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This lp was brilliant from start to finish, thank you making it D-Vac! Also, could you tell us the sources you cited for the thesis in the penultimate video please? For those of us who would like some bedtime reading 
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A Slice of Bread posted:This lp was brilliant from start to finish, thank you making it D-Vac! Almost all of it is from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy's entry on objectification. That's the one to read if you want to know more! I read a lot of it though.
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Was the girl at the end (Love Lost) the first who had independent animation when being dressed? Maybe it was just the priming from the talk of objectification, or the contrast with the boy who was a statue. I think there are characters who reacted to being prodded and primped, but that's different from one who seems to move on her own. It's almost subversive.
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Apr 18, 2014 23:09
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Masterful ending to a great LP. Thanks so much!
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Apr 18, 2014 23:22
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This has been a brilliant thread. Thanks DeVac, for showing off all these very formulaic and horrible games. It's sad to think what these games are doing to the girls that play them. It all portrays a single standard of beauty and it's horrible. But I've loved taking part in this thread and showing off some Girl Games on my own. It's been fun
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Apr 18, 2014 23:26
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That was the best possible ending I think. To anything. Whole LP has been pretty interesting, but it was nice to have something that was just funny without horrible implications. And really, I don't think anything you did in that last video would have seemed out of place in that weird Hollywood Beauty Salon game. Thanks, Dvac, and everybody else. McDragon fucked around with this message at 00:08 on Apr 19, 2014 |
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McDragon posted:Whole LP has been pretty interesting, but it was nice to have something that was just funny without horrible implications. And really, I don't think anything you did in that last video would have seemed out of place in that weird Hollywood Beauty Salon game. I actually recreated everything she does to her face in the original game in order Thanks everybody!!!!
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Apr 19, 2014 00:19
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I have to ask, was the running paint on the doll's irises intentional? If so, then that was simply ingenious. Thank you for this LP.
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Apr 19, 2014 00:23
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Apr 19, 2014 00:32
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So long girl games; we will miss you. This was a brilliant LP D-Vac. Thank you for doing it.
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Apr 19, 2014 00:50
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Apr 19, 2014 00:53
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This has been one of the best LPs ever, as well as an awesome thread. Thanks DVac (and everyone else!).
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Apr 19, 2014 00:53
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This was not only one of the best LPs to come out of Something Awful in awhile, but you managed to simultaneously make the best HowToBasic video, and at the same time, the most disturbing HowToBasic video ever. Well done Devious Vacuum you crazy genius you.
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Men expanding to fill available space. Goons.txt Also, D-Vac, when you said SPORTS (from "participate in SPORTS" iirc) I could not help but think of Powerthirst. Not even finished watching the Makeover video. And it is glorious. A perfect end to the LP. Veloxyll fucked around with this message at 01:55 on Apr 19, 2014 |
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Apr 19, 2014 01:35
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This was an amazing thread, D Vac! I'm also psyched my named was in the credits. That video is the best thing my forum name will ever be attached to.
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I usually like to think I'm at least somewhat conscious of all the horrible objectification, sexism, etc ingrained in our culture/s, but hearing it all laid out like that in the second-last video... that sort of thing always gives me this feeling of creeping horror at how insidious it all is. So thanks for that. More seriously though, thank you for all your hard work on the LP, DeVac! I can't really imagine a better ending than that final video. That impromptu blue-paint solitary tear really was too perfect.
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I hate to say it, but that makeover video isn't representative of the girl games I've seen - the music is too good and it even loops correctly! What kind of hack job is this? Ahem. It's not every day you get an LP that's not just exemplary but transformative. Prior to watching it, I would have scoffed at the possibility of the medium to support a discussion as weighty as the need for social upheaval in a genuine and clear way, and I am incredibly proud to be made to eat my words. So thanks for breaking the drat door down, basically. I'm a staunch, angry-rear end feminist; getting a concise and powerful statement in favor of values I believe in would have been more than enough for a subforum about playing video games for the internet. That would have been sufficient, is what I'm saying. I came out of it with a new respect for LPs and their ability to convey important information in a novel way, and I gained a new respect for Something Awful. No thread has ever, ever raised my opinion of the site or the people on it more than this one. Going forward, please remember that you and the participants in this thread have raised the bar, and that irrespective of our ability to communicate it, we appreciate the esteem you've given to the community. Thank you very much for making the most terrifying games in the history of the internet palatable.
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D Vac, I want to thank you for all your amazing hard work throughout this LP, which not only managed to be incredibly entertaining and a whole lot of fun, but also hugely informative about the subversive and terrible nature of these games which I had no idea even existed. I didn't think you could outdo your previous episodes and I was so, so incredibly wrong. What an amazing finish, I was down after the first one and then laughed myself stupid at the second. Bravo. You are the LPer I want to be when I grow up. Thanks for everything.
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Well, now I'm sad that you never did the "MAKE THE PREGNANT LADY SEXY" game, but that... that sure was a thing.
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This was wonderful. Excellent work.
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Everything about this LP was great and the finale was even better! I'd like to think everyone learned a little something on this bizarre journey through Girl Games.
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This was a wonderful and thought-provoking LP. Bravo for powering through all the awfulness that is the majority of girl games and managing to make it entertaining.
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Chiming in to say that the whole thread was just brilliant, and thank you to everyone that participated. I laughed, I cringed, I never wanted to look so deeply inside of a nostril but then I did anyway.
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sunsweet posted:I never wanted to look so deeply inside of a nostril but then I did anyway. "And when they break, we will be like sisters. Having stared down nostrils... and flinched..."
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Well, I guess that's that. It's been fun seeing these horrid flash creations mocked, and it's been interesting being exposed to a smattering of feminist topics. Thanks a lot, Devious Vacuum.
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This has been amazing. That tear of blue paint on the blow-up doll... there are no words... Thank you, DVac and everyone else, for an entertaining, depressing, educational, and overall incredible LP.
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I was just about to watch the last three videos, but before that, I wanted to mention that this thread inspired me to make my own "girl game" ... in Twine. It's super-long (with the exception of one particular route) and probably only tangentially-related to the themes of the thread, but I finally finished it, and decided that I would link it here: ♥ Magical Makeover ♥ If you're in the mood for reading thousands of words of pink-text nonsense, then holy poo poo is this the Twine game for you! Thanks for a great thread, by the way, D Vac. I used to like those Candybar Doll Makers when I was kid, so I can understand the appeal of dress-up games (even though a lot of the Flash ones offer an absurdly minimal array of options), but the nose-cleaning, dentistry, and surgery games are incomprehensible to me. I guess children are supposed to like things that are gross? And also body horror? One could try to argue that they're educational, but they're so divorced from actual medical procedures that the argument really doesn't hold water. The eye-game was the worst for me 
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BlueFlowerRedSky posted:I was just about to watch the last three videos, but before that, I wanted to mention that this thread inspired me to make my own "girl game" ... in Twine. It's super-long (with the exception of one particular route) and probably only tangentially-related to the themes of the thread, but I finally finished it, and decided that I would link it here: ♥ Magical Makeover ♥ This is fun! I turned into a butterfly, went to Fruit Prom, but then I got locked in a room with a sassy bird  .
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Thanks! That last video was something else  The reverse makeover (now that I've seen it) and the liposuction game were both gross, and definitely more offensive than any of the surgery ones, but for some reason I still had the most visceral reaction to that eye game. Ugh. Who was that made for?
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BlueFlowerRedSky posted:I was just about to watch the last three videos, but before that, I wanted to mention that this thread inspired me to make my own "girl game" ... in Twine. It's super-long (with the exception of one particular route) and probably only tangentially-related to the themes of the thread, but I finally finished it, and decided that I would link it here: ♥ Magical Makeover ♥ I briefly became a plant person and freed a dragon. Edit: I tried it again, got to the place with the golden cassowary and the fairy lock, but it won't progress. Nihilarian fucked around with this message at 22:33 on Apr 19, 2014 |
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Nihilarian posted:That was fun. Oh no, what broke? It worked before I uploaded it, but I'll check it out. Edit: The passage was linking to itself.(I guess I messed something up when I was re-formatting things?) I fixed it and re-uploaded the .html file here. You can get past the lock and get to Ending #3 now, but I'll want to check again to make sure that all of the other endings work. Edit2: Looks like all seven endings are accessible now! I noticed another typo that I made, but whatever. I changed the link in my earlier post to go to the fixed version, too. BlueFlowerRedSky fucked around with this message at 23:05 on Apr 19, 2014 |
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BlueFlowerRedSky posted:I was just about to watch the last three videos, but before that, I wanted to mention that this thread inspired me to make my own "girl game" ... in Twine. It's super-long (with the exception of one particular route) and probably only tangentially-related to the themes of the thread, but I finally finished it, and decided that I would link it here: ♥ Magical Makeover ♥ Oh my god I made a fool of myself in front of a magical mirror and then restored the dove princess in time for bed and hung out with my best witch buddy.  This game is fantastic.
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BlueFlowerRedSky posted:I was just about to watch the last three videos, but before that, I wanted to mention that this thread inspired me to make my own "girl game" ... in Twine. It's super-long (with the exception of one particular route) and probably only tangentially-related to the themes of the thread, but I finally finished it, and decided that I would link it here: ♥ Magical Makeover ♥ Woo! That was actually really cool! I became a plant lady!
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BlueFlowerRedSky posted:I was just about to watch the last three videos, but before that, I wanted to mention that this thread inspired me to make my own "girl game" ... in Twine. It's super-long (with the exception of one particular route) and probably only tangentially-related to the themes of the thread, but I finally finished it, and decided that I would link it here: ♥ Magical Makeover ♥ That was loving awesome. I covered myself with crystals and got stabbed by the princess. Yay makeovers!
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BlueFlowerRedSky posted:I was just about to watch the last three videos, but before that, I wanted to mention that this thread inspired me to make my own "girl game" ... in Twine. It's super-long (with the exception of one particular route) and probably only tangentially-related to the themes of the thread, but I finally finished it, and decided that I would link it here: ♥ Magical Makeover ♥ All the words! I became a plant person and helped the dragon queen regain her throne. And probably became a bit better of a person.
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I saved a bird. Neat! I liked how the only choices you have are how you dress up.
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BlueFlowerRedSky posted:Oh no, what broke? I really really thought this was some clever coding trick we had to figure out by typing in some hidden form, or go to a secret URL, or look through the source to find.  I was slightly miffed but I really like the story, and finished it now.
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I played it for a long time and now all of this text looks green. So, you know, there's another nice feature.
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Just got caught up on this thread. I don't know why, but my immediate thought at the end was: "Now we are all sons of bitches." Thank you very much for this thread. The encapsulation of the normalized absurdity meant for young, growing minds was very enlightening.
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