Women Gamers

[mactombs]

Women Of Warcraft?
I thought virtual worlds like Azeroth and Second Life were dominated by fifteen-year-old boys, but Nielsen Entertainment begs to differ: a new study shows that 64% of online gamers are women.

But before you log into World of Warcraft looking to pick up chicks, consider this: I'm willing to bet these numbers are hugely skewed by women playing flash games on Yahoo, AOL, and so on. Virtual worlds and immersive role playing games are still testosterone city.

What happens if this percentage of gamers comes to CS? How could we allow so many women to become aggressive, sleepy-eyed waifs just wasting away at the computer when they should be (window) shopping and such? And this on the tail-end of a report that says the percentage of college students are now female (and the divide is growing in their favor).

Seriously, though, this is encouraging. Like MIT's project to put laptops in the hands of the children of 3rd-world countries.

[The Grandfather]

WOW

[Latro]

Personally I think the whole study was flawed.  I do know that the number of women that play WoW are always increasing..

My wife's not one of them, but she does love her New Super Mario Brothers on the DS and playing Tetris over the net. 

And she doesn't do "window" shopping either.. Just the real stuff...

*Sighs and goes to pay credit card*

[CrImSoN]

Women gamers rock. I'd like to meet one in Denver. What better way to grow closer than over wanton killing of e-people?

Then years later, you can tell your kids "Your mother & I met at the fragging. She knifed me in the back, I blew her face off with a shotgun. I said OMG, she said WTF? The rest is history, it was love at first blood."

and they both lived LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL-ily ever after.

[Jedakiah]

HaHa, it so fits you CrIm, except for the children part.  No child should ever be like you. 

[crackie]

Women gamers rock. I'd like to meet one in Denver. What better better way to grow closer than over wanton killing of e-people?

Then years later, you can tell your kids "Your mother & I met at the fragging. She knifed me and I blew her face off with a shotgun. I said OMG, she said WTF? The rest is history, it was love at first blood."

all i think of here is "your mom is like a shotgun..."................. you can finish the rest

[Labyrinthine]

Meeting your wife in a game....

Weird.

I doubt it would happen in a game like CSS, though. Just doesn't seem like the enviroment where you would be able to get to know someone well enough to follow up on the encounter.

[CrImSoN]

Women gamers rock. I'd like to meet one in Denver. What better way to grow closer than over wanton killing of e-people?

Then years later, you can tell your kids "Your mother & I met at the fragging. She knifed me in the bac & I blew her face off with a shotgun. I said OMG, she said WTF? The rest is history, it was love at first blood."

and they both lived LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL-ily ever after.

[misslissa]

what you gotta quote yourself again?


hey i think chick gamers are cool. and i really dont think meeting your wife 'in game' is all that strange. remember when it was strange to meet someone over the net? now look what happened.

so im single.. 

[CrImSoN]

lol...I have no idea how that happened 


And Crackster...that makes no sense. None. Nada. Niet. Nein.

[Labyrinthine]

what you gotta quote yourself again?


hey i think chick gamers are cool. and i really dont think meeting your wife 'in game' is all that strange. remember when it was strange to meet someone over the net? now look what happened.

so im single.. 

Dun look at me. I'm only 8 years too young or so.