Lady Popular
September 26, 2011 4 Comments
So, I was just having a browse around the Google Chrome Web Store, as you do, looking for games. I happened across the intriguingly titled “Lady Popular”, which is “a fun free online fashion game for girls”. Sure, I’m not exactly the target demographic, but I thought I’d investigate further. The game’s official description says:
Every girl dreams to become a smart, talented and successful woman.
Well, I’m not, and never have been, a girl, but this seems a fairly reasonable statement. But how is it going to help you achieve your dreams?
You will have your own virtual Lady, take care of her everyday needs, educate her and make sure she will do a fantastic career. You can fully customise her look– different make-up, hair styles, skin colour and thousands of fashionable clothes.
Changing your skin colour is the only way you can become a successful woman. In addition, you can play mini-games, such as The Disco, where you can:
dance, party, have fun, flirt and get a boyfriend
Hey, if you can’t get a boyfriend, ladies, then consider yourself a loser. But, that’s not all you can do in Lady Popular. Other features allow you to:
run in the park, get a pet, find a job, have a medical examination, visit the bank, or go to your apartment and just have a nap!
Fantastic! Get your legs in those virtual stirrups, girls, and have yourself a simulated medical exam. But, hey, this is just the official blurb and those guys are biased, right? Well, here are some excerpts from user reviews:
- This a fun game for girls but I would recommend it to older girls (13+) because there are a few things like boyfriends, plastic surgery, flirting and ‘sexy underwear’ which might influence them in the wrong way.
- You can pay for this game by buying diamonds which is one of the currencies. (There are 2 currencies – dollars and diamonds) This is called a PREMIUM account, and you get, apparently, better deals etc. I don’t know if it is as great as it sounds, as I am not a premium member.
- For the Breast surgery, it says ‘Make sure you check if you want to do breast surgery because you may not want the results you will see. It also cost an awful lot.’
- If you want to be anything other than white, you have to go to the Solarium and get a tan, which makes no sense. Last I checked, non whites are not whites with a tan =/
- this game is identical to lady bimbo, the exact same. i didn’t find lady bimbo all that much fun, and i don’t find this all that much fun. if u don’t believe me go search lady bimbo up and u will see, IDENTICAL.
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So is the objective of the game to do a fantastic career or combat racial stereotypes by changing your skin colour? Is there an end of game boss to defeat or do you have to befriend the boss in order to complete the fantastic career? Multi-player and hi score leaderboards?
I think that the object of the game is to objectify women…but, you know, in a fun, empowering way.
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