Since Fat Princess’s recent announcement, much has been said regarding the stereotypical princess in games. Feminists generally aren’t receptive to the whole “damsel in distress needing to be saved” persona (especially when it’s paired with uncontrollable binge eating, like it is in Fat Princess). Being a female myself, I see their point here, but unlike them, I don’t believe the answer lies in abolishing characters like this altogether. With the proper makeover, I believe any princess has badass potential.

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What’s the best kind of princess? Well, there are two schools of thought. “Fat Princess,” the new Darkstar Industries video game coming out for PS3, glorifies the princess, as usual, and makes her the object of rescue. However, she does not do anything but eat and get progressively larger, making it more difficult for the opposing team to…rescue/haul her to victory. Capture the flag with Fatty as flag, if you will.

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