I hardly ever post, but I think it's worth breaking that small lurking habit of mine just to say that this is one of the worst game-related articles I've read in my entire life. This includes articles related to Mr. Jackson, RE5 racism, etc.

Bravo gamesradar, bravo.

Rilcon

@Cubby: Hibiki is the bomb diggity indeed. Her restrained style, especially after she beats someone, has way more character than yet another tit vixen. Tit vixens are fine, but mix it up!

onidavin

Gaming chick who's somewhat simple and plain but still pretty cool?

Hibiki from Last Blade 2 and Capcom vs SNK 2.

Setsuka from SC3 and SC4 uses a similar sword style but could learn a thing or two about class and subtlety from her.

Cubby

Games Radar needs to do a "10 Less Than Mediocre Gaming Sites" list and place itself at #1.

Or perhaps they could try "Game Sites That Wish They Were Porn Sites", again at #1, followed closely by IGN at #2.

Pathetic.

mister_d

How the f is Gum on that list?

Kyattsuai

@TheDollHouse:
Meryl looks practical? She's built like a linebacker in MGS4 and she looks like a cross-dresser in that wedding dress. Naomi is definitely worse, but I wish my doctor looked like that.

Kate from GTA4 is the worst character design of the current choices. She seemed so out of place to me. She looks like a frumpy middle-aged housewife.

argh

Jennifer Mui was an awesome character. She basically saved Mercs for me. Sometimes an all business approach can be hot.

Sunjammer

@Arsenicberyllium

She WAS.

How was she NOT?

Terance!

Mang. That's not sexist at all.

onidavin

The list features Marian from Double Dragon (seriously, they punched her in the stomach at the beginning of Double Dragon. And no one batted an eye!)

And SHOT her at the beginning of the sequel. Chick can't catch a break.

KaneRobot

It's nice to see video games depicting women in rational clothing. Just because a women's breasts aren't falling out of her shirt doesn't maker her less pretty. Allot of times some of the clothing women are wearing in video games are completely inappropriate for the situation.

I have to give props to Kojima for making sure that Meryl looks practical. Yet, in the same instance I have to shake my head at Naomi.

I wonder how many men have worn six inch spike healed thigh high boots, fish net stockings, a guarder belt, short-shorts, thong, or a shirt that shows off your midriff out in public. I know allot of you wouldn't wear that attire shopping, out with friends and family, or to work. Thats because most people would think you'll look ridiculous and highly inappropriate for most situations. So why is it appropriate for a woman to wearing a thong and two pieces of string holding up her breasts going off to battle.

TheDollHouse

I almost fell out of my chair laughing when I saw "for a good time call 140.15" in that pic

Rurik

.. Mediocre?

Well, thanks, Game Radar, for perpetuating the stereotype that gamers are sex-crazed teenage males.

HikariOblivion

@CitizenInsane27:

Fair enough.

Wahrheit

I dunno, Jennifer Mui mediocre? There were times when I was playing Mercenaries, where I have died because I was too busy staring at her ass, it doesn't help that she has the least amount of "armor".

jello44

Anything is better than the creepy vibe I get from looking at SC4 footage.

Wolfers

@Hitokiri151:
I'm still shaken over the loss of Aerith from my party in FFVII. Please have some respect for other people's feelings of mourning. Just because her death was fictional, doesn't make it any less draining or depressing.

Corn

@CitizenInsane27: This may not be their best article, but gamesradar.com is awesome and their articles are hilarious.

Pablos102030

@Wahrheit:

It was many years ago, people get over it

Hitokiri151

Yes, the 13 year olds of the 'net that call any non-model females ugly? Let's actually back up their idiocy with an article! Huzzah!

P-Flute

@Wahrheit: He posted it because it's too dumb NOT to post. heh

CitizenInsane27

I admit to laughing when they said,

"We hear she pulls through."

TheRemedy

How cold people have become when they brush off someone's death, even if it's digital.

Doesn't matter what the person's flaws and qualities were. You got to know her and she got killed.

So like, am I enough of a fanboy now? That list was boring anyway and I can't get it why you posted this, Owen.

Wahrheit

Seriously? Who has the time to come up with a list like that? I guess if you were a games website, and you were lonely, or something....

Thank the lords of Kotaku that we only get forwarded this kind of thing. Because frankly, it's kind of stupid.

CitizenInsane27

Neither Zelda OR Samus made the list? That list fails by default.

IndividualAnonymous

The source article is need of a good proof read.

HfAsianInvasion

This list is rubbish.They're really reaching to drag these girls down. Mrs Packman still has some of the finest gams in gaming.

Guild_Navigator

Alex Roivas

phisheep

Can't help but agree with Aeris/Aerith.

The truth is, she was just so mediocre that it got annoying and Sephiroth had to put an end to her mediocre ways.

RyuriTatsujin

Ivy wins!

Radz

@Arsenicberyllium: Aeris was certainly mediocre when you compare her to other video game girls.

mfwahwah

Ugh, I must say, that as a gay man and a gay journalist us gays should know better! Owen, that article disgusts me!

Corn

I think mediocre is the wrong word. Only a few of them were truly "mediocre".

Can you really say, with a straight face, that Aerith was mediocre?

Arsenicberyllium

@argh: Yeah, but on the other hand... Can Niko really afford to be picky? He isn't exactly a stud either.

Guizzy

@Spenze: Keeping in character as a jackass troll deserves pretty much the opposite.

onidavin

@Corrin: If you keep in character like this I think youre up for comment of the week.

Spenze

Crappy article is crappy.
Sorry Owen, but if something, you'd better NOT give publicity to sh*t like that.

I'm pretty shure you guys at Kotaku receive lots of tips better than that everyday.

This is worse than non-news, or stuff that's been lying on the publishing pool for a decade.

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

@mister_d: Haha, yeah, that would be awesome.

CitizenInsane27

And they also hated on Carmen Sandiego... My first VG boner ever...

[epiphany]Dammit, I'm so lonely and sad...[/epiphany]

what0080

I personally think their top 7 lists are usually funny. Who cares if they reach far to make a point, the bottom line is that a lot of gamesradar's articles are good for a laugh.

TheRiver

@Pablos102030: I'll admit I used to peruse their site from time to time, looking for viable information, and got caught up in all the articles like this one that were useless and uninformative. They feel like more of a blog run half-assed than a gaming news site. That's all I'm saying. Very rarely, unless in the case of, as you said, some genuinely funny stuff (i.e. 100 things wrong with "put console name here") their stuff never makes enough ripples in the gaming culture to signify a post-link, especially from Kotaku. It's just usually not as credible as it seems on the surface.

CitizenInsane27

That was a rather mediocre article.

sir_carrot

Everyone forgets that Pauline is a Brooklyn chick. If Mario ever came back from the Mushroom Kingdom and finds out about Peach, Mario's gonna lose his balls...

what0080

Kates alright I suppose...but shes got nothing on Michelle. Shes a fox. Too bad that Bitch went and broke my heart *tear*

NeVeRMoRe666

Wheres Jill? she was almost a sandwich!

8 bit gamer

They hate on Aeris (I refuse to call her Aerith), but let that boring, stuck-up girl from FF VIII (what was her name, Rinoa?) pass? Pistols at dawn, Games Radar, pistols at dawn.

Combichristoffersen

does anybody here realise that they were taking the piss?

further proof that dry humour + internet does not work

GamesRadar has some god lists, and is more insightful than most

FenderMaster

@NeVeRMoRe666: I was dating "Kiki" the lawyer way before I even found Kate in the main story. The forced relationship between Kate & Niko really pissed me off. Especially because Kiki is 10x hotter than Kate, plus she puts out.

God I'm sad.

argh

@Wahrheit:
Why so serious? :P

But on a more serious note, she's just what you said-- digital.
As in, she never existed. Why would we need to mourn her, or keep her death as a taboo subject?

If she was a real person, then yeah, it would be different.
But I don't see the reason to take a video game character's death so seriously. Yeah, it was a sad moment. Yeah, it brought out real feelings. But it's still a video game, and she never existed anywhere but on a CD.

Coquiton

Pauline actually did make another videogame appearance in Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2.

[bp1.blogger.com]

MeleeKirby

@P-Flute: This article was written by the very same 13 year olds for others like themselves. Wait, you mean there's more?! The gene pool is doomed!

Zero_Beat

I did not like Kate. She even shows up at special occasions dressed up like a grand-ma

Gutter_Trash

@Coquiton: Indeed. If Russians took (their much better) fiction half as seriously as FF fans, the whole country would have committed suicide by now.

@Combichristoffersen: The fact that you even mention that there would be a debate over what to call her speaks volumes. What volumes? See previous paragraph for general genre and tenor.

Fnor

@Fnor:
Oh, hahaha, right. That too. . .
>_______________>

Channing

I liked Gum...

locusta

@Fnor:
Pffft, Dostoevsky and Tolstoy have nothing on the FF writers. No western author could ever produce something as grand as the FF VII plot.

(That was a joke, BTW).

Combichristoffersen

@Channing: Your league being "reality?"

Fnor

I love homely girls.

But, really, all of those girls on that list are out of my league anyway.

Channing

Carmen Sandiego was mediocre?

Why else did I work so hard to find that woman? It's not like she's wearing anything under that red trenchcoat.

Bondage_Zombie

Aren't we forgetting Birdo. Meow! :)

Silver_Back

@argh: Oh yeah? I was thinking of hitting her up. Kate really doesn't do it for me. Although, I have to say... my first "warm coffee" experience was with michelle ;)

To everyone who said this article was "NAWT NEWZ". Look at how many thoughtful discussions it has provoked. It is indeed every bit as worthy as any other tidbit that comes out of Kotaku.

NeVeRMoRe666

@CitizenInsane27: Their podcast is pretty good, too.

Pablos102030

I had to read the article to figure out that the pic in the post was Kate from GTA4. That's how forgettable she is... Sad really since I was really fond of GTA4 and she is the largest female presence.

TheHun

girls need to dance more in games!

+ Watch video

Orionsaint

Funny article from what I could read. Those guys really should read their articles out loud before posting.

Ryodestined

@Orionsaint: Ok, that chick (and her dance) is adorable. It's sped up to perfection. I think that more boyishly bodied girls should definitely dance more... slightly accelerated.

masterdingo

You Meryl and Aerith out of this list!

Give Aerith a break, after all she is dead.

HALO-32

Just Uh... Really not funny and kinda offensive. I get that it's tongue in cheek. But still..

FotoVerite

I love how people are acting like this is list of mediocre digital women is the worst thing ever written by man, as well as Gamesradar as an extension. It's just dry humor. Quit whining like it's the fall of all civilization.

I think Meryl earned her place on the list. Mostly because of the hair and roided out arms.

Thorax

Plus, you know you're mediocre when a legion of notoriously pervy gamers vastly prefer an inanimate cube with a heart decal over you /argument

karaquazian

Gamesradar have been doing a week of mediocrity, hence their tongue is placed very firmly in their cheek with this (and indeed, nearly all of their features).
It may be a sense of humour thing, but I often find myself really enjoying their site - not for news or reviews, but for some chuckles in features like this.

Plus they also make some pretty good videos. Fans of Lost and/or haters of Nintendo E308: [www.gamesradar.com]

Meldy

I thought Meryl was a cutie. Not MGS4 soccer mom Meryl, but kick-ass hottie MGS1 Meryl.

FoxyGaz

@P-Flute:
These are non-existent women, they aren't going to scroll through these comments, see yours, and go "aww, how sweet". You can stop being Mr. Sensitive.

Mr. Mastodon Farm

@FoxyGaz: Ok, that I will agree with. Science has yet to find the link between hot girls+guns = smoldering sex appeal.

Thorax

@Thorax: there isnt one for anyone not southern american.

does anyone actually use the term girlfriend material with women around? thats pretty crass. if a friend of mine did that i'd backhand him. how would you like being called boyfriend material. sexy! way to keep the romance alive assholes.

aestheticity

@sir_carrot: Yes that were the words i was looking for ! Mediocre article indeed.

Makoto

how is Gum from JSR on that list? eff that list, yo.

pandafresh

Should have been called the " Ehh, I'd do her" Girls of Gaming

Metropolis

More talking shit about other game sites, it makes for delicious drama (even though your description of games radar is quite spot on.)

PATSCRU

Aerith has had that coming for a long time now. Glad to have read it.

proust

The Queen of Blades didn't make the list?
Oh my...

ireallylovesydney

My mom saw her get punched in the stomach in Double Dragon. After that, my sister and I couldn't play it any more.

CyberSkull

@ireallylovesydney: Apparently Kerrigan is sexy enough to make it through unscathed?

And for some reason, I always liked Aerith over Tifa in FF7. Goodness knows how many debates I've had with others about those two. Then again, I prefer more realistic women in video games as opposed to characters like Ivy or the Dead or Alive cast.

Lyner

lol at the Meryl hate. Must have some serious self-confidence issues if they find a hot chick unattractive because she's in shape.

15-pound barbells are like 8$ people. Start usin' em.

Koztah

Maybe this is a "best females" list made by females? In that case you could rename it as "the best videogame lesbians list". That would get more clicks and laughs (taking anything seriously from that list needs serious brain examination).

gencid

Yah, Aeris was one DULL love interest. I mean it was sad when she died, because she was sweet and didn't deserve it, but as a love interest? Ugh. Cloud would been having alot of nights out with the "guys" if you know what i mean.

trigger2

I was severely disappointed with Kate in GTAIV. Severely.

When I uh-

*SPOILER*

-chose for her to die I did not miss her. Her personality was flat and she bored me to tears.

Noble-Asthmatic

@aestheticity: I'd call you doable, or the satellite with some chick that is doable. It's either/or. "Girlfriend Material" is a term that came from all of those fucking womens' magazines. We (guys) didn't coin it, it's just shallow women talk.

masterdingo

@aestheticity:

No, mostly women use the boyfriend material thing...that means a nice car, a good job and plenty of money to buy useless girl things...hey with all that, the guy may be a jerk, but who cares, it's better to make others think you are happy and make em jealous then really being in love!

GodKiller0

Actually i would do Carmen SanDiego...and Aeris, I taught she was pretty cute, that's my kind of gal...i don't want my girlfriend to look like a whore, she has to be personal little hoe just for me.

GodKiller0

@locusta:

I think she's pretty hot, too.

Zero_Beat