Gaming Girls

[Freya]

Yeah the "blue discs" from the ps2 generation wont run on ps3 BC consoles. So even if they are backwards compatible they still don't work xD Only the ones that are blue though.

Source: I sell the damn things

I'd love to do an interviewy thing on your blog ^_^ I'm a super nerd dork and happen to be of the female gender!

[Bunny]

The myth is no longer than women do not play or have any interest in video games. The myth is that there is a myth that women do not like or have any interest in video games. I do not understand the point of these things - all it does is perpetuate a stereotype.

[Depression Moon]

I'd like to sign up, but I haven't been gaming much lately except for maybe two, especially since my PS2 isn't working right now. -____-

I've known that feeling for a while now.

[Slothy]

Pike's interview.

Q. So tell me a bit about yourself, you're a genderless robot I hear?

A. Morrowind. That is all.

You forgot SMAC!

This was the first thing I thought when I saw her post.

[NorthernChaosGod]

You should make sure all pictures are like the first two and not like the last two.

[Bunny]

Because boobs are too hard for NCG to find.

[NorthernChaosGod]

Googling "boobs" leaves much to be desired.

[Calliope]

The myth is no longer than women do not play or have any interest in video games. The myth is that there is a myth that women do not like or have any interest in video games. I do not understand the point of these things - all it does is perpetuate a stereotype.

I was going to post something similar. I would not want any attention for being a "girl gamer", or a "woman racecar driver", or whatever. Why not just make a blog about gaming?

[Pike]

Whilst I agree in theory, there are in fact still stereotypes to be broken. Perhaps not "females gaming" in general, but "females who run Linux and play grand strategy and wargames near exclusively"? See, that's still interesting.

(And by "females who run Linux and play grand strategy and wargames near exclusively", I am of course referring to pre-op genderless robots who do those things.)

[Night Fury]

The myth is no longer than women do not play or have any interest in video games. The myth is that there is a myth that women do not like or have any interest in video games. I do not understand the point of these things - all it does is perpetuate a stereotype.

I was going to post something similar. I would not want any attention for being a "girl gamer", or a "woman racecar driver", or whatever. Why not just make a blog about gaming?

I think it's a good idea because a lot of the girls I have lined up don't talk about gaming that much, so letting them talk about gaming for my blog is something they're really down for. I have a girl who I only just found out plays videogames and she has pretty much every game I can think of, and there's another girl who absolutely adores Skyrim and would love the chance to be featured talking about it, and talking about her character on it and how many hours she's clocked because she loves it, and I think it's interesting - so why not do it? My blog is about gaming, and as much as I appreciate what you're saying, there still is sexism surrounding gaming. Games magazines are put with the porn mags in some supermarkets, I've been to game shops to buy a game and been asked if I was buying it for my 'boyfriend'.

I don't believe I'm perpetuating a stereotype at all by taking girls from all walks of life, from different careers (Skyrim girl works in architecture!) who just want to talk about how much they love a game, or gaming. And then if I can't do that, isn't that building to the stereotype again? Why do girls get criticised for wanting to talk about games? "Oh she just wants attention by talking about these games." Or, maybe she just wants to talk about something she's passionate about. I don't see how it's any different to running a feature on girls who knit, bake or are interested in fashion, imo.

[maybee]

Watching a recent 2013 episode of The Simpsons it seems that " all women find video gaming dull, and that they want all attention to be them on them instead of enjoying a decent game, because that's *boy's stuff* "

That smurfed me off.

I would like to sign up, but yeah I'm more ugly than anything. Not fishing for complements, it's the sad honest truth. And yeah, I'll just get made fun of.

Plus I think " She just plays old retro games and rarely the newer ones unless it's a JRPG mostly " wouldn't help.

[Night Fury]

This isn't about only picking hot girls Maybee. & I bet you aren't ugly. If you feel like you can spout a trout tonne on old retro games, I want you for my feature :3

[Shiny]

Watching a recent 2013 episode of The Simpsons it seems that " all women find video gaming dull, and that they want all attention to be them on them instead of enjoying a decent game, because that's *[I]boy's stuff* "

Ew, when did The Simpsons become outdated? That is horribly inaccurate to this time period. Maybe the 80s with arcade gaming would have been more accurate, but I know a few girls who started gaming well in the 80s.