Playing through a game, a little injected eye candy for the player always helps the experience go much more smoothly. Some video game vixens can give a man the extra fuel needed to carry him through his dreams. It’s all well and good…until you read the game’s manual. One look at the character’s profile and suddenly you’re not so sure of yourself. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that.) Here are some classic video game trannies that may have fooled you.

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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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For as long as games have had fanboys, those fanboys have tried to recreate the elements of worlds they love using the much less cooperative matter of reality. On the other hand, some games just happen to feature foods that already exist, whether we’d like them to or not.  Here are some of my favorites:

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The only thing worse than spending $10 to see a terrible movie adaptation of a great game is to pay $50 to own the terrible game adaptation of a great movie. We all know that movie games are never a good way to spend your birthday money (Did you know that Porky’s had a game?). If you ask someone what their favorite game based on a film was, most likely, they will be at a loss for words. This may be an issue of poor source material. Unfortunately, lots of great moments on the silver screen are being neglected by game developers. Here’s my list of game tie-ins that need to happen ASAP.

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