I’ve been dabbling with the original Resident Evil Playstation game. You get to choose between two characters and there are three modes you can select from (easy, normal, hard). Starting out with Jill Valentine, I didn’t notice anything to raise an eyebrow at with the game when it came to the sexes. I mean, the girl’s smart, can use a gun, and hey, she kicks lots of ass.

Then I tried out Chris Redfield out of curiosity, as … READ MORE

After finishing the ten-episode stint of Aeon Flux’s animated cartoon, the biggest thing I noted was how the most loved part of Aeon’s personality was drowned out on the Hollywood screen.    

Her snark.   Her arrogant, casual, sassy persona was suddenly soggy once the animation turned to real life cameras.    

The Hollywood production had Aeon shown as a semi martyr.  The woman who lost the last of her family and wanted vengeance”¦ only not so much once … READ MORE

1The World Poker Tour is well known for showing the best of the best at the final table - no matter the gender. But those representing a piece of their image has an entirely different view.

In Idaho, there is an organization called Win a Free Seat, Inc. Different pubs, bars, and restaurants become sponsors for holding Texas Hold ‘Em tournaments. Get first place in their yearly tournament and you’ll win a free $10,000 … READ MORE

I watched the movie Who’s That Girl? over the weekend.   It’s been a couple years, but the film has always left warm fuzzies.  

Partly, I think this is due to the refreshing main female character - Nikki.   Sure, she’s loud-mouthed, obnoxious, a liar, destructive, manipulative, and all sorts of other things.   But, I must say, that’s why she grew on me.    

She didn’t care what other people thought of her.   Didn’t care what she had … READ MORE

I started the video game Haunting Ground this weekend with a couple of my buddies.   It’s one of those “˜explore and hide when in danger’ sort of games.   You play Fiona, a young girl who finds herself in a cage where she’ll be eaten”¦ or something possibly much worse.  

What does a girl do?   Well, first off, she needs to escape and then walk around in just a sheet that has several close-ups of places where the … READ MORE

I’ve been re-reading the Mode series by Piers Anthony and I came upon an interesting stereotype I had to mention.   In Fractal Mode, the group of main characters come to a foreign land where men dominate through strong magic that none of the women possess.   They keep their reign through brute force, bullying, and ensuring a society where those with no magic are to be nothing but peons (which does also include men, by the way).   By … READ MORE

Warning: Spoilers abound.

After watching X-Men: The Last Stand and Aeon Flux in the same weekend, I’ve come to an observation that has been touched on before with a couple of my friends, but it became very clear after seeing these films.

That would be Hollywood’s obsession with badass chicks only getting to have a final showdown… with badass chicks.

Let’s start with Storm in X3. The girl was kicking some surprising ass (considering the first two movies), but her main competitor … READ MORE

I get in these moods every so often for a good smut book.   You know, otherwise known as a romance novel.   I’m rather picky when it comes to my selections, but I thought I had found the perfect book when I saw the cover of a woman dressed in knight’s mail.  I mean, come on, a woman kicking ass, but also having some hot sex - what’s not to like?

Oh, let me tell you.

The Angel and the … READ MORE

I finished the first season of Sex and the City at a friend’s house tonight and came home with one thought - What’s up with the love thing?

Now, granted, this show is mainly about sex instead of love, but in every situation the “˜L’ word came up, it was always the woman who was obsessed with it.    

My problem?   I so don’t buy it.

Every woman I’ve had a meaningful conversation with (and even some shallow ones), outside of … READ MORE

I started thinking back to the old shows after a discussion of an 80s classic, and I came to an interesting realization. The media seems to be obsessed with the contrasting peer characters of that of a “princess” (one who always has to look pretty, often snobby, and usually thinks mostly of boys) and a “tomboy” (hates makeup, athletic, often has a masculine name/nickname, and gets in your face if you piss them off).

The first show I thought of was … READ MORE