I hate to criticise what is technically my own kind, being a girl who is fairly into games and all, but this is really getting to me.
the lack of female-orientated options in games is not because developers are out to get you, they're out to get profits. Any idiot can look at the spectrum of gamers and find that the amount of girls is miniscule, particularly with games like Call of Duty and Halo. Pouring time and resources into designing female characters is a waste. Why re-design something that works perfectly well to account for a pair of breasts and attract a couple more sales? They want to put as much time and money into making the game enjoyable for the majority, not a small minority.
Lastly, quit complaining about guys being "sexist" or whatever on games. You are a female invading what guys have always thought of as being their space, their time. quote]
As a fellow gamer who happens to be a girl I get where you are coming from, but I do have to make several points about what you have said. I used to enjoy being known as a 'girl gamer' I found it amusing how much it seemed to confuse people, especially as I worked in computer game stores when I was a student. However as i got older, repeatedly explaining that yes I was a girl and yes i played games and no i did not get into them through a boyfriend, got to be really knida annoying. This was partly why i decided to write my dissertation on the feminine in gaming; playing, making and as characters and found some really quite surprising things about female gamers;
Firstly, women are not a small minority in gaming, it is not 1:1 but it is almost 2:3 female to male gamers and no, this is not including casual PC games like Solitaire. The female market is the fastest growing market in gaming, in hardcore areas as well and this DEFINITELY includes Halo and Call of Duty.
Secondly, as individuals, female gamers will tend to play a wider range of genres than male gamers, who often may only play one or two different types of games.
Thirdly, there is only one genre that had a significant gender bias among its audience and that was sports games. There was a slight bias towards adventure fantasy among the female group but this was not big enough be significant.
Fourth, while the majority of female gamers do get into it through boyfriends, their gaming is not dependent on them and they have continued to play after the relationships ended.
As a long time gamer i took for granted that female characters would have lower strength but greater speed and that i would have spend most of my time playing through a male protagonist, i just accept it. It is not sexist and it is not really surprising when you consider that the industry actually making the games is also male dominated (although this is evening out).
Should Call of Duty and Halo change to become more 'female friendly' also seems a redundant question, these are awesome games with solid gameplay and plenty of female players. However, games like Rumble Roses or DoA beachball, which are shit and attempt to substitute realistic virtual boobs dynamics for gameplay are sexist, but you may as well complain that most porn is sexist.
The games industry is becoming mainstream, it has been under going this process for quite some time and part of this means that the average gamer is no longer the stereotypical acne ridden reclusive teenage boy. This also means that the style and content of games will broaden also. Just as in films there will be the summer block buster, the sequels, the art house (low sales), something for the kids, the family etc. Complaining that there are not enough games targeted towards female gamers (that are not pink) is a valid complaint, it does not mean that 'masculine' games are in any danger, just as the existence of the chick flick does not threaten action films.
) but thats to go in a different forum i think lol. 
