A Perspective From a Pro Female Gamer

Via Kotaku, an article at the SF Gate website about the game industry's interest in female gamers, and said gamers' proficiency with aforementioned games. The Swedish 'Girlz of Destruction' pro gaming group is mentioned (much more legit than, say, calender models with console controllers), as is the 'Couples, Computers and Gaming' event at Ruby Skye in San Francisco. From the article: "Lee compares the rush she gets playing video games to her high school soccer matches, and said some women who don't play unfairly equate games with crime and violence. Lee added she's never fired a real gun in her life. She will return this winter to her student life at UC Berkeley, where she is studying environmental policy. Enderle said game developers are still male-dominated, and if game companies want to get serious about recruiting women to play games, they need to recruit women to help make the games as well."

Comments

A Perspective From Someone Who Doesn't Care

[yaugin]

Come on. These sponsored girl gamer groups are nothing more than models posing next to products. There are some real girl gamers out there, good ones, but they're almost invariably the kind of girls you'd prefer to keep behind your monitor. Although, that isn't to say that these gamer models don't actually enjoy what they do. Any girl with a half-decent appearance has a very easy time attracting male attention in gamer communities. Get a paycheck and feel like a supermodel, not a bad gig really if you consider that some of these girls wouldn't really stand a chance in mainstream media.

Re:Pro Gamers?

[eno2001]

Ewww... is that D&D crap? That's for nerds. Go back to whatever little smelly grotto or crevice you crawled out of.