Playboy (yes, the magazine) is launching a video game label.I'm going to pause for a second and let that sink in - pause - you good? Okay, so here's the scoop. The Hef announced that he is partnering with Bigpoint, an online gaming company. Through this partnership, Playboy will distribute select Bigpoint games on their website, starting with Poisonville, an MMO currently in open-beta. According to the game description, Poisonville will feature "beautiful, Playboy-caliber women." Now let's be honest, men love Playboy. Men love video games. But should we question whether or not putting them together is a good thing. I doubt it is. This is what I see happening, a slew of cheaply made games featuring scantily clad women with vitrually no storyline or quality gameplay. Now, of course there will be a portion of people that say "So what? It's got hot girls!" This is a problem. We can't let the gaming industry turn into a medium for non-gaming companies to turn a quick profit. Let's hold every title to a higher standard because for every cheap, unimaginative title that's bought, a real, beautiful title loses money. Think about that next time you're walking through Gamestop or Play N Trade. Oh, and because of my general distaste for this, I'm not supplying you with any links to the game or the companies, sorry.
What do you think? Should we welcome Playboy and any other company with open arms to start developing and distrbuting titles or should we leave that to the companies that were founded to do that very thing? Post a comment with your views. As always, thanks for reading and game on!
