Girl Gamer article

Girl Gamer article

There have been so many myths floating around about Girl Games in the last couple of years such as the way that male audiences think girls are there because they are there and I am here to tell you why this is not the case…

There are a lot of myths floating around this topic because males believe that gaming should solely for them and it acts as an escapism for them from the real world… the female world, the reason males make these stereotypes is because they want to keep the gaming world strictly male only as they believe that it should stay that way, but recently girls have had a different idea.

Examples of myths that have done the rounds the last couple of years could be, that girls are utterly incapable of understanding the rules of games – this is stupid because I believe that girls play games for the same reason boys play games which is because they find them fun to play which is hard to do when you do not understand the rules. Another myth that floats around this audience is that the only reason they are playing games is because they want to control the world and the male audience with it – this is also fake as I believe that there is utterly no reason for girls playing video games other than the fact that they just find them fun and interesting.

I have talked to some male games to gather their opinions on girl games they said “If you share a common interest with a guy then that’s a good thing” “Girl gamers are great, I’d imagine for most guys it would make them want to be in a relationship more” some people were not as positive as this “There are no such things as girl gamers, they just do it to get attention from guys, when really we find it pathetic, again I don’t think the latter is anywhere near close to the real reason girls play games, I agree with the first two boys who said that if anything they would like the girl more if they had a shared interest or common ground with the girl in the relationship.

The point I am trying to get across with this article is the fact that girl games are no different to male gamers what so ever, so why do people treat them different and expect them to be different in such ways as not showering or being as glamorous as other girls. Even when playing a game they are getting bothered over being a girl “WAIT! That’s not a boy!.... that’s a girl” is what is usually shouted over the headset when they get found out, again that is because they are simply different to what you expect to see when joining a game of Call of Duty.

So really when you think about it girl gamers are really not that different to us at all they like the same features in video games as we like and they also hate little noobs in video games, and don’t think for one second they focus on little games like the Sims and then have occasional games on Call of Duty when they kind be bothered with the Sims, these chicks are hard-core gamers on Gears of War and Assassins creed.