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On Gaming, Girls, And Germane Genres

Posted by simoniker on from the round-and-round dept.

Thanks to GameGirlAdvance for their article discussing how the female videogamer may present the future of gaming. The writer suggests that "This is an insanely large, untapped market just waiting to be satiated with games (and girls to buy them)", and attempts an amusingly broad overview of relevant game features: "Women... in essence are more of a gatherer/collector more than they are a visceral hunter-killer. They tend to be more detail oriented, preferring subtlety and complexity over overt skull-crushing over-the-top carnage and mayhem." Elsewhere, a SeattlePI.com article also talks about the much-vaunted broadening of the game market, pointing out that, for Microsoft's Xbox, "For the first time ever, the company is also including female gamers in its television commercials. (Three of the four Xbox ads shown this holiday will feature women or girls in them.)"

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  1. Games? Get back in the kitchen and bake me a pie! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait


    Sheesh.

  2. DAMN FUCKING STRAIGHT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    pies

  3. Sick of this mindless banter from girlgamer... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    "Women... in essence are more of a gatherer/collector more than they are a visceral hunter-killer. They tend to be more detail oriented, preferring subtlety and complexity over overt skull-crushing over-the-top carnage and mayhem."

    Women, in essence are more of the social types in RPGs. More detail oriented? Enjoying Complexity? Yeah right, how many women do you see playing 1 player RPGs? Most girl gamers you see nowadays play MMORPGs, and it's mostly for the social aspect. It even shows in college, how many women take courses in the sciences? Comp Sci?

    Women being more detail oriented? What a joke. I love the not-so-subtle dig at men that is and that half of you don't even have the sense to see it. You want to make a game for women? How about one where they gossip, backstab and lie while staying way too long in abusive relationships. The point of the game can be to latch on to the man with the most money in the end. That would be a great womens game. I wish slashdot would stop posting this feminazi propaganda on their game page.

  4. Girls shouldn't play video games by dotgod · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Video games are for boys. Cooking and cleaning is for girls.

  5. Re:Different tastes for different sexes? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    DDR is for morons, YOU STUPID FUCKING JUNGLE BUNNY! Steal any cars today nigger?