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Gear Up For Female Gaming Invasion
rmanocha writes "BBC is running a story stating that women are set to explode onto the gaming scene in the near future. 'Existing online role-playing games are succeeding with women in spite of their subject matter, not because of it. When we get more games whose gameplay genuinely appeals to female players, we can expect to see huge growth there,'. What I found really amazing was the statistics for the number of women players - 'women gamers in the UK made up a quarter of the gaming population. This compares to 39% in the US and 69% in South Korea.'."
Cool.
I, for one, welcome our new female gamer overlords.
"women gear up for gaming invasion"
"women are set to explode onto the gaming scene"
"women are about to invade the male dominated gaming world"
Holy crap! They're coming! Call to Arms: Venus Attacks!
"The games that are likely to appeal to women are not [..] time-consuming strategy games that men prefer.
"Women don't have free time even to set up a game. They require a game that is quick to get into and doesn't require a great time commitment,"
Oh good. Women are apparently stupid and easily bored.
This article really sucks. I've never seen so many backhanded complements. And what's the most obvious point behind all this female gaming stuff? Equal representation in video games you say? Fool! No! The big push towards women in gaming is because the industry has already sucked as much money as possible from the men.
Women, stay away! Gaming isn't for you; you're all much better than us!
Direct away from face when opening.
I, for one, welcome our new female gamer overlords. With open arms. Come on, I'm waiting...