Boobjam and breasts in video games

"He almost called it subversive. Then he realised as he was sitting there: no, that's exactly the attitude we're trying to dispel." Games critic Jenn Frank is recalling an article covering the event she has organised – the Boobjam – an ongoing competition to make a game about breasts. The writer Ben Kuchera gave his feature the headline: "Why making games based on the experiences of half the world isn't subversive". But why would anyone think it subversive, for women to make creative works about their own bodies? "What if you had to watch a sexy video game character also buy bras, cry softly when she can't find one that fits, and go in for mammograms," Frank mused on Twitter, back in July.