Family Friendly Gaming:
"Cooking Mama is one of those amazing franchises that we can not get enough of at Family Friendly Gaming. Well maybe not everyone, but certainly I am into it, and my ever so amazing hubby has also found fun in this franchise. Cooking Mama World Kitchen is the fourth Cooking Mama game to be released in the United States of America, and the second one on the Nintendo Wii. This time around Majesco Entertainment put even more effort into using the Wii Remote. We still get to cook, and Mama is still very encouraging. She lets you make mistakes and tells you to try harder - no getting whacked upside the head for sassing her. Actually she is so nice that I had no interest in back talking. That is not entirely true, there were a few mini games that I wanted her to explain to me a little bit better."
Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), publisher of the award-winning Cooking Mama video game franchise that’s sold more than 13 million copies worldwide, today announced that the iconic kitchen cutie is serving up double the fun and terrific value with three separate combo packs that bundle together some of the hit franchise’s best-selling games." -- Wiiloveit.com (Official Press Release)
With the launch of Cooking Mama 4: Kitchen Magic later this month, it got us in the GGUK office to thinking about new directions that Mama can take in the future, new games which she could be part of. It all started with some fairly sensible ideas…
Welcome, one and all, to Identity Parade – a column which will look at how video games toy with the notion of identity. From what Lara Croft tells us about feminism, to how Mario’s quest to save the Princess is a tale older than time – this weekly feature will look at a variety of aspects of identity and behavior, and will explore what the iconic characters teach us about ourselves.
unfortunately i know some grown women who need to play cooking mama 1 and 2!
I don't care how pretty, athletic, smart, business savvy, blah blah blah....if a woman can't cook it's such a waste!!
unless she's all those things can't cook but likes to cut the grass and change car oil then she's a keeper!!
Being old fashioned is no real excuse. I'm a better chef than my partner but then I can't do laundry to save my life. If we expect our girlfriends/wives to contribute financially then we need to be prepared to help domestically.
But that's really beside the point. What Cat is questioning is the fact that just because she is a woman, why can't she enjoy blowing crap up like the male gamers? Why should gaming companies assume that all women are interested in is cooking and being an object of desire like Lara?