Re:Missed markets (Score 1)

My take on it? (Not that people care, but...)

I agree with phwiff, but I don't mind it too too much. Yes, it's sexist. Yes, it's stupid. But the problem is, it works.

If it didn't, would the magazines sell as well? If it didn't, would advertisers from all different fields use sex to sell? I don't think so. The problem lies not with the gaming mags, but everywhere a picture of a scantily-clad woman can be slapped up to help sell something. Companies have been using sex to see for aeons, although it's more obvious to us now because cultural mores allow for much more skin to be shown/flaunted than ever before.

So yes, gaming magazines do have a big problem with it (as shown by the rather superfluous "Ten Ways to Get the Girl" article in the most recent incite PC gaming, featuring plenty of pictures of actress Kobe Tai). So do beer commercials. And car commercials. And just about everything else under the sun.

If there's to be a revolution, though, the gaming magazines would be a fine place to start.