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Gamers will not be denied the ample boobs The hottest new massively multiplayer video game, Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, seems to have suffered an overnight epidemic of breast reduction. After a software patch was released to help fix gameplay issues, some players in the mildly racy (18-and-over) game noticed their bountiful female characters suddenly had less stack in their rack, according to Ars Technica. We pieced together the image above from a player who threatened to quit the pay-per-month game “if this isn't fixed in a reasonable amount of time, i.e., a day or two.” Facing an exodus of its horny-goon demographic, game publisher Funcom issued a damage-control statement saying that the change was unintentional. The company also told gamers it was “working on a fix for this, and your breasts should be back to normal soon." —Posted by David Griner

June 3, 2008 in Griner | Permalink

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I noticed the same thing with this girl after the first couple of dates! I wonder if there is a patch for that too...

Posted by: daily biz | Jun 3, 2008 11:55:21 AM

Ho. Ly. Shit.

I love video games, but this is why I will never date a gamer.

Posted by: Amanda | Jun 5, 2008 7:17:19 PM

And THAT is why most gamers can never get girls.

How childish, "If my girl doesn't get her DDD cup boobs back I don't wanna play this stupid game anyway!!!"

Posted by: Colette | Jun 5, 2008 9:29:15 PM

Please know that most gamers think this guy is a idiot. There are game breaking bugs preventing many from playing and he is whining about this? Of course Funcom will address his issue first, never mind that the client crashes periodically on half the computers out there.

Posted by: Kevin | Jun 5, 2008 10:13:22 PM

I heard there was quite the outcry on the forums when this happened. I'm hoping that it(the complaining) was at least mostly in jest.

Posted by: Thomas | Jun 5, 2008 10:30:43 PM

colette, it sounds like you're the one suffering from reality withdrawal. People don't play fantasy games for their realism, they play so they can wander around a beautiful, fake world and kill fake monsters with giant axes, while their giant fake breasts bouncing the whole time. stop worrying so much.

Posted by: dijibul | Jun 5, 2008 10:44:48 PM

Actually, Thomas, most people play online games so that they can interact with one another. Sure, the fantasy element is nice but most MMOs don't feature girls with outrageous tatas, either.

I would rather play a game without bugs than play a game that's got the giant fake boobs for me to have to look at, any day. If fact, nothing turns me off more than a game that's glitchy, buggy, and generally poorly developed.

I understand that the game is 18 and over--and that it IS the Conan world. I'm not against the fact that the boobs are huge, either. I am against the fact that you seem to think that Colette is in the wrong here.

What's the point of having big boobs if you can't play the game the boobs are on? Think about that, hm?

Posted by: L | Jun 7, 2008 12:34:36 PM

Ah--meant that for dijbul, actually. Learning how to read, honest.

Posted by: L | Jun 7, 2008 12:35:25 PM

See, this is why I play Guild Wars. Sure, we ladies have ample busts and strange, shoulder-thrusting stances, but dammit, we get to wear *clothes*.

And dye them. And mix-and-match them. And color-coordinate our weapons and accessories. And kick reams of ass without having to stop every two seconds to blow off a kid who wants to 'cyber.' Etc etc etc.

See, now *that's* how to get the attention of the girl gamer demographic.

Posted by: Elise | Jun 8, 2008 3:05:09 AM

dijibul--
While I agree that this is a fantasy world, and as such is not subject to the same social norms as the real world, this sort of complaining is a big problem.
Aside from the fact that this guy is being a totally immature and sheltered asshat, it makes us gamers look bad. I don't know how old you are, but I have several decades on me, and I remember how hard it was to be a gamer before it became more mainstream.

Posted by: Mariketa | Jun 8, 2008 1:34:03 PM

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