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Videogames Attract More Women Than Boys?
Thanks to Yahoo!/Reuters for their story about a new Entertainment Software Association poll showing the demographics of gaming. According to the poll, "...26 percent of game players are women 18 or older, while 21 percent are boys 6 to 17", and the survey also revealed that "...the average gamer spends 6.5 hours a week playing games... while boys 6 to 17 average 7.3 hours per week of game time." Explicit games are also on the increase, as "13.2 percent carried a "Mature" or "M" rating, up from 9.9 percent in 2001 and under 8 percent in 2000."
The rest are slashdotters.
Except me, of course.
"If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid." - Epictetus
I mean, that is the only game I have ever seen an adult woman play...
I don't read or respond to AC posts
Slashdotters with girlfriends? My world is crumbling! Ahhhhhh!
aren't we all just playing games with each other?
All it takes to fly is to hurl yourself at the ground... and miss. -Douglas Adams
Laura Croft was the only girlfriend i ever had.
My girlfriend's Sims get more action than we do.
AND they own all this cool stuff in their house.
On the bright side, those bastards can't own cars, so I guess it evens out. Plus, my girlfriend can't turn off my Free Will. (usually)
We recently had heard in the office over one of the Yellow Machine that's made by Anthology Solutions.
It's a joystick envy thing.
the major advances in civilization are processes which all but wreck the societies in which they occur - A.N. White
No wonder I can't find a date - everyone compatible with me is inside playing violent video games! I'd network with them, but they'd laugh at the speed of my dial-up modem...
Matt Fahrenbacher
James Tiberius Kirk: "Spock, the women on your planet are logical. No other planet in the galaxy can make that claim."
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I think that's the ultimate fantasy of just about everyone here.
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BTW, this game is really good. Not your average rts/fps clone, but for those who like different games, worth a try .
Try going to the mall, go to the games stores and talk to a few female clerks. You'll find the type I mean without that much trouble.
/. pickup strategy. Any female into computer games is halfway home to stealing the average geek's heart!
Hmmm. I'm seeing a new
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I think they have it wrong. Playing mind games is not a subset of playing video games. This planet would be a great place to be if women in those numbers played games. The HIP culture would move from racy two-door booming modded cars to the best counterstrike and warcraft players.
Even including games like Sim Online and cell phone games doesnt give you stats like those. Remember EVERY kid under 16 in the western hemisphere plays video games.
But then, if you consider playing mind games in relationships, that about includes all women in the western hemisphere above 16. Hmm.
"Give orange me give eat orange me eat orange give me eat orange give me you." -Nim Chimpsky
What have I been doing with my life! I can't believe that! Do you know what this means?!?!?!? My chances of picking up a gamer chick have just gone WAAAAAY up! All I have to do is figure out what game...God I hope it isn't the sims....
"On the Moon, we have advanced far beyond rules, and manners..."
Why can't all fpga/microcontroller manufacturers just release free optimizing compilers???
72 percent of all statistics are made up.
If it were joystick envy they would all be stuck back in time playing The Games: Summer Edition.
I know for sure that game prepared me for my current sex life!
but women attract more boys than video games :)
The remaining 3% have morphed into an unidentifiable classification.
Uhhh you mean the 1-5 year olds you left out? Though sometimes they DO act like little monsters....
They are incidentally the female analogue of male slashdot posters. They aren't getting laid either.
"You know why you do not see me styling wit my homies? Because I have no homies!!" -Mojo Jojo
Who said anything about relationships? He said "getting laid."
The Geek Dating Show!
...and on the right we have the Girl-Geeks...
...that would be the people on the other side of the studio... ...oh, come on people it's not that hard... ...look they're over there. No, not the floor, the other side of the studio. For goodness sake! They won't bite! Just look them in the eyes! Ahem. The EYES are a bit further up. Dammit! Go to commercial...
Hi, and welcome to The Show! Whether its hardware or software you're after THIS is the show for YOU! Hah ha!
So, without further ado, lets get on with the show!
On the left hand side of the studio we have the Guy-Geeks...
(cut to scene of large mass of desperate-looking guys)*applause*
(cut to scene of smaller group of desperate looking girls)*applause*
Some of these lucky geeks will leave together for a night of gaming, while the others will leave... alone.
Now to the first round - the personality check: If all the geeks would start by making eye contact with members of the opposite sex...
Hmmn. Maybe it wouldn't work after all...
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