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Wanted: Female Game Testers
BaronVonDuvet writes "The BBC is covering
this story
regarding the lack of female testers for the new Tomb Raider game. Given that there are a number of female gamers (admittedly far fewer than male gamers) why are they having so many problems finding women? Is this a sign that the female gaming market has never really taken off? Is the way men and women approach a game really that different? Are they really interested in finding women testers or is the whole thing a publicity stunt? If you're an interested woman maybe you should get in touch."
I've got a "joy stick" that needs some reliability testing ;}
Have you been stalked by Seth today?
It makes you wonder why there aren't more female gamers. Why do they look so derogatory towards video games. The only games that really get girls are Tetris (Dr. Mario) or Sonic the Hedgehog. Now, I'm not saying that there aren't girl gamers that play other games than those, but when you look at the average girl that plays any kind of video game, those two usually come up. Oh, by the way, girl gamers, please show your support. If more girl gamers were honest with this kind of thing, than others wouldn't be reluctant to start. I think all girl gamers should unite (at my house)! We can do stuff... er- play games.
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I'll
Seriously, most women aren't going to line up to beta test a game which features a chick with boobs so big that you'd swear her implants came with anti-gravity devices.
Let me put it this way: most guys would not jump at the chance to beta test a video game in which the main character was an incredibly ripped half-naked man with thong underwear and an incredibly unrealistic buldge in his crotch clearly outlining every detail of his oversized genitals as they freely bounced around in ancient tombs.
Bad thought huh?
Trolls make great pets. Adopt one today!
For context, go read the real column, and remember all the good times with oldmanmurray. Anyone have any idea what happened to them?
favorite quote:
"A women's mind would bring a different angle to the game."
Maybe women could offer a new perspective on weapons. Things like guilt grenades, verbal tripwires, performance increasing sports bras (those things are huge- any woman will tell you it would hurt to jump around like that), crotch kicks, and keyring stabs would add a new dimension to the game.
Finally, female players would be able to work out their aggressions and live out their fantasies on a level equal to their male counterparts.
That's ok, Jesus likes me anyway.
...we're just pining for a man who can spell. ;)
- I am made of meat.
They should solicit at chat rooms. We all know there are lots of women there.
-Sean
I NEVER noticed how all the guys in the fighting games I play are MUSCLE BOUND!
I am as shocked as you are to find this blanant sexism in Street Fighter, Soulcalibur, Dead or Alive, and others!
Since I, for one, am not a Ninja Master with HUGE MUSCLES, I know I must be as shamed playing these games as the women who do not have huge DDD chests are when playing Tomb Raider! Because video games are meant to remind us of our own painful realities, right?
Guys?
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What kind of "female games" do you have in mind, and what is involved in testing them?
This could be a lot of fun!
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Any wonder why so many girls like Vagrant Story? Besides all the slashing and hacking that the boys like too, it's full of half naked pretty boys. What's not for a girl to like? Girls tend to like Japanese RPGs with good stories.
Lara on the other hand is designed for drooling teenage boys who can't get a girlfriend. (Oh god, am I going to regret that comment?)
catgirls and fairies
You do realize how many Slashdot readers have been waiting their whole lives to hear those six magic words?
... but in my experience, women tend to have a different approach to technology than guys.
Guys (as a generalisation) love the technology itself. Because of that, beta is cool - getting to see the latest, greatest thing, pushing the technology to its limits.
Girls (as a generalisation) tend to use technology for things they find useful. Technology is a means to and end, not an end in itself.
So, girls want to have fun playing, not testing.
Read reviews of shopping cart software
Of course not.
Women arn't offended by thin big-chested women in the magainzes they read, I can't see how they'd be offended by thin, big-chested women in the games they play either. (And come to think of it, arn't most of the women in chick-geared comics asthetically well above par as well?)
paintball
OK, who here remembers being an oversexed immature teenage boy?
Damn where is the spectacled geek model in Doom?
My 11-year old daughter can play The sims for hours. Essentially she does nothing... She just redecorates, plants anew tree, creates a new family in the neighborhood etc. I mean, it doesn't even have a BFG! Girls are weird.
/me is really 16/f!
By the way, I dashed off an email asking how I could get one of these jobs, and I got an almost immediate response:
"Sorry to disappoint but the window of opportunity has now closed. Due to our adverts and the BBC coverage, we have had an unbelieveable response. Because of this we are simply unable to accept any more applicants or their Cvs.
Thank you for your interest in Core Design and we wish you all the best for the future.
Gary"
So tell me again about how women don't game... ? I wish they didn't, the tramps. I wanted that job!!!
thinly veiled excuse for executive saying "we need more totty in the office" :)
I don't read your sig, why do you read mine?
"just not enough games about shopping"
I think most RPGs are about shopping. Running around killing monsters so you can make enough cash to hit the shops and buy the special items that will complete your ensemble.
Such is the infinite Grace of Popeye.
Is your name Jenny, and are you attending school at De Anza College in Cupertino, CA? There's this bloody annoying chick in my "Technology and the Environment" discussion class that sounds _exactly_ like you. The first thing she told us about her was that she was a "female bisexual gamer" -- Trust me, she's only 'bisexual' because she _needs_ to double her chances getting any. Pig-creature, she is.. anyway..