If I want to become a sous chef, an important position to have in the culinary world, I have to pay my dues by doing the slog work before I can hit super prominence right next to this super amazing chef. I am then told how I have an exciting opportunity to be under the training of a world renown female chef. I chose to have my avatar become a chef in training. I guess these are the only professions we have available in good old New York City, right? Right… Later on in the game, you’ll be able to unlock two other additional professions, such as book author or musician. The first two options you have to decide between are fashion designer or chef. Where do you begin? Filling out applications? Sending thousands of resumes to companies online? How about none of those! Conveniently, a connection of Jenna’s hooks you up with a job. This means you have to be a big girl now and get a big girl job. You’re both tired and come back to your apartment from a long day of shopping, but Jenna points out you’re running low on cash. You even get to choose your starter outfit from the default options, but to sweeten the pot a little bit, Jenna takes you on your first New York City shopping trip to add more variety to your wardrobe! Exciting stuff, huh?
You get to customize your avatar however you want her to look, such as hair, eyes, makeup, and race. Don’t call this a review of the game, but more like an analysis of what this game offers to the targeted audience.Īfter the opening sequence, you are immediately greeted by a perfectly coiffed, Blake Lively type of girl named Jenna who is your best friend and intro into the world of City Girl. Not a game I usually care to play with, not even to come back to on a casual basis, but I can’t fully write out what my reaction to this game is without trying it. The opening sequence of the game has your character stating a very overused saying everybody knows all too well, “If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere.” For the purposes of this post, I played a little bit of the game on Facebook.
Which big city, you ask? Where else? New York City, the city that never sleeps and the place for dreamers and artists. Being completely doe-eyed, fresh faced, and innocent, you plan on making your change in the big city. The basic premise of the story is you are a small town girl who is newly graduated from college. Instead of attempting to break away from the usual stereotypes, we seem to play right back into them.įrom Playdom, Disney City Girl is an online game, like the Sims game, but targeted for women. Imagine my surprise when I encountered Disney City Girl. We like to think we have come a long way since the days of girl gamers having just games consisting of the cutesy and pretty variety. We play Halo, Gears of War, or any other “dude targeted” games you can think of. When we think of girl gamers, we aren’t talking about girls who play games based on Hello Kitty or Barbie. This is hardly news, though, some would have you thinking otherwise. She writes about a wide range of geeky things such as video games, manga and anime, as well as fashion, so chances are you’ll find something to suit your tastes! You can also follow her on Twitter for additional musings on the games industry and more entertaining tidbits, including frequently detailed discussions about pies. For more great articles by Simpleek, check out her blog here. This week, I’m excited to present cheeesetoastieandvideogames’ very first guest blogger post by the ever awesome and talented Simpleek! She’s written an interesting piece on the game Disney City Girl that I’d like to share with you guys and that I think you’ll enjoy.
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