# Video Games Appeal to the Male Fantasy Video Games Appeal to the Male Fantasy came from an April 2015 BuzzFeed video where feminist blogger Claudia Restrepo played Grand Theft Auto and declared that games exist to serve men's desires. Starting in August 2016, gamers spent two years splicing her line onto absurdly un-sexy clips and screenshots, pushing the quote into a running mockery format across YouTube, Reddit, Facebook, and 9GAG. ## Origin On April 23, 2015, the BuzzFeed Yellow YouTube channel uploaded 'Feminists Play Grand Theft Auto For The First Time,' featuring several presenters reacting to the game's violence and its treatment of women[1]. About halfway through, Claudia Restrepo, a writer for the blog Oscar Hates Sexism, played a strip club scene and delivered the line that fueled the meme: 'I wrote a blog post a while ago about why I fucking hate video games... It appeals to the male fantasy!'[4] BuzzFeed later removed the original upload, but a Facebook reupload on April 25, 2015 kept the clip accessible while the format sat dormant for more than a year before edits took off[4]. - **Platform:** YouTube (source clip) / YouTube and Facebook (viral spread) - **Creator:** YouTube user punpun (first known remix) - **Date:** 2015 ## Overview The format works two ways. Video remixes keep Restrepo's audio intact and cut straight to a clip that makes the 'male fantasy' line look ridiculous, like a Just Cause 3 protagonist strapping C4 to an enemy's crotch[3] or Han Solo's stiff Kinect Star Wars dance[4]. The image macro version stacks a screenshot of Restrepo mid-sentence over a wildly non-sexual gaming image, often a dense strategy map or a mundane menu screen[2]. The humor hinges on contrast. Posters pick game content that is dorky, hostile, or unrelated to sex in any way, then present it as the thing Restrepo supposedly meant. Europa Universalis IV, a map-painting grand strategy game about medieval diplomacy, became the signature punchline[5]. The jokes land as a jab at what posters saw as blanket outrage about games, with the chosen material designed to undercut the premise rather than defend any specific game. ## How to Use The common convention is to pick a game image or clip that has no sexual content whatsoever, then present it as the thing Restrepo was objecting to. Image macros typically use a two-panel stack with Restrepo's screenshotted line on top and the absurd gaming reference below[2]. Video versions keep her original audio and cut hard to a scene that lands on the punchline the moment her line finishes[3]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Video Games Appeal to the Male Fantasy? A video remix and image macro series built around Claudia Restrepo's April 2015 BuzzFeed line, in which gaming content with no sexual element is presented as the supposed 'male fantasy' she was objecting to[1]. ### Where did Video Games Appeal to the Male Fantasy come from? From the BuzzFeed Yellow YouTube video 'Feminists Play Grand Theft Auto For The First Time,' uploaded on April 23, 2015, where blogger Claudia Restrepo delivered the quote while playing a strip club scene[1]. ### What does Video Games Appeal to the Male Fantasy mean? As a meme it is a sarcastic callback used to mock the idea that any random game clip reflects male desire; the chosen material is deliberately dorky, violent in a cartoonish way, or completely unrelated to sex[4]. ### How do you use Video Games Appeal to the Male Fantasy? Pair Restrepo's line, as audio over a clip or as a screenshotted caption, with a game image that has no sexual element, often a strategy map, a goofy animation, or an obscure menu screen[5]. ### Is Video Games Appeal to the Male Fantasy still popular? The format peaked between 2016 and 2017 with video remixes and image macros across YouTube, Facebook, Reddit, 9GAG, and Imgur; it is a classic mid-2010s gaming meme rather than a current trend[2]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aslJTk6AUkE]() 2. [https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/7eqhga/dont_lie_fellas_i_know_you_want_it/]() 3. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFPA0QN1eOo]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/video-games-appeal-to-the-male-fantasy]() 5. [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=834021140113671&set=gm.556791344664313&type=3&theater&ifg=1]() 6. [https://9gag.com/gag/apQ88YW]() 7. [https://imgur.com/gallery/kF41n]() 8. [https://9gag.com/gag/aDz9xzx]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/video-games-appeal-to-the-male-fantasy Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library