Female's and gaming.
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I love that episode. Especially the point being made mixed with the picture at 2:15Zhukov said:
List of games that have a large female fan base:
W.O.W..
The Silent Hill series.
Cooking Mama.
Any number of Nintendo titles.
Final Fantasy.
Puzzle games like Tertis or Bust A Move.
Performance games like Guitar Hero.
Dancing games like Dance Central.
The Sims.
Farmville.
Minecraft.
Project 0 (Fatal Frame).
The Sonic games.
Ilomilo.
That's about as many as I can think of, if anyone could either add to my list or correct it, then feel free.
W.O.W..
The Silent Hill series.
Cooking Mama.
Any number of Nintendo titles.
Final Fantasy.
Puzzle games like Tertis or Bust A Move.
Performance games like Guitar Hero.
Dancing games like Dance Central.
The Sims.
Farmville.
Minecraft.
Project 0 (Fatal Frame).
The Sonic games.
Ilomilo.
That's about as many as I can think of, if anyone could either add to my list or correct it, then feel free.
Uhhh... I have three sisters who all play video games, and have different styles ranging from social talking games, to mario cart, to your classic medal of honor "shoot em up" games.
As well as half a dozen female friends who all play video games, especially the morep opular shooting and RPG titles...
So, I really don't see where you are getting at here. I mean, just the other day my older sister sat down and played spore for 6 hours straight.
I think what you should be asking is why is it we don't see more girls talking in public about video games unless someone brings up video game discussions. Since plenty of gals play video games.
As well as half a dozen female friends who all play video games, especially the morep opular shooting and RPG titles...
So, I really don't see where you are getting at here. I mean, just the other day my older sister sat down and played spore for 6 hours straight.
I think what you should be asking is why is it we don't see more girls talking in public about video games unless someone brings up video game discussions. Since plenty of gals play video games.
Uh, sure I like games. no i dont particularly like FPS or fighting games... i dont like the first genre because your POV is very limited, you cant see half the stuff on the screen. also im not very good at the whole point and shoot thing, and tend to waste bullets killing everything. i dont like fighting games because im not good at button mashing, which seems to work 100% of the time with my brother and dad. Me:"WOW that combo was AWESOME HOW DID YOU DO IT????" Bro:"I dunno i was just hitting the buttons" I dont like playing console multiplayer games either because i am just not a hardcore gamer. chances are i will not beat another person in an FPS/fighter. I did play online for the first time very recently, ala dead rising 2. game genres i like: hack and slash, platformers, action-adventure, survival horror, graphic adventure, visual novel, interactive movie, tactical RPGs genres i dont really care for: shooters, strategy, and fighters (i just went down the wikipedia list and pulled these =p)
Did you read any of the replies or just assumed everyone said sexist stuff about women? Because by the looks of it, I'd say the latter.Legion IV said:
W.O.W. <-- played it, quit it.
The Silent Hill series. <-- can't stand the new stuff.
Cooking Mama. <-- own it, the guys I room with play it.
Any number of Nintendo titles. <-- I can't set a fire to them fast enough.
Final Fantasy. <-- old fangirl of, angry with all their latest.
Puzzle games like Tertis or Bust A Move. <-- y...yuck.
Performance games like Guitar Hero. <-- my hatred for guitar hero is due to being an employee for Game Crazy for about a year when it first came out. Why must people play it for hours and never buy anything!?
Dancing games like Dance Central. <-- no.
Farmville. <-- never.
Minecraft. <-- still never.
Project 0 (Fatal Frame). <-- not once.
The Sonic games. <-- when I was little. Sega handhelds.
Ilomilo. <-- never heard of it?
Girls are honestly like guys when it comes to games. I know guys who play more Harvest Moon, Cooking Mama, all those Nintendo garbage... farmville addicts and are more final fantasy fanboys than I could ever be. It boils down to personal preference.
The Silent Hill series. <-- can't stand the new stuff.
Cooking Mama. <-- own it, the guys I room with play it.
Any number of Nintendo titles. <-- I can't set a fire to them fast enough.
Final Fantasy. <-- old fangirl of, angry with all their latest.
Puzzle games like Tertis or Bust A Move. <-- y...yuck.
Performance games like Guitar Hero. <-- my hatred for guitar hero is due to being an employee for Game Crazy for about a year when it first came out. Why must people play it for hours and never buy anything!?
Dancing games like Dance Central. <-- no.
Farmville. <-- never.
Minecraft. <-- still never.
Project 0 (Fatal Frame). <-- not once.
The Sonic games. <-- when I was little. Sega handhelds.
Ilomilo. <-- never heard of it?
Girls are honestly like guys when it comes to games. I know guys who play more Harvest Moon, Cooking Mama, all those Nintendo garbage... farmville addicts and are more final fantasy fanboys than I could ever be. It boils down to personal preference.
Pretty much. And when someone legitimately knows how to hit those buttons, they get angry when you don't and just mash buttons. I'm not going to sit and read a manual to learn how to hit the buttons when hitting them at random beats you.SkyeNeko said:
I'm not a combative person but....I gotta tell you...that's not logical. I'm a female I like war, sci-fi, fast cars, and martial arts. Not to mention archery, swords, guns, assassinations, and spies. This is NOT guy stuff. There is no such thing as guy stuff or girl stuff. Those kind of terms haven't held meaning to me since my playground days. I enjoy Sims, but I hate Guitar Hero and Mario Kart. And don't get me started on Barbie.Littaly said:
Many of the women I know like cool car chases and bullets flying and awesome looking men and women kicking ass. We watched Watchmen and thought that was so cool and I enjoy nothing more than an episode of Mythbusters talking about ninjas. I play Mass Effect so much my discs are unplayable, I kill at Twilight Princess, I love the Assassin's Creed series, I enjoy Soul Caliber, and Devil May Cry (the original) is awesome.
Gender does not decide what you like.
I say this with no anger and I'm not trying to fight with you or start something but....you can't tell me that girls don't like that because it's a boy's toy. I played with basketballs and baby dolls. Females, at least 90% of the ones I know, don't have the distinction of "this is for me because it stars a girl" or "ooh that has a burly man on it, that won't interest me."
You are joking, yes?ApeShapeDeity said:
I am OBSESSED with gaming.
The reason we wouldn't want to hear about Black ops of Medal of Honour scores would most likely because A) no-one shuts the hell up about them, or B)They aren't very good games.
I play plenty of games, and you can ask any of my friends. I never shutup about videogames. >.< I just play ones alot of people have not heard of.
There are plenty of games that are far from low brow or have badly depicted female characters.
Possibly it's time for you to reevaluate your game collection?
Also, female dialogue in games done badly?
If anything I find the female characters are usually voice acted better than the Males.
Lucy Stillman, Alyx Vance, Female Shepherd, Morrigan from Dragon Age, Faith from Mirror's Edge. I rest my case. There's alot of great female voice actors.
-Tabs<3-
For most of my female friends it seems to be a case of "they'd rather be out hiking/kayaking/biking then inside playing video games. For those I know that don't really fit into that whole 'active' niche they're more interested in social gatherings and parties.
I don't entirely know why more females don't like gaming, I'm female and I love it. Perhaps other females like dealing with reality more than dealing with 'video game worlds'. Probably the same reason more women don't enjoy sci fi.
I don't entirely know why more females don't like gaming, I'm female and I love it. Perhaps other females like dealing with reality more than dealing with 'video game worlds'. Probably the same reason more women don't enjoy sci fi.
Hey, I like harvest moonminakorocket said:
It's cathartik, although the Rune Factory series was just awful.
-Tabs<3-
Totally off topic but the wings are better then the burgers so try them out!LightningBanks said:
Also, if you have a basic grasp on psychology it can be hilarious watching the waitresses use it to manipulate large tips and repeat business without really doing anything special in reurn.
Back on topic now...
I really don't know, my wife doesn't like games very uch but it's mostly because she is really bad at them (because she doesn't play them much) so it's kind of a vicious cycle.
I think maybe parents don't encourage girls to enjoy games but to focus on other things, maybe it's a bit of gender assignment that starts young? I also think starting young with video games is what keeps people playing, I had a learning curve from my Atari day where each new console added a few more buttons which allowed me to adapt bit by bit until my xbox feels natural to me. My wife thinks it has way too many buttons for her to track and makes her frustrated.
Also, look at game types. I'm willing to almost bet real money that games like Farmville, Bejeweled and to a lesser extent The Sims have very large female player bases compared to CoD or Halo.
And now for some rambling, but I noticed the most ladies I've ever gamed with on multiplayer have been playing Gears of War 1-2, so maybe that game appeals for some reason? Women are so mysterious...
I know more than a few female gamers, and some of them are even into what we widely consider "hardcore" games: first-person shooters, fighters, etc.
Typically, I think women aren't into games because of the following:
1. The female brain generally isn't as wired to enjoy gratuitous violence as the male brain. I'm not saying women can't be aggressive or kick ass, but they typically need a decent reason to throw down.
2. Video games- especially big-budget hardore games- are still aimed at a male audience. Whether or not a game has a "strong female protagonist," which gender is always the first to end up in a skimpy outfit? Fantasy games, especially, tend to be bad with this. Just look up the difference between armor for male and female avatars in WoW; the exact same piece of armor typically shows about 95% more skin on a female character.
3. Male gamers are generally assholes. The second a gamer- especially on an online service like XBox Live- is revealed to be female, they are subject to a mix of awkward flirting, crude sexual advances, and insults toward their entire gender. Actually, women pretty much anywhere online seem to face this barrage of testosterone-fueled grunting and pelvic-thrusting. If I was female, I wouldn't think it was worth dealing with that crap just to play a game.
I really don't believe in feminism, so it almost pains me to say this: Males are the biggest reason that more females aren't into gaming.
Typically, I think women aren't into games because of the following:
1. The female brain generally isn't as wired to enjoy gratuitous violence as the male brain. I'm not saying women can't be aggressive or kick ass, but they typically need a decent reason to throw down.
2. Video games- especially big-budget hardore games- are still aimed at a male audience. Whether or not a game has a "strong female protagonist," which gender is always the first to end up in a skimpy outfit? Fantasy games, especially, tend to be bad with this. Just look up the difference between armor for male and female avatars in WoW; the exact same piece of armor typically shows about 95% more skin on a female character.
3. Male gamers are generally assholes. The second a gamer- especially on an online service like XBox Live- is revealed to be female, they are subject to a mix of awkward flirting, crude sexual advances, and insults toward their entire gender. Actually, women pretty much anywhere online seem to face this barrage of testosterone-fueled grunting and pelvic-thrusting. If I was female, I wouldn't think it was worth dealing with that crap just to play a game.
I really don't believe in feminism, so it almost pains me to say this: Males are the biggest reason that more females aren't into gaming.