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I recently listened to Cagcast 124 (karmic vomit) where CheapyD and Wombat talk about hot girls in the gaming industry (who dont know anything) but are there to just show off their Double Dragons.

A few weeks ago I noticed that gamespot got a new host for thier video show "On the Spot". Her name is Kristin Riely. She is a good looking girl but i believe she knows nothing about video games. Gamespot introduced her as being an awesome Halo 3 player and yet we see no footage of her playing. She gets game names wrong all the time and all she has to say about games is "Oh thats cute." Its like Gamepot is telling her what to say before the show.

I agree with CheapyD when he says that he would want a hardcore geek to give him his game info not hot girls, you can go to other places for that. I wouldn't mind if she actually played games and knew about them but she doesn't. She knows no history of games and doesn't give you any good information about them.

Just wondering if anyone else noticed this please comment about it.

I think that making the only voice in the gaming media be the typical geeky male only hurts the stigma around gamers. Girls play games too and I think it's interesting that websites are just now starting to realize this.

Girls like Jessica Chobot and Morgan Webb, while attractive (the former more so than the latter), do play games. Webb is always at every game convention in order to get her hands on the games and plays them with the boys.

Just because they have different bits and pieces doesn't mean that they're uninformed about the media they're covering.

But if they're just being put out there to look pretty, what makes them different from the poster girls that peddle liquor? Ultimately I think the answer lies in finding the right balance of beauty and knowledge. Just look at the girls at Destructoid. They're on the up and up about games and they're not bad lookin' either. (Case and point, Atheistium)

Well sure, whatever, but there's a bigger problem here. Girls showing off their double dragons? That would mean they're exposing their two dicks. That's disgusting.

I think the complaints of trixie360 were piling up. In comes the Chobot.

Originally Posted by Chacrana Well sure, whatever, but there's a bigger problem here. Girls showing off their double dragons? That would mean they're exposing their two dicks. That's disgusting.

Yeahhhh. Trixie was kinda rough to look at, wasn't she? lol

Edit: Why just focus on the journalism side of the industry? I'll give you one name and you discuss: Jade Raymond.

Originally Posted by CouRageouS I think the complaints of trixie360 were piling up. In comes the Chobot.

lul Chodebot.

I am not saying that girls in the gaming industry are bad as long as they actually play games like Chobot. But this girl seems like she doesn't know anything. Girls in the industry are perfectly fine.

Welcome to the current game industry.

AKA a bunch of posers.

Originally Posted by CouRageouS I think the complaints of trixie360 were piling up. In comes the Chobot.

What kind of complaints were there about Trixie360?

Anyhow, like some other poster said in the sophomoric Veronica Belmont vs Chobot thread: "gamers are stupid." A lot of gamers are undersexed, unshaven, socially inept clouts that drool at the sight of a moderately attractive woman that is depicted as, or actually is, a gamer. That's how they get you to watch their video podcasts and the inevitable ads that generate revenue.

Originally Posted by Warlock TCK I think that making the only voice in the gaming media be the typical geeky male only hurts the stigma around gamers. Girls play games too and I think it's interesting that websites are just now starting to realize this. Girls like Jessica Chobot and Morgan Webb, while attractive (the former more so than the latter), do play games. Webb is always at every game convention in order to get her hands on the games and plays them with the boys. Just because they have different bits and pieces doesn't mean that they're uninformed about the media they're covering. But if they're just being put out there to look pretty, what makes them different from the poster girls that peddle liquor? Ultimately I think the answer lies in finding the right balance of beauty and knowledge. Just look at the girls at Destructoid. They're on the up and up about games and they're not bad lookin' either. (Case and point, Atheistium)

I'm guessing this is the person you're talking about? http://www.1up.com/do/my1Up?publicUserId=5668591

I find it very annoying for girls in this industry to make a big deal that they ARE in fact girls. Don't complain about separate treatment if you go out of your way to label yourself as a "girl gamer". Similarly, I immediately stop considering a girl's gaming opinion valid if she has pictures of herself all over her blog (see above).

Originally Posted by peteyrose I find it very annoying for girls in this industry to make a big deal that they ARE in fact girls. Don't complain about separate treatment if you go out of your way to label yourself as a "girl gamer". Similarly, I immediately stop considering a girl's gaming opinion valid if she has pictures of herself all over her blog (see above).

You Sir, deserve a cookie.

Video game blogs, lol.

I AM PLAYING MGS4 2DAY....

Honestly, I don't mind hot girls talking about games stuff. I'll admit the the only reason I watch Cheat on G4 (which isn't a lot but still...) is because of Kristin Holt. I mean, I'd rather watch her tell me how to beat Popular Game X than go to IGN and read it. But at the same time, I wouldn't go out of my way to pay to see her show, like Sony wants with Veronica Belmonet and Qore.

Overall though, companies are overdoing it. I'm not going to watch a bunch of shows/clips/interviews just because it has an attractive female lead. If I'm bored or find the host particularly attractive, I might watch once in a while, but I'm not going to become an avid fan unless the show is that damn good. If the company wants a consistant, devoted fanbase, then it would probably be best to go for the truthful nerdy guy. A guy who people won't be embaressed to say "David Wom said a lot of good stuff about Popular Game X, I might actually get it since he knows what he's talking about."

No I am not taking about that lauren girl from 1up i have never even heard of her. I am talking about someone named Kristin.

Nah, I was the one who mentioned Lauren Wainwright.

...I'm a sucker for girls with a British accent...

This topic needs more pics

anyone else miss g4tv.com?

Originally Posted by evildeadron anyone else miss g4tv.com?

I miss when it was called GameTime and was on Pseudo... although it turns out that has nothing to do with this discussion unlike your post.

pics or it didn't happen