Female Gamer Talks Girl Gaming

Snowcone writes "As gaming becomes more mainstream, it's inevitable that many girls will join the ranks of the die-hard gamer. Gaming is typically reserved for those with that extra chromosome, which poses the question; in a world dominated by the male sex, why do women choose to put themselves in the position of the minority? As a female gamer, Dots @ Snackbar Games discusses reasons why it's ok for girls to enjoy gaming just as much as the guys do." This is another perspective on a much-discussed subject.

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Girlfirend

[RCAMVideogames]

First Post! My girlfriend is a hardcore gamer already.

Re:Girlfirend

[Anonymous Coward]

Your girlfriend is hardcore but it doesn't involve video games. That slut loves to get down on all fours for me and bark like a dog while I play Mortal Kombat II and use her back as my personal spitoon. After I make General Tso look like a silly little girl, I switch over to Lethal Enforcers. While I am playing this, whenever I shoot a bad guy - your girlfriend is forced to shove a peanut up her ass. As you can imagine (having played the game, I am sure) she gets filled up! Eventually we have sex and I cum all over her tits. Speaking of which, pony up and get that whore some implants. Although, I do love slapping that fat ass of hers. In conclusion, shut the fuck up. You're such a faggot for saying "First Post!" Get a fucking job. If you actually had a girlfriend, you wouldn't care about getting first post, you fucking nut-sack.

What a poorly written article.

[TephX]

I mean, I might agree with the point she was making, but the author of the linked-to article comes off as a complete moron. In lieu of a detailed analysis, allow me to give several quotes, explaining what's wrong with them:

After attending the Austin Gaming Expo and seeing that my sex was outnumbered I began to wonder why. Gaming is reserved for those with that extra chromosome. Which made me think; in a world dominated by the male sex, why do women choose to put themselves in the position of the minority?

Although the first two sentences here are gramatically correct English sentences, the logic strongly suggests that they should have been one sentence. Why does the first sentence end with a "why"? Even if this could be correct, a good writer should see that this would be misread and choose a different phrasing. The use of the semicolon in the third sentence is not only superfluous but incorrect. "Which made me think" is not a clause.

I would like to consider myself a half-way descent gamer.

That should be "decent".

But why are our skills impressive or is it embarrassing to be beaten by a girl?

If this is two questions, there should be a comma after "impressive". If it's a compound question, there should be another "why", as well as a bit of rephrasing.

(This is not to say that there are not boys who play with Barbie and girls who own Hot Wheels; for there are always exceptions to these gender rules.)

This is another incorrect use of the semicolon.

I know that a lot of this is changing as gaming becomes recognized as more of a healthy activity to engage in, but I have come up with five reasons why all girls should play in the minority as they grow into young women and eventually adults.

Here's an example of what I really object to in this article. It isn't so much grammatical incorrectness (although I do find that annoying, and by the way it's irritating too, and it really bothers me a lot) as excessive wordiness. Why couldn't this sentence have been "I know that this is changing as gaming becomes recognized as a healthy activity, but here are five reasons why girls should continue to play video games as they grow up."? That would have been clearer and made the author look like less of an airhead.

There has been a study that shows that playing video games actually helps you out in the mental department, so why not just play and make better grades. I am in no way saying that by playing video games will make you smarter. What I am saying is that studies have shown that it helps with cognitive recognition or remembering things.

So cognitive recognition and memory aren't part of being smarter? She's confusing me by making assumptions about the correct theory of intelligence. She doesn't even bother to state them explicitly.

If you are a non gamer you spend every Friday night sitting at home watching Lifetime movies fuming that it is almost midnight and he isn't home yet. Not to mention that his friends resent you for making him come home at midnight. So when you all go out to dinner the next time you could cut the tension with a knife.

I find this conversational style annoying even in email. People seem to be so afraid of long sentences that they take them and just break them up at points having little to do with grammar. If one really wants to avoid long sentences, there's almost always a way to reword things, but inserting periods instead of commas isn't it.

It is a well known fact that working in an office is still sometimes a hard task for a woman to conquer.

With all due respect, I think video games have rotted her brain a little. Why not "Working in an office may stil