Girls Got Game

Via Joystiq, a story on the ABC News site discussing the (gasp) rising interest in games within the fairer sex. From the article: "I think it's easy to kind of stereotype that women don't want to shoot or that women don't want to do sports or that women don't want fast-paced action...I don't think that's true. I think that was part of the reason the industry wasn't speaking to women before." As Mr. Zackheim comments, I believe it more to be a lack of interest/effort on the gaming publisher's part that has resulted in the current player demographic profile.

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Argh! The girl gamer topic again!

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Why is everyone obsessed with wether girls want to play games? Who the hell cares? Take football for an example, either one. You don't see girls painting their faces and helping empty the keg, now do you? And does anybody care? No! Why the hell should we care if girls want to participate in games? Ever been to a lan party? It's a guy thing. Girls have makeovers and whatever else they do for fun. If they don't like it, last I checked, it's not like they check your ID to make sure you're male at Babbages.