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December 28th, 2009, 20:05
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2009/12/500x_eq2_girls_01.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2009/12/eq2_girls_01.jpg)Men may be the more stereotyped hardcore gaming gender, but a study of Everquest II (http://kotaku.com/tag/everquestii/) players published in the Journal of Communication says that women regularly out-MMO men—but that women aren't as honest about the hours logged gaming.
Those findings back up a study from the University of Southern California (http://kotaku.com/5056938/mmo-players-surprisingly-adept-at-lying-on-surveys) published last year, which said that women played "more intensely" than their male counterparts. In hourly terms, according to Scientific American the women surveyed played EQII an "average of 29 hours a week, versus 25 for the males."
Hardcore players more than doubled those numbers, with women still in the lead.
But The Journal of Communication says that women tended to lie about (or lowball) their EQII addictions. USC's study said almost the same thing, and we're starting to see a trend here—Everquest II player surveys simply cannot be trusted.
Gal Gamers Geekier Than Guys (http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=gal-gamers-geekier-than-guys-09-12-23) [Scientific American]
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Those findings back up a study from the University of Southern California (http://kotaku.com/5056938/mmo-players-surprisingly-adept-at-lying-on-surveys) published last year, which said that women played "more intensely" than their male counterparts. In hourly terms, according to Scientific American the women surveyed played EQII an "average of 29 hours a week, versus 25 for the males."
Hardcore players more than doubled those numbers, with women still in the lead.
But The Journal of Communication says that women tended to lie about (or lowball) their EQII addictions. USC's study said almost the same thing, and we're starting to see a trend here—Everquest II player surveys simply cannot be trusted.
Gal Gamers Geekier Than Guys (http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=gal-gamers-geekier-than-guys-09-12-23) [Scientific American]
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