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Thursday, August 26, 2004

Naked Cartoons?

posted by Jazz at 8/26/2004 09:39:00 AM

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So Playboy is hyping the upcoming edition of their magazine. No big surprise there. And we get a tantalizing description of one of their "models."
She's a statuesque redhead with green eyes who stands 5'7". Her measurements are 36-22-36 and she's posing topless for the October issue of Playboy magazine. Oh, just one thing... she's a video game character.
Now don't get me wrong. I actually like video games. I've played Tomb Raider, Everquest, and even messed around with The Sims briefly. And it's only with mild embarrassment that I freely admit that I always enjoy the sight of a good looking naked woman. But this is Playboy running pictures of a nude pixilated character from a game in an erotic magazine layout. Doesn't that strike anyone as just a bit... wrong?