The Exchange Student

By: Eos

On: September 8th, 2006

I just finished playing the demo for the first episode of The Exchange Student by Pan Metron Ariston, which was was released recently.

This game can be read as a very clever way of satirizing games that invoke the stereotypical male desire to get laid. Because it can’t be just a particuluarly campy soap made into a point and click adventure game. No, and do you know why? Because, according to <a href =“http://www.madmonkey.net/page.cgi/index”>anonymous’s review on MadMonkey, Pan Metron Ariston’s initial sales statistics show that 40% of the customers so far are female gamers and therefore, they must must be on the right track.

Interesting.

Being a female gamer myself, I know how well I can relate to a 22-year-old upper-middle-class, upwardly mobile, male university student with slimy hair, who happens to think he’s a sexy beast deserving of attentions from blond, bouncy-breasted women.

In conclusion, possibly 6 men liked this game because they can identify with having to hide adult magazines under their beds. And likely 4 women liked this game because they secretly wonder what the thrill of hiding adult magazines under their pillows is like.

I don’t know if these figures are accurate. I’ve never taken a stats course before but I think I can say with certainty that my interpretation and presentation of the data is absolutely objective and completely free of bias.

Posted in Adventure, Macintosh, Windows

null

stop posting pictures of Derek, please.
Oob

You don’t have to identify with the characters to enjoy a game. And when I play Space Quest I don’t secretly wonder what the thrill of being a space janitor who dies quite a lot is like.
null

Not identify with but relate to, noob.
NO!

That’s cause maybe you are not a female gamer to begin with, I mean, where’s the proof? No picutre, video, podcast, no anything.

Anyone can pretend to be a female gamer just to attract more geeks to this site, but you know what, for must of us Derek is enough attraction… *Oh that laptop picture* <3

So, stop faking, let's end this charade right here and right now.
mushu

Ah the old picture bait trick. _Classic._
NO!

oh!, shut up, you, mister!!!! >:(
Eos

I would agree that for some games it really doesn’t matter whether you can relate to it or not. However, I just find that in story-driven games, there’s always an element in the story I need connect with, whether it be subtle or obvious. Maybe in Space Quest, the story of the underdog saving the universe appeals to you.
Cycle

It was also reported by Sierra (and Al) that the majority of Larry players were female. I loved them, too!