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30 July 2012

The official Olympics videogame thinks women’s sports are boring

Sega only likes women if they're in bikinis.

By Helen Lewis

The official Olympics 2012 videogame — called, imaginatively, London 2012: The Official Videogame — appears to think men’s sports are more important than women’s.

The game, which is currently top of the all-formats charts, offers the following sports:

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