Re: [HOE] Urban Renewal cover

["Christopher L." <entropy523@yahoo.com>]

Rich,
 
Did you really have to use the term "bananna hammock"?

I find it offensive.


--- Abdullah Oblongota <toadpooka@juno.com> wrote:
> OK, time for my two cents (would ya believe that's
> the first time I've
> ever said that on the list?):
> Those of you who were at GenCon and to a lesser
> extent, Origins) might
> have noticed a change in the demographics of the
> attendees.  If you
> looked around, you saw a lot more women attending
> the Con.  More
> importantly, you saw a lot more women attending the
> Con alone. 
> Previously to this, most (I realize not all) women
> at gaming conventions
> were dragged into gaming and to the con by gamer
> boyfriends who didn't
> tell their unsuspecting significant others that
> gaming and conventions
> are mainly comprised of swarthy, frustrated youth
> who want their sexual
> gratification in every single publication they
> purchase, as opposed to
> breaking down and occasionally buying an issue of
> Hustler to relieve
> their frustrations.
> what this means is that game material should be
> increasingly suited to
> sell to women as well as men.  you could take this
> two ways: One, you
> could make the art and situations in the game
> dramatic without
> overstating too much in any direction. Or, two, you
> can assume that the
> new crop of women in gaming are just as misanthropic
> as the repressed
> hunchbacks who've been our stereotypical
> representatives since 1982, and
> start putting bodybuilder guys in bannana hammocks
> all over everything. 
> One of these routes will improve the quality of
> gaming significantl.  The
> other will be a step back into obscurity and
> tastlessness.
> 
> From Whom It May Concern,
> Rich A Ranallo
> 
>
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