And the new versions look pretty damn good too… if this was available to users outside the ME I’d install and play a few rounds of this thing just on principle.

As for stuff coming from companies… I have no idea how much Gala-Net had to say over what appears to be Game Power 7′s own policies.

If the most obvious and sexist interpretation of the ad applies, then the default gamer according to the ad’s intent is this hornytoad young male, probably het, with a bit of latent homophobia they picked up in their youth (because really we’re brought up in a culture where it’s been about 15 years since kids in middle school couldn’t even see the problem in openly advocating gaybashing).

Which means the ad is structured like this: 1. Show something sexualized to catch the reader’s attention through arousal. 2. Conclude by telling that someone is “eagerly awaiting” the reader. 3. In that message, tell them that that someone…. might well be 6 million other dudes?

What???

The alternative, that the ad is meant to target lesbians who assume other gamers are lesbians, seems more internally consistent though I would be surprised if it were the intent.

A game I’ve never heard of already has half as many players as WOW? Really? Sure.

Just doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to me. Seems like this is some sort of Republican conspiracy to distract people from the health care debate by creating free web games then making offensive web ads for them.