ammunition? Yeah, probably. I can hear the fem-nazis now. They won't pay attention to the other Hitman ads like the one brerwolf mentioned.
April 19 2006, 14:49:01 UTC 6 years ago
Oh, and there's a dead woman. Big deal, I've seen worst in many movies/TV series, there's not even serious gore in that picture. And if you ask me, taking them out before they go to bed is a safe bet for a real hitman, so it's even accurate on that point.
And I doubt a real hitman with decent skills would RAPE someone and leave evidence...
April 19 2006, 14:59:45 UTC 6 years ago
I guess we can no longer expect such things to register in the minds of the Joystiq crowd, eh?
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April 19 2006, 14:50:59 UTC 6 years ago
Promotes rape? Hardly. Promtes violence agaisnt women? Hardly. Promtes stylized violnce? Sure, but so does Sin City, Kill Bill, etc. Necrophilia? If you already like dead people that way, sure.
Great marketing, especially with the other ads in the series. The only point that makes sense is whether or not non-gamers would "get it." Maybe not. But does this run in non-gaming mags? I doubt it. It's aimed at us (as gamers). Perfectly Executed.
April 19 2006, 14:55:48 UTC 6 years ago
I thought of that immediately after seeing it, and I think most Hitman fans will too. Everyone else can jump off a climp, as they clearly don't get it.
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April 19 2006, 14:54:09 UTC 6 years ago
Not-So-Beautifully Executed...
...is the response to this."Whether or not it's the intention, it is yet another drop in the bucket of cases of violence against a sexualized woman. Thus, it contributes to a culture of acceptance of those messages."
No, it's not, and no, it doesn't. An ad featuring a dead woman lying on a bed wearing lyngerie isn't going to encourage anyone to beat up, rape, or murder women. That's not the message here, in fact, there is no fucking message. It's an ad for a video game that was clearly designed to evoke the attention of someone's pants are too tight, i.e. whoever made this dumbass comment. Congratulations! You've been played like a fiddle, jackass.
"It's clear that a semi-naked woman carefully arranged on a bed has clear and prominent sexual connotations and that if rape isn't explicitly evoked, it's implicit in the situation."
Carefully arranged? Compare this ad, if you will, to a picture commonly found in Playboy magazine. Notice any differences? Unless you're this dumbass, probably.
Love how he threw "rape" in there. It's as if he's trying to make this more controversial and scandalous than it even deserves to be. What a douchebag.
"Why in the world would any sane ad agency risk making an advertisement that glorifies rape?"
Oh look, Douchebag's little brother, Douchenozzle. Hey fuckstick, leave the internet to the grown-ups, mmkay?
GP: ...not to jump in on Monica's piece, but as a guy I'm highly offended by any insinuation that guys in general are turned on by violence against women...
I don't think anyone's implying that here Dennis. Except for the people who seem to have a vested interest in this ad being seen for something other than exactly what it is: an ad for a violent video game.
As for the target audience for Hitman: Blood Money being men, that has far more to do with men being the biggest consumers of violent entertainment in this country than with the stigma of men in general getting off on smacking women around.
April 19 2006, 15:00:31 UTC 6 years ago
Re: Not-So-Beautifully Executed...
Case-in-point: If this were remotely the message the marketroids wanted to put across, the woman would be black & blue. Instead, there is a single entry wound in her forehead and a common (hollywood) pose for someone who's fallen backwards after being killed.
Zero abuse, zero rape insinuation, and zero misogyny.
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April 19 2006, 15:03:54 UTC 6 years ago
Annoyed
This is just silly.A woman is shown here, dead in things she might wear to sleep, and it's misogynist. If it was a black man, it'd be racism/stereotyping. If it was a black woman, it'd be racism/stereotyping and misogyny.
White male slumped over his cello? Completely ignored.
April 19 2006, 15:05:16 UTC 6 years ago
Re: Annoyed
Well, DUH. He's white. He's man. He's in the mid-40s. Unless the 40 Years Old White Cello Player Association of America decides to take it up, it's not offensive, it's a clever play on word and image.6 years ago
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April 19 2006, 15:20:32 UTC 6 years ago
Pussification of our nation!
When I first saw the ad at Joystiq, not one instant did I think of any themes of rape or misogyny were coming into play. If this were a man in a nicely pressed suit, no one would cry afoul because we live in a nation where double standards reign supreme. I know one thing for sure, she was asleep when the hit took place so I honestly don't believe the hitman would incite rape unless he wants to blow (lol) his cover. =\Of course, talking media heads and sensationalists will take this ad and take it way out of context in an effort to condemn the industry.
April 19 2006, 16:22:45 UTC 6 years ago
Re: Pussification of our nation!
Actually there is an add which shows a violin player with his throat cut. I dont see anyone complaining about that.6 years ago
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April 19 2006, 15:31:05 UTC 6 years ago
OK I'll agree there's some sexual connotations int he woman wearing lingerie on a bed with satin sheets, with the exception of the bullet hole in her forehead.
However Rape is not explicitly evoked or implicit in this situation.
1) Rape victims generally don't dress in a teddy before a rape.
2) Rape victims generally don't lie coyly on a bed of satin before a rape.
3) Rape victims generally aren't arranged in an artful pose after said fact.
The biggest thing I can see that explicitly shows Rape is not evoked nor implicit in this situation, there is obvious concern for how the victim has been beautifully executed. Rapists don't have any concern for thier victims, they treat thier victims (and women in general) as objects. The whole scene suggests a work of Art, something to be done with care and precision, and this is emphasized with the head line Beautifully Executed.
Looking at the image you can tell care and concern was taken. A rapist doesn't show care or concern.
April 20 2006, 01:25:25 UTC 6 years ago
Now, why aren't any of the men scantily clad? Why no men in thongs? It'd be just as likely to catch people's attention.
Also, if you want a look at the sexualization of women (and rape, to a lesser extent), watch the documentary 'Killing Us Softly'. The woman occasionally stretches, but overall the point is kinda disturbing.
April 19 2006, 15:46:58 UTC 6 years ago
It's a game about a Hitman
You really have to look at the ad within the context of the game. When I first saw the ad it made me think of one of the levels in Hitman: Contracts, the Meat King's Party. What this ad ultimately shows is that the hits made by your character are flawless. I wasn't offended by the ad and it didn't cross my mind that other people might be, because they really shouldn't. If you play the game, this entire advertisement will make sense. On another note, where the hell did the rape thing come from? I mean seriously, I know us guys have carnal desires, but why does rape have to worm it's way into something like this, we're not all Neanderthals here.-Auto
April 19 2006, 15:52:07 UTC 6 years ago
Re: It's a game about a Hitman
Joystiq seems to have some kind of "stir shit up to report on" agenda here.April 19 2006, 16:21:51 UTC 6 years ago
Rape?!?!?
How does this ad in anyway signify rape?!?If anyone who actually played the game they would know that Agent 47 (aka Hitman) is very serious about his job and it is HIGHLY unlikely that he would rape a woman. He may be a murderer and a hitman, but a rapist he is not.
Heck if you consider this rape then you might as well consider any and every Victorias Secret magazine rape also.
April 19 2006, 16:45:17 UTC 6 years ago
Re: Rape?!?!?
Rape is not only about sex. Rape is about power. Rape is about violence.There is sex appeal and violence in this ad, which has similarities to rape.
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April 19 2006, 16:24:42 UTC 6 years ago
The (fictional) Surgeon General says...
...Cloudy issues are hazardous to one's mental health.As many have pointed out, there is a lot of clouding the issue going on by those complaining about the ad. One of the most notable ways is to use misleading terminology, misleading data, or out and out lies about the game and the ad.
Nothing new there either. One of the most recent to be going through a similar situation is the forthcoming video game "Bully". By using words such as "murder simulator" or even more specifically "Columbine simulator", people have been diverted from the facts of the game itself. Just by using such words, a "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain" type of thought process has been put into play. Even though there is no such evidence that such will be possible in the game. Or the use of supposed "bully experts" to cloud the line between the fiction of the game and the reality of actual bullies in schools.
Or how about certain additional claims being made about GTA, such as the inclusion of "rape" when referring to the violence of the game. Or the exaggeration of the contents of "Hot Coffee".
Now, we have individuals who want "rape" to be associated with this game. Though no factual evidence that such content is in the game exists. Or implying that only men would be the "bad guys" so the woman in the image must actually be "innocent". To my knowledge, there is no specified list of targets for the Hitman. Yet the assumption using phrases such as "violence against women" implies (1) that the higher or lower value of an individual is dependant upon their gender and (2) that it is assured that the victim in the image is "innocent" based solely on their gender.
As pointed out by others, politicians will pick up on this as well. And most likely they will play it to the hilt, misleading information and playing the "gender card" for sympathy, irregardless of the facts. It won't be the first time. It most definitely won't be the last.
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April 19 2006, 16:35:19 UTC 6 years ago
Several Comments
I feel the need to jump in here. So here we go1) I'm a frequent visitor of both Joystiq and GP, and I read this when it first got posted, and very nearly commented then, but didn't. However, in vc's defense, his original call for comments didn't try to sway people one way or the other. He merely showed the ad, gave a quick description of the two sides of the coin, and let people have at it. The common idea at Joystiq was that the ad was tasteless and inspired thoughts of rape. I disagree on both points, bringing us to...
2) As someone who loved the first Hitman game, playing it for hours on end, and who kind of dug the second one, but didn't get into it quite as much, the thought of a Hitman game coming out thrills me on a certain level at any point. Say what you want about the psychological ramifications of that, doesn't really bother me. People love to play the bad guy. It's fun to get to do stuff that's morally and criminally reprehensible in a fictional game world occasionally. One of those things is to be a cold blooded assassin. That game does it really well. If that's not your cup of tea, no hard feelings. Liking it certainly doesn't make you unbalanced or dangerous. I happen to be a sane, fairly harmless guy that enjoys that sort of thing occasionally. This is enhanced due to the games challenge as it's presented and fairly open-ended approach as to how you accomplish your task.
3) I've been very happy to see that there has been a large quantity of people here at GP that have stood up for common decency and knock down a lot of the controversy-mongering that's been started from the Joystiq side. I don't know what it means, as far as why the approaches to the ad are different, perhaps it's just a demographic thing, I'm not sure.
4) Lastly, I just wanted to make a comment about the "it's obviously featuring a sexy woman because it's marketed to men" concept. Gorgeous women sell. Not just to men, but to everyone. As a man, I'm kind of baffled as to why it works that way, but it does. You pick up a copy of Maxim, there's a beautiful woman on the cover. You pick up a copy of Cosmo, there's a beautiful woman on the cover. Possibly the same woman. Now men tend to go a bit further with the undressing/near-undressing than women do, but not always by as big of a margin as women would like to make it seem. A woman can look at a half-dressed woman and it's fine, but if a man looks at the same woman, it's misogynistic. I'm not saying that there's no merit to these kinds of thoughts, but there are plenty of women who're fine with a victoria's secret catalog, but freak out over a Maxim. Either way, the only way to tell that this is an ad for a male demographic is the fact that it's a violent game. Women do the same stuff for their own ads.
So that last number was a bit rambly, but I'm hoping it got my point across... it's something that's bugged me for a while now.
April 19 2006, 16:50:37 UTC 6 years ago
Re: Several Comments
A woman can look at a half-dressed woman and it's fine, but if a man looks at the same woman, it's misogynistic. I'm not saying that there's no merit to these kinds of thoughts, but there are plenty of women who're fine with a victoria's secret catalog, but freak out over a Maxim.They're called double-standards. They can do anything that you would enjoy doing, and you can't do the same because you enjoy it.
By the way, women of the web, I'm not speaking of all women. But I wouldn't have any reason to say such things if I hadn't encountered to so much of it so far, now would I? Think about that one for awhile.
April 19 2006, 16:36:08 UTC 6 years ago
Another firestorm...
For a game that probably just isn't worth it. Eidos has relied on hype over good gameplay for a long time now. I most certainly could fail to notice that add in the form I see it here. Maybe its just the quality of the scan, but it looks more like a guy with a buzzcut in lingerie than an "alluring woman" to me. If I didn't already know for the headline it was an add for Hitman I might have thought it was a Hindu crossdresser.I know Hitman has many hardcore fans, for some reason. I found the game to be pathetic, particularly the second one. The easiest way to maintain a high stealth rating in the game was to headshot everyone with a silenced pistol as you walked up to them. Maybe they will do better this time, but I don't intended to waste money finding out given their track record so far.
April 19 2006, 18:32:18 UTC 6 years ago
Re: Another firestorm...
As I remember, to get the best points were to kill no one but the targets, leaving everyone else alive and sneaking past them. I also think it was better to use the wire or knife to kill instead of the gun. I don't think headshots to everyone got you the best score. Proably higher than going on a crazy killing spree, but still.6 years ago
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