Girl Gamers More Hardcore Than Guys

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday December 23, 2009 @11:42AM from the takes-time-to-collect-all-those-pretty-hats dept.

TheClockworkSoul writes "Scientific American reports on a study published this month in the Journal of Communication, which found that women who engage in a role-playing game online actually commit more time on average than the male players do. The authors surveyed 7,000 players logged in to EverQuest II (PDF), and found that the average age of the gamers surveyed was 31, and that playing time tended to increase with age. Interestingly, however, the female gamers not only tended to log more time online (29 hours per week versus 25 for the males), but were also more likely to lie about how much they really play."

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Re:Skip the article; read the actual report by StickANeedleInMyEye · 2009-12-23 13:49 · Score: 0, Offtopic

What I found more interesting was that as many as 22% of female players were lesbian or bi-sexual, far more than in the general population..
As to whether to believe the better than average self-reported BMI and exercise numbers from the women in the survey? What, women misrepresent their weight online? Unheard of!
when asked how long is your penis you say 2"? *really*? BS hetero troll.