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Girls of Gaming EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Super SFIV's Juri used to be cute and fat (like a baby) 23 I thought it was pretty interesting that Abel started off as a girl/trap (don't we all), and while Juri's original design didn't feature any gender-bending functionality, her creation process was... Bayonetta gets her gun-shoe freak on in new trailer 19 With Bayonetta out in Japan, Sega can finally concentrate on saturating the West with video trailers and promotional chicanery. Here's the first trailer, a new video that shows off the weapons a... 30% of Guitar Hero players are female (slow news day) 22 In amazingly mindblowing news that everybody cares about, it's being stated that almost a third of all Guitar Hero players are female. Wow."A very large group really wants great guitar music... Make out with your iPhone with this SuicideGirls App 27 Seduce a SuicideGirl is a new iPhone App where you'll be playing a choose your own style adventure in order to make out with Zoli Suicide. Your goal is to chat up Zoli in a comic book shop and if... Brighten up your period with this Pokemon menstrual pad! 80 Is it your time of the month? You on the rag? On the blob? More importantly, have you ever wanted to bleed out of your minge and onto Pikachu's face? If you answer in the affirmative to these que... Trish Stratus coming out with a Wii Yoga game 37 Trish Stratus as a brunette with glasses is stunning. She was always hot, but now she's just ... wow. Oh, right, videogames. Fitness model and former WWE actor Trish Stratus has teamed up wi... Girls: why they game less 59 Girls. They have stumped men for ages with their ways. The biggest mystery of all? Why they don't play games as much as men. A recent study from Michigan State University has discovered the concl... Vote for the next Ryu Ga Gotoku hostess 25 One of these 16 lovely ladies could appear in the next Ryu Ga Gotoku (Yakuza) game as a virtual hostess. Sega went through 1,500 applicants and now need to figure out which lady will make it thro... Model Anja Rubik to star in Yoga for the Wii 16 JoWooD Productions and DreamCatcher Games is coming out with a yoga game for the Wii simply called Yoga. That’s not the story here. The story here is that international model Anja Rubik wil... New Lara Croft poses make old Lara look like a bobble head 40 Lara Croft has gone through a few changes in her life, most of them based around graphical advancements in breast rounding technology. Back in the day Lara was naught more than a couple of polygo... E3 09: The E3 booth babe gallery! 38 E3 2009 feels like what a real E3 should feel like again this year. There's actually excitement in the air as people are hustling and bustling around going from booth to booth. I'm actually kind ... Burlesque goes nerdy at Los Angeles' Bordello club 61 Ok, picture this: an evening of entertainment provided by hot girls dressed like video game characters who then proceed to take off their clothes for an audience? Uh ... what I've just described ... Breaking! Free Destructoid shirts for the ladies while they last 22 Time to clean house!  Nerdyshirts is closing out the last of our 08' Destructoid skull & crossbones shirts for $5 plus shipping (all men's sizes are sold out, sorry!) but here's how to g... Um, OK: Girls Gone Wild reviews Tenchu Shadow Assassins 13  For whatever reason, Joe Francis of Girls Gone Wild reviewed Tenchu Shadow Asassins. Well, it’s not actually a review. It’s really just clips from Tenchu mixed together with NSF... Ubisoft says the Wii is for girls 44 Because dividing people by gender is lots of fun for everyone, Ubisoft is claiming that the Wii is a "girl-driven" system, something which the publisher's senior brand manager, Ann Hami... Maxim's hottest videogame babes of 2008 misses a few babes 39 Maxim has compiled a list of the sexiest videogame babes from games released in 2008 and I don’t agree with some of their babe choices. I’m not saying the list isn’t good in any... Nobi Nobi Boy screens confirm that the freak is still alive 18 If you are a very long term reader of the site, then you'll remember that if I have one fear, it is Nobi Nobi Boy, the terrifying worm hybrid freak who comes to the PS3 courtesy of Katamari Damac... Mega Man + period blood = the most disturbed fan art ever 111 Ladies and gentlemen, I now present to you evidence of what happens when fanboyism is allowed to become something ... more. Sure, we all have our gaming vices, and I am sure we have sometimes gon... Abuse your virtual girlfriend, make it all better with a teddy bear 67 The above video should inspire women all around the world. This bizarre "game" uses a webcam and special boxes, a process known as Augmented Reality, to simulate a virtual girlfriend ... A glimpse back at one gamer's past 48 I turned 23 earlier this week, and as people often do when they grow a year older, I started thinking back to my younger years. I have done a lot of growing up, but there is one thing that has ne... Games: it's spreading to the girls now 9 Well, that's not how the NPD put it. They say that this year young girls are fitting more gaming into their busy girly schedule than they did last year. The NPD Group's study, called -- no kiddin... Girls would rather play games than sleep? New poll says yes 42 I've known many guys who would rather game all night than get decent sleep, but I thought I was one of few staying up until the wee hours to plow just a little but further in Persona 3. Turns out... Jenny McCarthy has Warrior Femininity (tm) 27 In this video, Jenny McCarthy says she has a warrior inside of her. This opens itself to any number of lewd comments that may or may not involve facepainted and barely coherent WWF wrestlers fr... And then this happened: Denis Dyack gets interviewed by Penthouse Pets 10 I'd like to shake the hand of whoever came up with the idea to put videogame industry folks into a bed with scantily clad Penthouse Pets. Das Gamer and Complex magazine, I salute you. The latest ... EA announces Boogie for broads, Boogie SuperStar for Wii 4 Today, Electronic Arts has announced Boogie SuperStar for the Wii ... penises need not apply!This latest entry in the Boogie series is targeted at a female demographic, providing "girls the ... Wait a minute, female gamers can have the same mindset as men!? 39 Don Ryan, the new COO at Oberon Media (AstroPop, Zuma Deluxe), has somehow come to the bizarre conclusion that women can be just as competitive as men. Maybe if they’re competing in a pot r... THQ: 'Girls have better things to do than videogames' 68 James Scalpello, THQ's wireless director, has humorously stated that girls simply have more important things to do with their time than play games. Statistically, he ain't wrong, but you've got ... RetroforceGO! Episode 50: That's half of a hundred! 77 While the more astute listener may notice that today is, in fact, not Monday (the regular release day for RFGO!), he or she will be glad to have endured the extra day wait for this week's episode... May the best breast win: New screens of Soul Calibur IV full of smut and gravity 59 A recent survey conducted by Destructoid showed that the vast majority of our readers are of the male persuasion, live in the US, and would prefer breasts in their faces at all times. The makers ... Petition to cease drawn kiddy porn in games 86 A petition has been formed to force new legislation in Japan that could see an end to videogames portraying underage characters in "erotic" situations. The Japanese Diet will listen to ... The ten best videogame moms EVER! 84 It’s Mother’s Day! Stop reading this for a second and go call your mom to tell her how much you love her. I don’t care if your mother “accidentally&rdquo... The ten best videogame moms EVER! 84 It’s Mother’s Day! Stop reading this for a second and go call your mom to tell her how much you love her. I don’t care if your mother “accidentally&rdquo... Hot chicks with cheat codes: Bow chicka bow wow 51 Hot Chicks with Cheat Codes is Spike TV's special series where they have hot chicks giving out cheat codes. The premise is extremely simple, and is also completely retarded. But hey, I'm not comp... The only thing missing was a roofie cocktail: Best Buy's Wii for Women event 29 Earlier today, participating Best Buy stores held a nationwide event claiming to celebrate women and (Nintendo) gaming. I threw on my best blond wig, shaved my face with a five blade razor, strap... Best Buy holds Wii for Women event this Sunday 32 While the small percentage of female gamers out there are constantly bombarded with undermining crap, there are some female-specific things about gaming that seem more or less free of gender judg... And the gamers who play them: Girl Gamers 207 For this month's musing I chose to digest the sub-culture of 'Girl Gamers' that has managed to quickly surface alongside the increased popularity of gaming in the mass media. So to avoid any conf... G4TV chooses their new Gamer Girl nominees (update) 139 [Editor's note - A contact at G4 confirmed that the top ten shown above are actually being submitted as nominees to be a new G4 host. Winning this contest does not guarantee that the winner actua... 38% of gamers are female, 0% of me is surprised 36 And 100% of statistics are stupid.Someone's got to track this crap, right? The Entertainment Software Association has done that for us, and they say that 38 percent of gamers are female. These ga... GDC 08: Sony Online Entertainment likes girls, establishes scholarship 33 The fine folks at Sony Online Entertainment were kind enough to invite the Destructoid crew out to a  GDC after-hours shindig here in San Francisco to celebrate the establishment of the new ... Developers should market to women? 51 We've all heard the legends, the hushed whispers emanating from herds of awestruck, greased con-goers, and the awe-inspiring tales of heroism at the hands of a mythic creature: the girl gamer. An... DAMN IT! Final Fight's Poison is a tranny 63 Yoshinori Ono, producer of Street Fighter IV, was interviewed for the latest issue of EGM on their big SF IV blow out issue. Among the many questions Ono was asked, EGM wanted to find out whether... Wii shows soldier his cheating wife's bowling shenanigans 75 I don't know how else to title this article, nor do I know what to say, really. This is a weird one, that's for damn certain. Go Nintendo reader Tony sent an email to the aforementioned site tell... Boobies, nerds, and leap year: The 2008 Nerdcore Calendar launch party 43 This past Friday night, Charlie, Dexter345 and I decided to brave the wild streets of Los Angeles and crash attend the 2008 Nerdcore Calendar launch party on Sunset Blvd., conveniently ... WiiShaft commerical makes me want to sew my vagina shut 83 If any of you ever catch me looking as retarded as these two girls do playing with this new Wiishaft control thing, I want you to do me a favor. I want you to take the nearest blunt object you ca... The best non-profit ever supplies soldiers with free videogames 20 If a woman did this for me, I would marry her too. That is, if I was a man in the military.  The more I think about that idea, the more confused I get, so I think it's best to just move on. ... Girls, want to beat boys at gaming? Here's a handbook 59 Wow. Wow. Wow. To drive home how insulting this is, I'm going to reverse the situation: You meander into Barnes and Noble, and whilst perusing the aisles you stumble upon a bright blue book title... Destructoid Review: Timeshift 36 Timeshift ...The name inspires thoughts of B-Movies starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as a futuristic police officer sent back in time to do the splits and pronounce words in a hilarious fashion. He... Playboy's annual Girls of Videogames 2007 spread 34 Playboy is having another round of naked digital women in this months issue of Playboy. Here's the list of the women that are going to be in this years spread:“Keaira” from Age of Con... My debate experience with Xfire 11 A few weeks ago our own Faith was invited to be a panelist for an Xfire debate about Women and Gaming, but she was unable to make it and asked me if I could participate. I was happy to do so, and... RetroforceGO! Episode 22: The Halloween show 22 Well, well, well, my little ghosts and robots, I'm sure that all of you have been eagerly waiting this week's episode of RetroforceGO! almost as much as you've been awaiting the candy fueled bend... Art Attack Friday: Miss Shelby 27 It could be said that artist Shelby painted the above mural imbued with high art aspirations of a piece that flirts playfully between pop culture and pop gaming. Or perhaps it was merely a colorf... Nerdcore #8: Sexy half-naked women with videogames 65 Has it really been almost eight months since my last Nerdcore? I mean a true Nerdcore too, not some horrible 'shopped April Fools joke or my demented sense of humor that involved kitty cats from... Famitsu's Nintendo Conference footage: there's hope for the Wii yet 20 Courtesy of Famitsu.com, we bring you the above clip: footage direct from Nintendo's recent conference where they dropped all those huge announcements you've been hearing so much about. Of cour... Win a Halo friend in the greatest Ebay auction of them all 35 Do you want a good friend on Xbox's greatest new game Halo 3? Wish you had someone to play with? Well here's your chance! Yes, for those us who have Xbox Live and for some reason haven't added a ... Girl gamers want to raise ... Babyz? 59 Ubisoft, in an attempt to pacify the market of young girl gamers out there, have created a new line of games called Imagine to cater specifically to said girls. What type of games do young girls ... TGS 2007: Tokyo Game Show booth babes vs. Mr. Destructoid 66 While my colleagues were dutifully attending press conferences, scribbling notes, and giving the burgeoning video game industry a critical eye ... I was busy groping hot Asian chicks introducing ... Hardcore grandma plays Overlord, doesn't like Kahn 28 This is perhaps the greatest video I have seen all week. It's definitely the greatest video you've seen all week. A hardcore grandma plays Overlord and finds herself stuck at a particularly nasty... Game Debate to the Death! Last Round: Ryu VS Chun-Li 87 Last week was a hairy debate of man versus woman. Some argued that the Russian's ripped chest and limbs would rip any female fighter apart, while others claimed that Chun-Li was so skilled that e... The longest post ever: My trip to San Diego Comic-Con 52 [Editor's note: This year's San Diego Comic-Con was full of the usual surprises -- celebrity appearances, videogame announcements, sweet comics (of course), and the obligatory crew of chicks in c... Excuse me, but you have a crab on your head 25 You know it's true love when your girl gives you crabs for your one year anniversary. Sorry, I couldn't resist. The lovely Vintage Lust over at Girl Gamers decided to make her sweetie a 3D hea... « NEXT « next - expanded blog view		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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