Female's and gaming.

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morganpony2

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Ugh, this has been done to death. Girls do like games, and it's easy to get them to indulge in them. Games have a fantastic feedback and reward system. There is no reason why a girl won't enjoy this. For my part I started out on games which had obvious reward systems and low difficulty level. The sims, harvest moon, final fantasy. Don't try and get you girl interested in fallout, before she's had a go at plants vs. zombies. For my part I've just made the jump from "unisex" games into "male" games like red dead and call of duty. What's initially frustrating is the difficulty level. Very few of these games have an optional beginner mode (like ff). They expect prior experience. This is daunting, and when failing means having your guts blown out and the rewards are minimal there's no motivation to give these games a go.
When it came to making the leap to these action adventure games I found some interesting trends. For example I hated grand theft auto IV because I thought Nico Bellic was a prick and his life was too depressing. When John Marston strolled in, however, a sexy polite cowboy, it was easy to get emotionally involved. Red dead also had the deeply satisfying dead eye combat system and lock-on which made combat challenging but manageable.
Once I got the knack of the guns, it made the journey into first person a little less difficult. I would suggest Portal as a really good way of getting women used to guns. Not only has it got a great female protagonist, it's brilliant, and funny. Stereotyping and generalising that women don't play games is unhelpful. Stop it.
 

Owyn_Merrilin

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HigherTomorrow said:
It's a social thing. At least, a social thing for teenager girls. Face it, something tells me not everyone on the Escapist was voted Prom King (or Queen), or was quarterback of the football team. Teenage girls are just as cruel towards other teenage girls as much as teenage boys are dicks to everyone around them.

In my year (Sophomore), at least, there is not a single girl who has never played a video game. But no one says anything about it. Guys brag, discuss, etc. I've known a girl since 3rd grade and I learned over the holiday that she owns an Xbox 360 with Live and Kinect. It's like a secret hobby for girls. They're not too interested in sharing that they play video games because they will be thought of as weird by fellow girls and (most likely) extremely hot by fellow guys.

It all boils down to the fact that video gaming in general is still seen as a nerdy, geeky, and socially awkward hobby. It's not that girls are turned off by video gaming, it's that they (and other guys who "hide" their gameplaying hobbies; C'mon, I don't believe for a second you haven't at least played a game of Madden, so stop telling me you don't play video games!) are turned off by the social aspect, or, the way their hobby is socially handled.
I'd say this is closer to the truth than anything inherently different between males and females. If there's one thing I've taken away from the psychology courses that I have to take for my major, it's that any differences between males and females are going to be slight enough that, while not insignificant to the population as a whole, they will be insignificant in daily social interactions. Combine the fact that videogames still aren't seen as cool with the fact that they have a stigma as "boys toys," which someone else mentioned above, and you'll have the reason less girls play videogames than boys.

Edit: Just a clarification, there are plenty of girls who do openly play games, it's just a smaller percentage than that of boys.
 

Assassin Xaero

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Warty Bliggens said:
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FIne, fine. Have a more serious answer:
Hey. Hey. Screw you, buddy. I love Hooters. The waitresses are ugly, but can you name a chain restaurant with better cheeseburgers? No you cannot.
Yeah, but I've always been told they were mostly a wing place, and their wings suck. Actually, all their food was pretty bad, and the horrid service doesn't even come close to making it better. Oh, and to answer your question, yes I can. In-N-Out Burger.
 

Zipa

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They do, I know several girls that play MMOs. A lot of them though had male characters and never used voice chat so guys didnt hit on them 100% of the time just because they have tits.
 

Cybele

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Who said girls aren't into games?
Heck, I'm playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R. right now and having a blast :D
 

itsnotyouitsme

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I ought to slap you >>
The reason most gamming is out of female reach is because it's geared completely to men. Even if women might chase after solid snake if they didn't know who he is, he runs around shooting and killing things. Testosterone is a key player in most gaming and immaturity holds the title belt. That's why if women do like playing games, it's more like mario or cooking mama, or something non adrenaline rushing.
Also the final bat to the head is that if women do play good games(nothing against mario but... meh) they will generally be hit on 1000 times by the online community and in life if a girl says "I like that game" a guy will be able to spend hours talking about it to the point the girl might actually get bored of the game just by talking about it. Men can talk for hours about a game by the mere name of it and among other men it's rather impressive to see just how good you are and how much you know, but to women there are better things to do and talk about then games.
So to put the last point in a care package, women have lives they are fond of, men have games they are fond of.
 

bz316

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There are a great many female gamers. The whole premise of this thread is kinda dumb...
 

Rock Beefchest

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Assassin Xaero said:
Warty Bliggens said:
Zhukov said:
FIne, fine. Have a more serious answer:
Hey. Hey. Screw you, buddy. I love Hooters. The waitresses are ugly, but can you name a chain restaurant with better cheeseburgers? No you cannot.
Yeah, but I've always been told they were mostly a wing place, and their wings suck. Actually, all their food was pretty bad, and the horrid service doesn't even come close to making it better. Oh, and to answer your question, yes I can. In-N-Out Burger.
Way off topic but In N Out is shite as well. I have never been more dissappointed after scores of my buddies from the west coast lauded that place. They were just another greasy burger. One of the finest burgers of major chains in the states is Culvers, or maybe Red Robin.
 

Soxafloppin

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I dunno, to be honest i wonder how these so called "females" fill there time!
 

thelonewolf266

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Sean.Devlin said:
Gaming is solitary, females are social.
not entirely true xbox live is a pretty social way of gaming if you blank out the screaming 12 year olds though that in itself is actually a social interaction
 

Warwelde

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Rock Beefchest said:
Assassin Xaero said:
Warty Bliggens said:
Zhukov said:
FIne, fine. Have a more serious answer:
Hey. Hey. Screw you, buddy. I love Hooters. The waitresses are ugly, but can you name a chain restaurant with better cheeseburgers? No you cannot.
Yeah, but I've always been told they were mostly a wing place, and their wings suck. Actually, all their food was pretty bad, and the horrid service doesn't even come close to making it better. Oh, and to answer your question, yes I can. In-N-Out Burger.
Way off topic but In N Out is shite as well. I have never been more dissappointed after scores of my buddies from the west coast lauded that place. They were just another greasy burger. One of the finest burgers of major chains in the states is Culvers, or maybe Red Robin.
There should be a "Best Burger/ Burger-Chain" thread. Perhaps there already is? *goes off searching for "Burger"*
 

Legion IV

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Sigh. this thread AGAIN.

Tell this to my local fighting gamer group of 13+ people half are girls. Or tell this two my two great friends who play SC2 at a 2k diamond level there girls to. Tell that to my world of warcraft guild that had so many women. Or tell that to my best friend whos a girl who is a crazy FF fanboy like me and plays armored core at a competive level.

Am so tired of this topic. The icing on the cake is half of the people here when they meet a girl who games probably think there amazing just cause there a girl gamer.Face palm worthy thread.

ALSO before somone say it. I hate having to say this cause there my good friends. But there far from bad looking women.
 

warm slurm

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One thing that doesn't help is that a lot of guys pretty much either harass or totally obsess over any girl that they see (the F@G video posted above is a prime example).
 

TilMorrow

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Well I know girls do play games, I've met a few whilst playing Gmod RP servers and one on WoW and a half-life 2 mod. My sister also plays games but she mostly like the Fable games due to the choice and customisation and finds FP games to make her feel sick with all the, as she describes it, "Swishy-swishy jerky motions all over the place". Though she has tried DA:O but she got in trouble after my dad heard one guy yell "you basterd".

And to the girl thats playing New Vegas. If you're still deciding on what weapon is best for you, then have Boone and ED-E as your companions not only are their perks really helpful but they are a pretty powerful team. But Boone can be trigger-happy.

That Gun and Eulcid's C-Finder All THA WAY!!
 

KEM10

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Warty Bliggens said:
Zhukov said:
FIne, fine. Have a more serious answer:
Hey. Hey. Screw you, buddy. I love Hooters. The waitresses are ugly, but can you name a chain restaurant with better cheeseburgers? No you cannot.
Forget Hooters. Tilted Kilt has Guinness on tap. Then again, I can get a good plate of wings or cheeseburger at almost any bar around here. Joys of Wisconsin.
 

creothes

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hard core games like halo gears of war cod etc is liked more amoung guys because it steamulats are primel instinct from milllions of years ago for hunting,or kicking some duds ass. millions of years ago those instinct never developed in femals because they never had to hunt or go to war all those millions of years ago