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The fact that you think so doesn't change the fact that she is proud of it – and that's what matters here, that's the whole point of the article. But the thing

The fact that you think so doesn't change the fact that she is proud of it – and that's what matters here, that's the whole point of the article. But the thing goes deeper: if you chose the attributes of the characters by flipping coin, the distribution would look very different than what it did, according to the article – judging from the earlier stuff, the developers were in "rut" and didn't think outside of the box, at least in this aspect. Male characters are very much the norm in many genres. She's proud that she made a difference against that "normal", and improved the result doing so.

DonHopkins 7y ago
Jacques Servin programmed an unauthorized easter egg into SimCopter that had an unintentional bug in the coin flipping code, which resulted in a very different looking distribution of hundreds of shirtless Speedo-clad "himbos". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Servin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Servin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimCopter#Easter_egg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimCopter#Easter_egg >Easter egg: The game gained controversy when it was discovered that designer Jacques Servin inserted an easter egg that generated shirtless men in Speedo trunks who hugged and kissed each other and appear in great numbers on certain dates, such as Friday the 13th. The egg was caught shortly after release and removed from future copies of the game. Servin was fired for adding unauthorized content (which delayed the release of the game, and caused Maxis to miss Christmas season). He cited his actions as a response to the intolerable working conditions he allegedly suffered at Maxis. This caused a member of AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP), a gay AIDS organization, to call for a boycott of all of Maxis' products, a measure which Servin rejected. Some months later, a group named RTMark announced its existence and claimed responsibility for the himbos being inserted into the game along with 16 other acts of "creative subversion." Servin stated that he had received a money order of $5,000 from RTMark for the prank. It was revealed later on that Servin was a cofounder of RTMark. LGR - SimCopter - PC Game Review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4mh7Pc5MSI&t=8m15s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4mh7Pc5MSI&t=8m15s SimCopter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozL3LtSsYd8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozL3LtSsYd8 Here's an actual authorized easter egg in SimCopter that Paul Pedriana put in: SimCopter: Aliens Easter Egg (including developer comments) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2S5-QUKmhU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2S5-QUKmhU

DonHopkins 7y ago

Jacques Servin programmed an unauthorized easter egg into SimCopter that had an unintentional bug in the coin flipping code, which resulted in a very different looking distribution of hundreds of shirtless Speedo-clad "himbos". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Servin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Servin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimCopter#Easter_egg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimCopter#Easter_egg >Easter egg: The game gained controversy when it was discovered that designer Jacques Servin inserted an easter egg that generated shirtless men in Speedo trunks who hugged and kissed each other and appear in great numbers on certain dates, such as Friday the 13th. The egg was caught shortly after release and removed from future copies of the game. Servin was fired for adding unauthorized content (which delayed the release of the game, and caused Maxis to miss Christmas season). He cited his actions as a response to the intolerable working conditions he allegedly suffered at Maxis. This caused a member of AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP), a gay AIDS organization, to call for a boycott of all of Maxis' products, a measure which Servin rejected. Some months later, a group named RTMark announced its existence and claimed responsibility for the himbos being inserted into the game along with 16 other acts of "creative subversion." Servin stated that he had received a money order of $5,000 from RTMark for the prank. It was revealed later on that Servin was a cofounder of RTMark. LGR - SimCopter - PC Game Review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4mh7Pc5MSI&t=8m15s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4mh7Pc5MSI&t=8m15s SimCopter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozL3LtSsYd8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozL3LtSsYd8 Here's an actual authorized easter egg in SimCopter that Paul Pedriana put in: SimCopter: Aliens Easter Egg (including developer comments) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2S5-QUKmhU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2S5-QUKmhU