Tag: gaming

Let’s face up to facts- the vast majority of interactive adventures typically don’t include features, settings, and concepts that would be considered appealing to women. That’s not a sexist comment; it’s just an observation based on historic fact. As some form of violence – on whatever level – is usually a mainstay, that is hardly conducive to thoughts of female entertainment. In other words, the standard Lifetime flick is nothing like your standard video game. Yes, stereotypes play a role and while the girls battle that – as all of us battled the general gamer stereotype for many years – I wonder if they realize that they’re facing a steeper climb.

The most popular video games every year most often include, for the lack of a better term, “guy stuff.” The mainstream world will see it this way, regardless of what you perceive to be the truth. As boys, we were nerds for playing games, but we were playing virtual versions of G.I. Joe, now weren’t we? I only have one question: how do female gamers wish to be viewed? And don’t reply, “we just want to be seen as gamers, and that’s it,” because…well, I’m not buying that right now.