I Will Now Buy Your Game
About
I Will Now Buy Your Game is an exploitable comic in which the author criticizes the contrasting depictions of male and female characters found in video games.
Origin
On July 6th, 2017, Twitter user glitchedpuppet[1] tweeted a short comic about the extreme sexual dimorphism presented in video games, juxtaposing a male anthropomorphic rodent creature with a female variation (shown below). Within four days, the tweet gained more than 29,800 likes and 21,400 retweets.
Spread
On July 8th, Twitter user @ghostsampler[7] posted a Loss parody of the comic, gathering upwards of 6,700 likes and 3,300 retweets within 48 hours (shown below).
On July 9th, Tumblr user dukeofleaves posted a Buenos Dias, Mandi version of the comic (shown below, left).[2] That day, Redditor ianelinon submitted a gallery of photoshopped examples to /r/TumblrInAction.[3] Meanwhile, Redditor CamTroid submitted an MS Paint parody of the comic titled "Proper animal genders" to /r/CoaxedIntoASnafu[6] (shown below, right).
Also on July 9th, threads about the comic were posted to 4chan's /v/ board.[4][5]
Various Examples
Templates
Search Interest
External References
[1] Twitter – @glitchedpuppet
[2] Tumblr – Dukeofleaves
[3] Reddit – I will now buy your game
[4] Fireden – what are some games that do this
[5] Fireden – Why does this keep happening
[6] Reddit – Proper animal genders
[7] Twitter – @ghostsampler
Top Comments
Nedhitis
Jul 08, 2017 at 11:28PM EDT
Vizziggo
Jul 10, 2017 at 06:09AM EDT