Overheard@E3: "Check out all these girls playing games!"
by Kevin Kelly 
{ Jul 17th 2008 at 11:30PM }
When the doors of the E3 showfloor first opened, herds of eager game industry denizens rushed inside to set up stations at kiosks to try their hands at the new wares. One small gaggle of gaming journalists from a world where women must not exist gawped and said "Check out all these girls playing games!" Keep in mind, this was after seeing two women playing games at one console.
Two girls, one console. Yes, apparently women play games.
Two girls, one console. Yes, apparently women play games.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Laser123454321 @ Jul 17th 2008 11:37PM
"Two girls, one console..."
I see what you did there.
Sora @ Jul 17th 2008 11:38PM
I did too, and I gotta tell ya, that'd be one hell of a porno clip.
Xoviet chiK @ Jul 17th 2008 11:43PM
Which would be more hardcore-
X-Arcade by X-Gaming?, SEGA Saturn Virtual On Twin Sticks?, or Steel Battalion Tekki Cockpit?
MuToiD_MaN @ Jul 17th 2008 11:44PM
I support said porno. But I hereby express distaste toward the original reference.
Sam @ Jul 18th 2008 12:08AM
There is a movie called XXXBOX... or was it XXX-BOX? Anywayz, it stars Jenna Haze and the cover looks like an xbox game cover. I have yet to see it.
ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ Jul 18th 2008 8:36AM
They'd just play with the Wii (pun intended).
mr mobius @ Jul 18th 2008 9:35AM
They'd play the Wii and they'd use the Wiimote because of it's phalic shape while using a mod to get the Wiimote to vibrate continuously. They'd Wii Play and everyone would admire them because they would be Wii Fit. Who said the Wii isn't an adult console?
Co @ Jul 18th 2008 4:58PM
Hmm how come they're all around the Nintendo products?
No matter for your random 360 fanboy anyways. Women are foreign objects to them.
BananaBoat @ Jul 17th 2008 11:45PM
Can I be the first one to tape and then youtube my reaction upon first seeing 2 girls 1 console?
Mr.ESC @ Jul 18th 2008 1:12PM
Way ahead of you.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=oy8TR_jSo7Y&feature=related
FSK405K @ Jul 17th 2008 11:46PM
Were they playing Hannah Montana or Wario Ware? [sarcasm]
Jhongerkong @ Jul 17th 2008 11:46PM
They probably weren't playing online though, cause of the Rules of the Internet, which states that no girls can be found on it.
Brittany @ Jul 18th 2008 9:43AM
truth :)
Saria the Cat @ Jul 18th 2008 6:56PM
Yeah, and whoever claims to be a girl on the internet is really a creepy old guy who wants to touch you in uncomfortable places.
max @ Jul 17th 2008 11:51PM
does her shirt say "yiff"?
Mikeymike @ Jul 18th 2008 12:17AM
You're obviously not staff
Shaq-Fu @ Jul 18th 2008 12:41AM
maybe in your dreams :D
animeko @ Jul 18th 2008 12:02AM
>_> I play video games AND browse Joystiq. go me?
dark_inchworm @ Jul 18th 2008 12:40AM
I hope your e-mail address isn't listed anywhere convenient!
Ethan @ Jul 18th 2008 4:06AM
How are your girly thumbs powerful enough?!?
ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ Jul 18th 2008 8:37AM
LIES! THERE ARE NO GIRLS ON THE INTERNET!
deaftly @ Jul 18th 2008 12:05PM
Bullshit. All you know is foodnetwork.com and by video games you mean doing the laundry!
Josh @ Jul 18th 2008 12:26PM
deaftly, win.
Mr.ESC @ Jul 18th 2008 1:45PM
Cool.
Well I've played with girls in the xbox live and to be honest I rather play with girls which happen to be more skilled than men, kids, old gamers than the regular xbox 360 gamer which happens to be an ahole and a f*cking noob all the time.
On the other hand I can never be in contact with my friends because I’m more of a Solo player.
Shaq-Fu @ Jul 18th 2008 12:04AM
Kong, I hope Saria the Cat doesn't read that, because she will bitch slap you into next E3, but you won't have a ticket, so you'll be thrown out
Saria the Cat @ Jul 19th 2008 4:20PM
Already on it.
AzaMcWazza @ Jul 18th 2008 12:17AM
Typical. Girls mentioned in gaming and all joystiq and the comments can talk about is threesomes and other sexual occurrences.
Chris Are @ Jul 18th 2008 12:33AM
To be honest I'm surprised it's as mild as it is. But I agree.
On to another subject: guess who's seeing the Dark Knight in a couple hours! :-)
Shaq-Fu @ Jul 18th 2008 12:43AM
@Chris: guess who's mugging you in the streets and stealing your tickets?
just kidding, I can't wait to see it,though
voodoomage @ Jul 18th 2008 12:35AM
Sex is more fun than gaming... and it leads to little gamers... noobs if you will... and thus the whole cycle repeats over and over...
ToRo @ Jul 18th 2008 2:12AM
Most gamers don't date people that are gamers themselves. They usually date people that aren't into games, which sucks.
ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ Jul 18th 2008 8:38AM
Do we get to create an entire universe of noobs like in Spore?
pfemm @ Jul 18th 2008 9:29AM
@ToRo
I met my husband at a local game store.
Dating/Marrying a gamer is awesome...BUT!
We quickly found out that sharing is not something I like. So We have to buy nearly two of everything.
E-X-P-E-N-S-I-V-E!
***side note***
It also makes me mad when games like Marvel Ult. Alliance (4 players, 1 screen) doesn't support local/xbox Live support.. like split-screening an FPS just without the split screen. same with a bunch of XBLA titles.
Nietha @ Jul 18th 2008 1:28AM
It's frustrating being a girl gamer and not having other girls to play with. Read the last half of that sentence as you will.
mr mobius @ Jul 18th 2008 9:38AM
I'm intruiged by your innuendo (that's what she said), continue...
Farseer (GDI) @ Jul 18th 2008 2:03PM
If you don't think that hot girls play games, then you are wrong. Keep in mind that, with the rise in popularity of flash, there are more casual titles out there then hardcore titles...
Oh, yea, and:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v31qxrXsxv0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWPxENqTSpA&feature=related
(POSSIBLY NSFW)
Farseer (GDI) @ Jul 18th 2008 2:04PM
I'm sorry, that reply was supposed to go to Vaf. I'm embarrassed now... :(
Vaf @ Jul 18th 2008 2:02AM
I never said that girls dont play games.
Just that cute/hot girls dont play good games.
Brodie-san @ Jul 18th 2008 3:22AM
Well, this is all subjective. Two people are not always going to agree if someone is attractive and not everyone will agree that a particular game is good.
I think my girlfriend is hot (you may not) and I think Folklore is good (you may not). She plays the game a lot (when not screaming at me how much I suck at SSHD) ergo, hot girls do play good games.
So ... maybe you're just not looking in the right places.
Which begs the question: where *do* hot gamer-girls congregate? I found mine in a bar. A friend of mine told me he used to game with her over MUD back in university and I immediately made a bee-line towards her. Attractive? And likes MUD? Sold.
:)
ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ Jul 18th 2008 8:39AM
@Vaf:
That's what cheap beer is for. =)
I kid. ;) I know girls are reading Joystiq too. o_O
Brittany @ Jul 18th 2008 9:46AM
Gamer girls don't congregate. We're at home, gaming.
Psychofemm @ Jul 18th 2008 9:55AM
@Brittany
Sho Nuff!
Markez (MKWii 4339-2878-5120) @ Jul 18th 2008 11:40AM
You're very incorrect. I feel sorry for you.
BPM [MSN: BPMdotEXE @ hotmail.com] @ Jul 18th 2008 4:19AM
What? Girls playing vidya gaems?! THAT NEVER HAPPENS![/sarcasm]
Negativecool @ Jul 18th 2008 6:22AM
One would think you could find a more....feminine or more flattering picture of a girl there.
Instead of the one hunched over like a troll, drooling over a DS.
...with a shirt that is incorrectly marked "Sheriff";)
how_much_I_carrot @ Jul 18th 2008 7:18AM
why should they use a better picture? The girl seems like an average gamer. You wouldn't be saying that about a picture of a male gamer.
Negativecool @ Jul 18th 2008 7:28AM
Dude....
Joke much?
Try not taking life too seriously.
how_much_I_carrot @ Jul 18th 2008 9:11AM
eh, even if it was- you wouldn't be making that joke about a male gamer. It all ties nicely with the subject of the post, no?
Negativecool @ Jul 18th 2008 12:28PM
F'ing A what the hell don't you get about this:
No, I wouldn't be saying that about a male gamer.
1) Because there wouldn't have been a post on a blog saying "check out these male gamers."
2) Because male gamers are nothing special, and are not regarded as such, nor is anyone thinking we need to draw more male gamers into gaming because males are a minority.
3) I have no attraction for male gamers, so I wouldn't want to see them in any glamour poses. A female gamer looking like a hunchback does nothing for me, hence the humorous suggestion of taking a better picture of a girl.
Get it yet, or do I need to continue?
how_much_I_carrot @ Jul 18th 2008 7:19AM
why should they use a better picture? The girl seems like an average gamer. You wouldn't be saying that about a picture of a male gamer.