Weighing in on Fat Princess

So, much has been said about the upcoming PS3 title Fat Princess. I know I’m late to the party, but I did want to give my two cents on the way the game has been received, albeit briefly. Is it sexist or biased against larger women? Does it poke fun at a serious societal problem? Or is it, as so many are eager to point out “just a game?”

I think it’s been well established that the “just a game” argument is pretty much useless. If we want to take game criticism seriously and we want games to be recognized by the wider world as something more than a childish, immature hobby, we’d better get rid of it, and fast…