Girls and Videogames: What's the deal?

[Christie]

The majority of the gaming community is in fact, girls.

Boys just tend to make the most ruckus, whereas girls have been playing for years and (at least my friends and me) tend to be very low profile.

I nearly don't socialize in games unless it's WOW or GuildWars.

[starfire]

Part of it is the stereotype of the gamer nerd that has no life away from their system (as depicted in the WoW episode of South Park), and most non-gamers want nothing to do with somebody like that.

Secondly, it's the fact that video games are yet one more thing to compete for their "man"s attention/devotion, and given the prevalence of sex (or at least hot female bodies) in video games, that's just a losing battle.

Finally, girls don't want anything with a guy who'll try to find her "cheat codes". *L*

[txcforever]

I don't believe it's the video games fault. Anything she doesn't "approve" and it's eating time that you could spend with her is considered bad.

[AmSidar]

Originally Posted by Daniel.

Girls like cute MMORPGS, like Runescape, but especially Nostale. Then would come Solstice.

I love half life and half life 2, call of duty series, and medal of honor, i like almost all the strategy games and adventure games.

But i am not an usual girl that's for sure, i don't even have girl friends, my only and best friend is a boy.

[xtehlegendx]

My best friend that is a girl seriously hates video games, she said she rather gossip than play games, then there's this other best friend (girl as well) who kind of plays video games, but loves to play basketball, but that first friend doesnt like to play video games, or sports, but she is very good at mock trial and speech as she went to national tournament twice in a row

[darkJester]

Originally Posted by Christie

The majority of the gaming community is in fact, girls.

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............ LOL!!!!!!! OMFG lol.... what world do u live in... srsly...

if that's true u just BLEW MY MIND....


but srsly...

come on....

heh...

k thxs...

Originally Posted by ZERO_ice

Heh, you'd be surprised how many girls play MMOs, it was about 30% last time they measured.

30% of mmo players CLAIM to be girls.. doesn't mean they are...


i'm sorry.. all kidding aside, i do believe there are a good amount of girls that play video games, but it's nothing compared to the mass quantities of guys that play video games... if i had to put a number to it, i'd say overall for every 15 guys, theres 1 girl that plays video games, and for every 40 guys that play mmo''s theres 1 girl... this is all speculation though... and imo... but i've been playing games since i could remember, and i especially love on-line ones... and this is pretty much what i've concluded...

and as far as staying on topic, i do also believe that its not the video games fault it's either the guy or the girls, as explained in my previous post..

again, sorry if i seem like a douche, but it's just my opinion...

k thxs...

[AmSidar]

Well i don't meet to many around (in games) that's for sure. -_-

[Silmeria]

i do meet a lot "girls" god who knows what they are....but does it matters? if they are girls or boys in a video game? unsless you are planning more than friend relationship?

[AmSidar]

In ro i did to meant many, but that's not the manliest game. ;)

[Daniel.]

Meh there will always be hardcore gamer chicks. It's when they are like 50 that I get scared.