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64% of Online Gamers Are Female
According to a report discussed on 1up, a new study by the Nielsen folks finds that more than half of the 117 Million U.S. online gamers are women. From the article: "The study's announcement release doesn't break down what games they're playing, though we expect sites like pogo.com, which feature a multitude of Flash-based games are rather high on the list. Even more surprising is how many older gamers are playing. While the teenage market dominates in numbers, the study says more than 15 million gamers, about 8%, are actually at least 45 years old."
well, about 20% of those -say- they're women...
I think they just counted female avatars.
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Just because 64% of the characters are female doesn't mean the people playing them are in real life. Like the old joke about IRC goes - The men are men, the women are men, and the children are FBI agents.
shut up
While we're at it, we need to define the word "female," as it's used online.
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64% of online gamers play Hello Kitty Island Adventure. Coincidence?
.. 100% of those 20% followed their survey reply with 'r U lesbAin? my PuSSy is hott 4u. wAnna cYber?'
I've found the fact you can change your gender by dropping a new body in from your inventory to be quite worrying.
How many people can read hex if only you and dead people can read hex?
I knew i was spending to much time away from my pc ...
Okay, so you're saying that there's a 36% percent chance that the hot female night elf I cybered with last night was really a man?
"With a name like 'Cryinggam', I figured she just needed a little comforting!"
Modern copyright is theft of culture from everyone and it retards the progress of the useful arts and sciences.
It's rather funny that women are playing with bricks and logic, while men are playing with dolls and avatars
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I know quite a few girls who play WoW.
Most of the girls I know that don't play it, had been dumped for it at some point.
I've got more mod points and GMail invi
My wife runs a 300 person guild. I don't have the time for WoW, I have to participate in the real economy.
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