Game For Girls

Jan 24, 2006 13:30

This in regards to the article on Kotaku, which is in fact on another article: http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/girls-on-gaming/how-to-attract-female-gamers-150259.phpRead more... )

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Oh boy, this issue again? chadius January 25 2006, 00:05:25 UTC
A few years back I wrote an essay on the subject of girl games for my Psychology of Gender class (my only A at MIT, yes!). My conclusion ( ... )

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"Don't target any specific gender..." nightwng2000 January 25 2006, 01:00:19 UTC
Exactly. What happens when you segregate or even give more attention to one group over the other?

It's not about video games, but look what happens when you try giving the pendulum a swing.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10965522/site/newsweek/

And I suspect some will view this story as a positive move forward, though, in all honest, being a heterosexual who admires the female form, I can't say I wouldn't miss them.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11008605/
Ah well, the things I must give up for fair treatment. Though I wouldn't have minded if the women wanted to see scantily clad men. Fair trade I woulda thought. :)

And there are two other stories unrelated to video games, but which could easily be USED by certain people, in my own Live Journal from today.

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Re: "Don't target any specific gender..." catch_33 January 25 2006, 04:10:30 UTC
And I suspect some will view this story as a positive move forward, though, in all honest, being a heterosexual who admires the female form, I can't say I wouldn't miss them. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11008605/

I don't really see this as much of a good thing. Cutting back on the T&A is fine, but getting rid of it entirely is not fair. I don't want every women who visits E3 to walk away disgusted, but I don't want the men to be denied of some extra eye candy. That's not equality.

Ah well, the things I must give up for fair treatment. Though I wouldn't have minded if the women wanted to see scantily clad men. Fair trade I woulda thought. :)

Thing is, I'm sure there's plenty of women who'd like to see some booth studs. The interest here doesn't seem to be in equality though. I think someone was offended and decided to find a way to put a stop to it. The more I reflect on that issue, the more I keep sensing that's the case.

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