Burning Crusade's Blood Elves seen from another perspective |
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IGN decided to take a different stance when it came to looking at the new content for World of Warcraft's Burning Crusade expansion. They decided to have Jessica Chobot take a gander at the blood elves, and if you don't know who she is, she's pretty much infamous on the internet for unabashed PSP licking. Do we have your attention? Good.
Besides the usual WoW-fest we have on the site, Chobot has some one interesting insight into the expansion's changes. We can safely say that Blizzard was right in giving the Horde a visually-pleasing race to attract more female and otherwise metrosexual gamers to the Horde ranks because as she mentions, "this is where the 'girl gamer' part of me really shows".
There's nothing necessarily bad about this, but it's unsettling how she typifies the stereotype of "gamer girls" currently in place. Methinks some of the other more influential women in the industry might want to have a word with her, at least on the terminology of "gamer girl".
At the same time, of course, there is information from the perspective of a new character. No level 60's and their epics here, but rather, the nuances that come with starting fresh. She mentions that, if you're looking for just how these gorgeous (her word, folks) people happen to be part of the Horde, then moving past the confines of Silvermoon gives you a glimpse of their Horde-related tendencies:
Although they themselves are beautiful, the allegiance they have with the Horde seems questionable (especially to hard-core Alliance players), and after hitting the Level 10 milestone, you should be powerful enough to leave Eversong Woods and explore further areas such as the Ghostlands (where is where I am at right now and also where the allegiance between the BEs and the Horde is a little more palpable).
For that reason alone, you can't help but be intrigued with what being a member of a pretty Horde race is supposed to be like. Beautiful and deadly? Sounds like a fun combination fitting the idea of feminine gamer, and an invitation to bash some heads.
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Well, if you actually played through Frozen thrin, miss Cho, the blood elf allignment wouldn't be so difficult to understand.
Argh, people...