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eal life, life as it is, and was inthe past. Sexist, no! Realistic,yes.The lads state that femaleeditors of computer magazineshavso-called e sexist material. I'msure ththey do this without theirhelp, e or with the insisting of anyhottheir cbe bonnet.hdSome advertisers or softwarehouses a may push the barriers ofggood n taste, but they know ifthey r went too far their advertscwould o be banned with a drasticloss eu in software sales.tp Female persons adorning thejackets owof computer games arethere c to enhance the "goodlooks" ie of the product. I am surethat t most men and womennwould h agree that a female bodyis sa more attractive than a maleone ob (and I say that as aco r iplimentl.eI myself do not really agreewith e the use of bodies - facesyes i Very often a female isshown n in an advert to brightenup the product, very rarely as atool to exploit or degrade as somany people think,How many of those whenprotesting loudly about thewomen in the bathing costumeon the cover of Barbarian alsocomplained about the presenceof a less covered male? I haveheard non up to date.Those complaints must inthemselves be sexist for notmentioning that! Are we then tobe ashamed of a half clothedfemale but a less than halfnaked male is okay.There was no doubting thatthe Barbarian exercise was amarketing gimmick, but it waslastefully done.Let's all rush off to the nearestnearest art gallery or museumand deface all the works of artfeaturing women (you know,all t le naughty ones).That seems to be where thelads from Bug are leading us.Final point. 52 percent of thepopulation may be female, butwhat percent are programmersor gimeplayers? If women areturned off by male orientatedgames (going by the ladsargument) and losing profitbecause of it, surely it followsthat the lads will be turned offby female dominated games.And as the largest proportion olgameplayers are male theprofits would still fall. No thatargument doesn't wash withme.The reason more lads thanlassies play computer games ismore fundamental than thatbut that's another story!T, Worrall,PrestonEditor's reply: And thisintelligent, thoughtful epicends the sexism debate.OK?!• I am writing to inform yourreaders of a home baseconnection service. Not toswap software but writesoftware. If any of your readersare talented musicians, graphicartists, sprite designers andwish lobe put on aprogrammers data base pleasewrite and send a S.A.E. to theaddress below.This service is free all it'llcost is the price of stamps andenvelopes. The service I'll putyour readers in touch with thetype of people they want egcoder needs graphicdesginersiartist. And throughthis hopefully we'll have a lotmore software teams, Teamingup. And a better chance offreelance software beingpublished.Richard Johnson,20 Lauder Close,40.sole-Willenhall,Wolverhampton,juW. Midlands p-WV/3 3QH ol• I thought ooI would write to askwhy you rro employ an Australiandesigner. Before you say youdon't, think about how you aregoing to explain all the screenshots that you print upsidedown.There are at least two anissue, is this a secretcompetition that you haven'ttold the readers about.Please explain.Gerry Murray,Kentish Town.Editor's reply: Not Australiandesigners - Australianlayout artists at ourtypesetters. And yes it is asecret competition -unfortunately the prize is asecret too. Tough!The Pro'schoicewemisesdar£15.9540r---£1ar.. AMP' I I I I ir 1111-In-Ail MAda t AV k 111 AIAM1 P 1- • 1 • 1• 0- • - •VOW MEW I M F V W - . --AArcade CLEAR -- ,quality joystick teeth allfeatures of the"I' -ft-all.Competition Pro MOObut with an excitingclear case. _ _ _ . . . . .SCORE LIKE A PRO!4.95(Onpet'ition PROAmairm r a rauk AM M k Alf OIL Are f NIL le rIIIIIIPP NEW MEWArcade quality joystick fittedwith super sensitivemicn3switches for the ultimatein joystick control.Features include dual firebuttons for left or tighthand operation; firm basepads for non-slip controland a robust steel shaftwith rubber return for asmoother operation.•(cOnpetition PROA brand new fully micro.switched arcade qualityjoystick Features includeRAPID FIRE; UNIQUESLOW MOTION; dual tirebuttons; firm base Pads,for non-slip control anda robust steel shall withrubber return for asmoother operation_£16.49The Competition Pro range of joysticks carry a two year guarantee.The Competition Pro 5000 and Pro bail ale suitable for use with the14:Mowing computersAmstrad/Schneider; ZX - Spectrum (when used with an interlace);PoISX computers; Atari; Commodore 64 and VIC 20.Amstrad; ZX Swa im", Atam: and Commodore ere bade marks niapectivetyAmstrad COMIUMer Electronics Ata ri Internettonal, Commodore International LtdDYNAMICS marketing LtdBowe•COIN HOUSE NEW COIN STREET ROYTON OLDHAM 012 &a ENGLANDTELEPHONE: 01 626 1222 TELEK: 669705 WING