Why do you think there aren't many girls in to gaming
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The majority of games are aimed at stereotypical 'man' interests: violence and scantily clad women. They tap into the evolutionary, primal male urges. I imagine that's why girls tend to play RPGs as opposed to FPSs. Not all girls of course. Some girls (like me) like getting my zombie-shooting on as much as any guy. I play whatever.
There are heaps of girls into gaming. They just don't advertise it cause of the slow but steadily retarded nature of their internet couterparts.
And tend to stay away from games like Halo.Agent Larkin said:
It's not the girls don't game, it's that they only game single player. I've told this story before but one of my female friends only plays games like Uno on live in an attempt to not get harassed by random asses, it still happens, in Uno, it's a family card game and she got asked to perform sexual favors some random dude!
because it's drilled into their heads around secondary school ... games are for nerds, you're uncool if you play games ... LOOL
alot of girls i know play games ..... but only the devil may cry, resident evil and street fighter series ..... i think we all know why -_-
alot of girls i know play games ..... but only the devil may cry, resident evil and street fighter series ..... i think we all know why -_-
Because parents don't buy video games for their little girls and thus we end up with pathetic reflexes and zero button coordinating abilities. Plus I lack the skill to follow game progression on my own, leading to needing to cheat or look up walkthroughs on the internet for anything more complicated than 101 Dalmatians (oh, nope, cheated on that too). I got WoW skills though. I just play 'lock and roll my face on the keyboard.
The market is heavily aimed at guys aside from the silly games most girls don't really want to play (as in the girly girl games). Also, parents often buy into stereotypes (boys like blue and girls like pink, right?), so they're less likely to buy their little girl her first console as opposed to their little boy.
But really, there are quite a few girls into gaming nowadays, though the gender ratio is still far from equal. And many girls don't admit to being female and so are assumed to be male.
But really, there are quite a few girls into gaming nowadays, though the gender ratio is still far from equal. And many girls don't admit to being female and so are assumed to be male.
Same here with the zombie killing and playing whatever.. but does your hypothesis mean we too have "primal male urges"?Miss_M said:
Because most games that "gamers" play are targeted toward male players. Most, if not almost all of the female roles are filled by stereotypical big breasted females. Can anyone name ONE game (other than Portal) where the main character was a girl, but wasn't:
Used as an object to attract male attention (the first time I saw Xblades in the store for $60 and I wanted to buy it without any previous knowledge of the game, and I like to think of myself as a "less aggressive male")
designed to be as attractive as they could make her
wearing skimpy clothing
It seems that if the main character is male, then it could be anything from a Viking Warrior, to a generic short brown haired man, to a fat plumber with obscene facial hair, yet if the main character if female, she is designed to attract as much male attention as possible.
Also, the link between Gamers and Nerds is very apparent to "non-gamers". The average teen will only play "manly" games like Halo, Guitar Hero, and Gears of War 2, while all other gaming is "nerdy".
Used as an object to attract male attention (the first time I saw Xblades in the store for $60 and I wanted to buy it without any previous knowledge of the game, and I like to think of myself as a "less aggressive male")
designed to be as attractive as they could make her
wearing skimpy clothing
It seems that if the main character is male, then it could be anything from a Viking Warrior, to a generic short brown haired man, to a fat plumber with obscene facial hair, yet if the main character if female, she is designed to attract as much male attention as possible.
Also, the link between Gamers and Nerds is very apparent to "non-gamers". The average teen will only play "manly" games like Halo, Guitar Hero, and Gears of War 2, while all other gaming is "nerdy".
My girlfriend is a hardcore gamer, but she grew up close to her brother, gaming is a early childhood conditioning, because she had a brother, they were bought games, because he was playing them, she did, she enjoyed them, most girls just don't get a chance to when their younger, or associate games with their brothers whom they don't like.
I think it comes down to social circles, really. I've met a few girls online, mostly through playing WoW, but because of varying stereotypes and downright inappropriate attitudes towards them the majority keep quiet about their gender. The ones that don't seemingly end up trying to use it as a bargaining chip for whatever but uh, well, I digress.
Most of my meat life female friends are gamers of some form or another. Some, maybe most, are gamers to the extent where they can pick up a controller and hold their own on whatever, with a smaller portion being pretty adept at whatever they turn their attention to.
I think yeah, in the past, gaming was seen as a more exclusively male hobby or past-time, but such social conditioning is breaking down anyway, in my experience, and I think the ratio is starting to balance. Sure, I think there's a huge, huge portion of a female player base devoted to what you could call the 'typically' female games - The Sims for example - versus, say the hardcore Gears of War / Halo playerbase, but I don't think the divide is as vast as most people assume.
Of course, 'no girls on the interwebs' could also just be a self-serving myth for geeks like myself to justify not being able to find a girlfriend.
Most of my meat life female friends are gamers of some form or another. Some, maybe most, are gamers to the extent where they can pick up a controller and hold their own on whatever, with a smaller portion being pretty adept at whatever they turn their attention to.
I think yeah, in the past, gaming was seen as a more exclusively male hobby or past-time, but such social conditioning is breaking down anyway, in my experience, and I think the ratio is starting to balance. Sure, I think there's a huge, huge portion of a female player base devoted to what you could call the 'typically' female games - The Sims for example - versus, say the hardcore Gears of War / Halo playerbase, but I don't think the divide is as vast as most people assume.
Of course, 'no girls on the interwebs' could also just be a self-serving myth for geeks like myself to justify not being able to find a girlfriend.
The rate of female gamers has rapidly increased and continues to do so.. I did a paper on the affects of computer games and found it . it's even somewhere as ridiculous as 50% of gamers...thought don't quote me on that.
I think it's just the way it has been and the way we think it's exclusively a guy thing causes us to believe that is the case.
. it's even somewhere as ridiculous as 50% of gamers...thought don't quote me on that. I think it's just the way it has been and the way we think it's exclusively a guy thing causes us to believe that is the case.