Girl gamers and female videogame developers. What do you think of them?

Most girl gamers are just attention whores. "Omg look at me, I'm a girl and play video games, send me friend requests now". I just don't really see what makes them different from any other gamer.

For example, there is this stunningly hot girl in my history class who plays games, things from Minecraft all the way over to Resident Evil. Apart from her gender, there is literally no difference between her and other gamers.

Most girl gamers are just attention whores. "Omg look at me, I'm a girl and play video games, send me friend requests now". I just don't really see what makes them different from any other gamer.

For example, there is this stunningly hot girl in my history class who plays games, things from Minecraft all the way over to Resident Evil. Apart from her gender, there is literally no difference between her and other gamers.

GamerZem

No.

It's a non issue. For **** sake, gaming is one of the most mainstream hobbies people have now days, I'd be surprised if I met a girl who didn't at least like standard games like Call of Duty.

I don't think developers would be inherently different for being female unless designing a game centered around a story driven female (which we need more of).

As far as female gamers I'm indifferent to them being a female. Gamers who have good taste are cool.

Most girl gamers are just attention whores. "Omg look at me, I'm a girl and play video games, send me friend requests now". I just don't really see what makes them different from any other gamer.

For example, there is this stunningly hot girl in my history class who plays games, things from Minecraft all the way over to Resident Evil. Apart from her gender, there is literally no difference between her and other gamers.

GamerZem

I agree. A lot of selfproclaimed gamers are attention whores, be it female or not. They're just annoying which is why I don't really talk to anyone about my habits except for my girlfriend who plays videogames quite regularly, a couple close friends, and forums where I can ignore people if I don't find their comments of interest to me.

They suck and they're all icky.

With cooties.

COOTIES I SAY!

Most girl gamers are just attention whores. "Omg look at me, I'm a girl and play video games, send me friend requests now". I just don't really see what makes them different from any other gamer.

GamerZem

It's this kind of attitude that makes many female gamers shy about their hobbies. I've done a lot of online gaming with friends and out of the dozen or so females I played with, you could only tell one was a female because of her name.

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Most girl gamers are just attention whores. "Omg look at me, I'm a girl and play video games, send me friend requests now". I just don't really see what makes them different from any other gamer.

whiskeystrike

It's this kind of attitude that makes many female gamers shy about their hobbies. I've done a lot of online gaming with friends and out of the dozen or so females I played with, you could only tell one was a female because of her name.

But it's true.

Too many girl gamers are attention whores. They act like they're entitled to some sort of special treatment because of their gender.

Most of the girl gamers I know have played the gender card multiples times when talking about games.

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[QUOTE="GamerZem"]

Most girl gamers are just attention whores. "Omg look at me, I'm a girl and play video games, send me friend requests now". I just don't really see what makes them different from any other gamer.

GeoffZak

It's this kind of attitude that makes many female gamers shy about their hobbies. I've done a lot of online gaming with friends and out of the dozen or so females I played with, you could only tell one was a female because of her name.

But it's true.

Too many girl gamers are attention whores. They act like they're entitled to some sort of special treatment because of their gender.

Most of the girl gamers I know have played the gender card multiples times when talking about games.

Guess it depends on personal experience. All of the girl gamers I know, including myself, are pretty low key about their gaming habits and don't feel that they are special for being a female gamer.

Game developers still hugely disproportionate when it comes to male vs. female developers. I don't think any significant number of studios have been trying to discourage female developers, it's just that there's not a very large pool to draw from. This can be especially true when it comes to programmers, whereas females tend to be a little more common among artists. I think it would be nice if studios and schools started being a little more active in terms of courting female developers, and encourging them to to head down that career path.

See Bioshock 2. A game developed by women, about women. And one of the most powerfully reflective games I've ever played.

Game developers still hugely disproportionate when it comes to male vs. female developers. I don't think any significant number of studios have been trying to discourage female developers, it's just that there's not a very large pool to draw from. This can be especially true when it comes to programmers, whereas females tend to be a little more common among artists. I think it would be nice if studios and schools started being a little more active in terms of courting female developers, and encourging them to to head down that career path.

Teufelhuhn

My adviser at college used to get phone calls from the US Government asking how many black students he had in his class in order to fulfill positions that were needed, and he would always ask them "what about my other students?", and he would get the response of something like "if they're not black, we'll take them only if they have a GPA of 4.0." , but they wanted black students, no matter what their GPA was.

Courting females just because of their gender to add to the mix just for the sake of diversity and equality sounds like a bad idea, for all the wrong reasons. There has to be a better way to try to get females involved in the industry than that.

That sounds an awful lot like a quota system. Things like that are discriminatory, unprofessional and terrible no matter how they're presented, and not unlike affirmative action. AA was responsible for a lot of unqualified people ending up in positions that they had no business being in, just to fill a stupid government quota.

My adviser at college used to get phone calls from the US Government asking how many black students he had in his class in order to fulfill positions that were needed, and he would always ask them "what about my other students?", and he would get the response of something like "if they're not black, we'll take them only if they have a GPA of 4.0." , but they wanted black students, no matter what their GPA was.

Courting females just because of their gender to add to the mix just for the sake of diversity and equality sounds like a bad idea, for all the wrong reasons. There has to be a better way to try to get females involved in the industry than that.

Bigboi500

Everyone loves games..!!!

[QUOTE="The_Last_Ride"]don't really have anything against it. I think it's cool, but so few chicks play gamesenjoy07

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[QUOTE="The_Last_Ride"]don't really have anything against it. I think it's cool, but so few chicks play gamesThe_Last_Ride

[QUOTE="enjoy07"]

[QUOTE="The_Last_Ride"]don't really have anything against it. I think it's cool, but so few chicks play gamesThe_Last_Ride

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[QUOTE="El_Zo1212o"] Wasn't she that ridiculous black lady at the Ubisoft conference at E3 this year? If so, I don't know anything about the quality of her work, but for the love of God, keep her out from in front of the cameras.El_Zo1212o

No, she is Jade Raymond:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade_Raymond

Who the heck are you talking about? :|

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Game developers still hugely disproportionate when it comes to male vs. female developers. I don't think any significant number of studios have been trying to discourage female developers, it's just that there's not a very large pool to draw from. This can be especially true when it comes to programmers, whereas females tend to be a little more common among artists. I think it would be nice if studios and schools started being a little more active in terms of courting female developers, and encourging them to to head down that career path.

Bigboi500

My adviser at college used to get phone calls from the US Government asking how many black students he had in his class in order to fulfill positions that were needed, and he would always ask them "what about my other students?", and he would get the response of something like "if they're not black, we'll take them only if they have a GPA of 4.0." , but they wanted black students, no matter what their GPA was.

Courting females just because of their gender to add to the mix just for the sake of diversity and equality sounds like a bad idea, for all the wrong reasons. There has to be a better way to try to get females involved in the industry than that.

It's all crap and just something to seek attention. At the end of the day, there's nothing wrong with a female doing whatever she wants to do. But recognition should be giving based on talent and performance. Not race, gender or sexuality. After all, we're all part of the same species. Why can't a girl gamer just be a gamer without feeling the need to compete with males and being put on a pedastal based on gender?

[QUOTE="The_Last_Ride"][QUOTE="enjoy07"]

Ah, but there are quite a bit of us out there. :)TrainerCeleste

[QUOTE="TrainerCeleste"][QUOTE="The_Last_Ride"] i doubt that, i have been gaming for quite some years and only met 1 girl playing, my brother knows one. But i have only met oneThe_Last_Ride

Yeah, we're all hiding.

My girlfriend has never owned a Sony console, but just discovered the God of War series on mine. She's at the Temple of Euryale in GoW2 right now. Needless to say, girl gamers are awesome. : )

They just have a different view on things sometimes. Sometimes not. In my experience most girls like JRPG's, MMO's, and casual fun games (not necessarily crappy games though :P). But again, that is just in my experience. I know my ex and other girls I knew back then, love WoW, Final Fantasy, and stuff like that. Then there are many who like The Sims, Animal crossing and so on. Then there is my friend who just likes anything RPG (TES, BL, WoW, Diablo, and so on) but doesn't care for difficult games.

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[QUOTE="The_Last_Ride"]don't really have anything against it. I think it's cool, but so few chicks play gamesThe_Last_Ride

about a dozen in my online community

What do I think? I think they're gamers and developers with breasts and vaginas.

What do I think? I think they're gamers and developers with breasts and vaginas.

MirkoS77