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Katamari Damacy
By Sparky | October 14, 2006
Joystiq just pointed me at the last installment of an interesting take on video game reviews. I love Katamari Damacy enough that when I read the following I almost fell out of my chair laughing:
Katamari Damacy is expressed as a “male-centric” game and an offshoot of the “mono myth.” It speaks to the oppression of women and of the King of All Cosmos spreading his seed (the stars), while the “phallic” looking Prince continually attempts to impress his father by presenting bigger balls. Is this a feminist critique or repressed homosexuality critique — or are they one in the same? So kidding, calm down!
I think that simple paragraph just made the whole universe make sense. I would even go so far as to say that it brings meaning to life through video games as art.
What?
October 14th, 2006 at 10:30 pm
Funnily enough, we just bought this game today and David was playing it. All I could say was “WTF?”