THQ questions value of 'girly games'

Yeah he does. While there is a small minority of hardcore gaming chicks, or even cellphone gaming chicks, the majority just aren't into video gaming the way guys are. Same with cars or jet fighters or trucks or whatever else...

Thats more of a cultural thing than some kind of bizarre genetic hormone imbalance. Both guys and girls are expected to be certain things from a young age. In my experience this has meant two things: Either theyre never exposed to games (because theyre not seen as educational enough by the childrens parents etc), and thus never get into them and dont see the fuss- leading to a hatred of games once they start to date and get frustrated about their boyfriends hobby ( or friends, or cousins or whatever).

OR- They play games when they're kids, perhaps on their brothers console or with friends and 'grow out of it'once they hit a certain age. This again can be cultural- the age where most girls stopped gaming in my experience was when they started puberty. Most girls at that age try desperately to be seen as 'mature', and want to shed all childish things. Games are seen as something only children do (i suspect even games like GTA are tarred with this brush). They will still pick up a DS or fight over a dance mat- dont get me wrong- my non-gaming sister and her friend are like vicious beasts when i get out the guitar hero- but few will consider getting a console for themselves because of the 'geeky' or ' immature' label.

Which is why the DS and wii are SO important (and so sucessful!), they kind of bridge the gap and get rid of the 'geeky' label of gaming, making gaming seem like something healthy/additional to life as well as fun. Its not a game, its a mind exercise! its not a game, its a fitness system!

This may have changed over the years- i only know my own experiences, but in general it seems most people who dont play games only do so because they dont know what games are, they either snub them as being immature or are scared of them.

Something like 'hello kitty racing' or whatever the heck is in the OP, or all those soulless goddamn shovelware collections on wii is only going to demonise games further as being only for kids.


I wish i was less lazy last night and had put this up as my first comment, oh man, what a blown opportunity to spew the same argument every time theres a girl gaman post ;_;

/ Is female and sees games as a form of entertainment/art just like movies and music. A much more awesome form where you get to explore and control everything. and kill people. :D.

// Is currently applying for concept art jobs in the industry

haha oh wow, long comment is long. FRONT PAGE HOG, YO

Or making me a sammich?

or trying to avoid the same jokes being told over and over.

Or being a buzzkill.

"To hunt?" Early humans where scavengers.

Mostly, but we wouldn't say no to something fresher (chimps are a good example of this)

Until the really sharp weapons were developed, it just wasn't worth it. They mostly went for Shellfish just off the coast.
Are brains aren't set up to hunt though, their set to browse. Both Men and Women.

If you're really concerned about appeal I suggest you dumb down your comments to cater to the massive amount of 13 year olds who visit this site daily (as evidenced by any and every single 100+ comment thread).

Nah, im not serious

Exactly. Most games targeted at girls are total shit. This dude needs to stop making stupid excuses and make better games if he wants people to buy them.

I agree- games for girls are literally that- made for the 6 to 10 year old market. Even if they had access to a mobile phone, they can't afford to buy the games.

Now excuse me- I need to go and feed my horse. And then get ready for a hot date. But only after my High School Musical Singalong.

There should be a version of GTA IV where you play as a character who looks like the girl from the professional.

One other thing that should be noted though: in horror movies men identify more with a female protaganist (known as the last surviving girl).

Do guys really identify with the girl, though, or do they just get a kick out of watching her suffer? (And I don't mean this in some annoying feminist way. I'm evil and sometimes I like seeing people get ripped apart. If it's a nice looking guy, like Chris Hardwick all chubbers in House of 1000 Corpses, I enjoy it more.)

If you're right though, and guys identify with a female protagonist in horror movies, that's pretty interesting. It's like, college thesis interesting. :)

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