Video Games and the Female Audience
Nov.11, 2009 in
Video Games
kirithem asked:
Episode Six in my series of video “lectures,” with special guest star: Gamasutra’s Leigh Alexander! Enjoy the new title and credits! I can be reached at floydo_animation at yahoo dot com. Leigh can be reached at leighalexander1 at gmail dot com. Read more by Leigh at: sexyvideogameland.blogspot.com Like the intro/outro music? Download the full tracks here! Penguin Cap www.carbohydrom.net Test Dummy ocremix.org
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June 9th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
superb!!!!!!
June 13th, 2008 at 1:17 am
The whole video was great and thought provoking. Maybe girl gamers who play casually might go for the more hardcore stuff one day.
June 15th, 2008 at 12:43 am
%0A%0AOne+thing+to+note+here+I+think+is+that+the+games+industry+as+a+whole+is+still+very+young+and+it%27ll+take+some+time+for+games+in+general+to+reach+all+demographics d’I+really+wish+more+girls+played+games+too.+And+to+be+honest%2C+I%27m+not+into+the+whole+sex+appeal+thing+like+the+video+suggested+with+lara+croft.+It%27s+all+about+gameplay+and+replay+value+for+me.%0A%0A%2Asigh%2A+I%27ll+probably+be+old+a+decreped+by+the+time+the+genders+start+to+balance+out.+What+a+shame….
June 17th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
he+mentioned+that+like+3+times… some+girls+are+good+at+games+but+gaming+is+still+a+giant+male+dominated+medium
June 21st, 2008 at 4:50 am
Good debate, but the higher voice pitch wasn’t necessary
June 21st, 2008 at 6:33 pm
Man this was a awesome video. I really loved it. It helped me understand a lot of things.
June 22nd, 2008 at 6:18 am
I+think+it%27ll+be+great+when++the+female+gamer+population+matches+up+with+the+male+population.+This+video+is+great%2C+and+I+hope+someday+girls+will+enjoy+getting+into+games+as+much+as+guys.+It%27s+always+fun+to+try+to+get+a+girl+friend+to+play+and+they+actually+enjoy+the+game.+Honestly%2C+I+think+every+guy+would+love+a+girl+that+can+sit+down+and+play+a+game+with+them+every+now+and+then%2C+and+knowing+that+they+enjoy+it.+It%27s+not+fun+if+they%27re+not+having+fun.%0A%0ASomeday+the+line+separating+will+be+gone.+%3A%29
June 22nd, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Bud1
June 24th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
Awesome perspective
And well-done animations, I really enjoyed it.
June 26th, 2008 at 4:23 am
But+if+girls+are+playing+our+games%2C+who+will+make+our+sammiches%3F+jk+I%27m+not+a++chauvinistic+pig.
June 28th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
What about the corpus callosum? Women have a corpus callosum (the part of the brain that links the left and the right sides of the brain) one third larger than that of a man’s. This is why women’s actions have more emotional process and why men tend to be either 100% analytical or intuitive at different given times. When you play an FPS you usually have to be 100% intuitive to be effective in-game. That could be a generalized reason why more guys play FPSs while girls tend to play RPGs.
June 29th, 2008 at 3:30 am
_____Dude, you sound like a Salarian! It’s like the Mass Effect universe has come into MY universe and stuff. Could you post a picture of yourself? No, you won’t? C’mon! I promise the UN won’t try to take you away in their black helicopters to perform experiments on you in Area 51. Even if they did, you’d enjoy the ride. And even at the end of the trip, they’ll use PLENTY of drugs compatible with your alien biochemistry as so you won’t feel a thing. Just ask Elvis Presley.
June 29th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
What+a+ripoff+of+Game+overthinker%21
July 1st, 2008 at 2:57 pm
love+it%21++%22Conditioned+to+feel+excluded%22++and+%22obsession+with+breast+physics%22
July 2nd, 2008 at 1:11 pm
this was a great video
July 3rd, 2008 at 1:58 pm
I+have+a+feeling+I%27ll+be+piled+with+troll+attacks%2C+but+I+think+RuneScape+actually+walks+the+margin+between+the+Male+and+Female+audience+boundary.%0A%0ABOTH+genders+can+be+seen+as+noobs%21%21%21+AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA%21%21%21%0A%0AAmongst+several+other+smaller+things.+There+just+happens+to+be+more+male+players+is+all.
July 4th, 2008 at 11:15 am
This+is+excellent%21%21+Lol%2C+my+first+games+had+been+the+little+mermaid+%26+the+sims.+Now+fast+forward+to+present+day%2C+I%27m+all+about+Ninja+Gaiden+%26+the+Doa+games.+I+even+like+the+doax2+series+XD+but+more+so+Ninja+Gaiden+cause+I+love+me+some+Ryu+Hayabusa%21
July 5th, 2008 at 7:49 am
Fantastic and thought-provoking video. Applause to the both of you!
July 6th, 2008 at 5:54 am
But pushing pink controllers and games like ‘Imagine Baby Sunshine Teachers’ isn’t anything to commend. I’m a girl and that sort of thing is more insulting than exciting me – now in my younger years I’d be lying if I said that I never played Barbie Fashion Designer or Catz, but I also played Zelda and Chrono Cross. The Ubisoft games are setting the idea of female gamers back even further.
July 6th, 2008 at 9:23 am
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July 7th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
He does have a point if more women could become more comfortable with playing the games us guys play ALL THE TIME then who knows maybe new forms of gaming everyone could enjoy could be created idk im not good at giving examples or maybe more people could find people that they could spend their lives with and not end up alone and feel like a complete outcast again idk
July 10th, 2008 at 12:35 am
Can I also say that I think this video is underrated? 117 300 is awesome, but for the amount of thought put into only a ten-minute time frame, it deserves more.
July 12th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
It’s nice that the industry is showing interest towards female gamers, but they’ve still got a ways to go in overcoming the female/male wall. Right now, though, a lot of female gamers will have to be patient and highly tolerant of the gaming industry (ex. Pony Village! Made by AND for GIRLS!). I am thankful for growing up with two brothers, or else I never would’ve met my first loves: Counter Strike, Zelda, Smash Brothers, and Prince of Persia. Excellent video [favourites].
July 13th, 2008 at 3:04 am
I have to admit, I was skeptical about this 10 minute video. But By the end, I wanted to give a standing ovation (I did in my mind, I assure you).
Not drawing gender lines anymore is a great point. I don’t like pink at all. I’m 100% more likely to buy a black/white Xbox controller than a pink one (I think other females can agree with me?). Therefore, I think pink controllers shoudn’t be advertised as ‘controllers for female gamers’; rather, they’re ‘controllers for people who like pink’.