Comments on: Girls and Games

By: PTZ Camera

PTZ Camera — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:37:17 +0000

Zune and iPod: Most people compare the Zune to the Touch, but after seeing how slim and surprisingly small and light it is, I consider it to be a rather unique hybrid that combines qualities of both the Touch and the Nano. It’s very colorful and lovely OLED screen is slightly smaller than the touch screen, but the player itself feels quite a bit smaller and lighter. It weighs about 2/3 as much, and is noticeably smaller in width and height, while being just a hair thicker.

By: BARRONGeorgia20

BARRONGeorgia20 — Sat, 29 May 2010 19:30:24 +0000

Houses are quite expensive and not everyone is able to buy it. But, mortgage loans are invented to aid different people in such kind of hard situations.

By: Sai

Sai — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:15:12 +0000

@Emmy: Cutesy is fine. Kirby is fine. Animal Crossing is fine. Cooking Mama is fine. Mario is fine. These are fine because these are games. Imagine Baby Party is not a game, it's a pile of vomit masquerading as a game and being sold to little girls who don't know better who are bombarded with media all day long insisting that this is what they're supposed to be into.

By: EmmyG

EmmyG — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:34:10 +0000

There’s nothing wrong with the Imagine games existing. Some people LIKE cutesy stuff, and there’s nothing wrong with that. There is a problem with people thinking that girls will ONLY play Happy Babysitter Fun Time. There is also a problem with people thinking that ONLY Kill Babies And Eat Them is a ‘good’ game.

Of course, there are plenty of games that are neither, and often get overlooked in the ranting. Check out Cute Knight Kingdom – you *can* fall madly in love and get married and have babies, or you *can* become a completely kick-ass fighter and conquer the world, and either of these options is perfectly valid.
http://www.hanakogames.com/ckk.shtml

By: Sai

Sai — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:24:24 +0000

@ Skye: Unfortunately too many game companies seem to think female gamers, especially young ones, are some brand new thing. What they should do is track what games women already play and draw conclusions from that. I mean I wasn't playing shit like the Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen game as a kid (and it exists, several of them in fact. Sigh.) I was playing goddamn Mario.

By: Skye

Skye — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:01:00 +0000

Thank GOD someone else has sense on the internets! I’m seriously considering torching the next Imagine game I see. No jury of my peers would vote to convict!

If they want to cater to female gamers, let us play as female characters in-game, and give us armor/clothing that doesn’t make us look like whores. Is that so hard?

By: Ayla

Ayla — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:55:40 +0000

Yes, I really wonder what the creators were thinking when they were making the “female” games. It really just pisses me off, because they just think that girls will love to play “dress up” over and over and over again….
Also, I think that the creators should just look up on some rants ABOUT their product. Just so they know they’re making some really crappy things. And I think only little girls will play the game, for what? Maybe, a week, then lose it? Or just get bored with it, and want another one?
And they put such crappy games on there. Like, why don’t they make a “Imagine: Waitress”. That will get you no where in the world… Or maybe they should just make “Imagine: Whore” because with what the Barbies and Bratz are wearing… They’re just asking for it….
And if you didn’t know, I agree with you 100%.

By: Jade

Jade — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:48:19 +0000

I am a girl and I absolutely love video games. I prefer boys’ games and toys and stuff over girls’ but it still really pisses me off when men try to act all superior and try to make us women look stupid. When I read this article I thought “OMG this is so true!” because it is.

Anyway, I agree with you 100% Sai. I think I’ll pin-point “Imagine” for my whining (XD) These “Imagine” games are soooooo stupid. I don’t see why they’re so popular. I love the Phoenix Wright series and if I don’t see a Imagine: Attorney or something that would get you good money in the real world I’m gonna hire an assassin to kill whoever makes these games. Of course I have seen good games for girls (“My World, My Way” for example. I love that game XD) and advertisements that really do show women playing the video games but after reading this article I think I’ll be on the look-out of who I should add to my “To Kill” list. LOL

By: Becca

Becca — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:08:44 +0000

I was raised the same way as Tardy. I was given Barbies and My Little Ponies, but I also got a great deal of “toys for boys” from Happy Meals before they started gearing them specifically for girls and boys. I had a collection of movie toys, (Batman specifically!) as well as Hot Wheels and squirt guns.

I also grew up with my dad as my primary role model. I sat beside him through all 3 Dooms. He also played Heretic (briefly… I don’t remember why he didn’t finish) and flight simulators. He’s now currently obsessed with Ultima Online. For a while, so was I, but I became very tired of females having their own armor that was basically a bra and panties with a garter belt attached. I know it’s supposed to be renessaince (sp?) based, but jesus. WTF?

Nowadays, I like what I like. If I could afford a DS, I’d get the brain-training games simply because my memory sucks and I’d like to do shit to make it better. That’s all that appeals to me. As far as gaming goes, I love to KILL THINGS. I’m GOOD at it too!

I like RPG’s, but I hate all the talking. Is that bad? I’m always mashing buttons going “SHUT UP and take me back to the RE’s! I need money and looooot!”

I also play WoW, a game I enjoy a lot, sometimes. I have one female priest, but for the most part I play teh men’s in something that requires bigger weapons and heavier armor. 99.9% of females in WoW are played by men anyway. I might as well try to balance that by making 99.9% of the males played by women. It’s all in fairness, right?

By: Li

Li — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:31:24 +0000

@ Jay

XD You’re awesome. Don’t forget that the only way a woman can have her life complete is to find a husband.

Also: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ0jRuASVEQ For your enjoyment.