Why 'girl gamers' don't exist

**Shrygue** · March 16th, 2007, 18:29

via Games Radar

GamesRadar's female voice steps up to bring the stereotype down

With the launch of Nintendo’s seemingly more ‘girl friendly’ DS and Wii, and gaming award ceremony’s adding categories like Girls’ Choice Award, women picking up a joypad is apparently becoming more mainstream. But what is this obsession with women being a different gaming species?

Despite the acceptance that more women are playing games there’s still a great divide – one where male gamers fit into many categories and women get just one: girl gamer. The girl gamer is often seen as a casual gamer, dipping in and out of sunny, happy titles where any skill needed is thin on the ground; gameplay kept to a minimum.

As a ‘girl’, a gamer and member of the GamesRadar team I’m here to dispel these myths. I may not be one of the PES regulars in our office every lunchtime but I know what I like when it comes to games. Read on to see just why girl gamers don’t exist.

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**Basil Zero** · March 16th, 2007, 19:18

..........

does it matter?

geez why do we always have to bring up gender in VIDEO GAMES, real life already has problems

**Totalitarian** · March 16th, 2007, 19:24

I like some of these 'feminine' games. Does that make me a girl gamer?

**muffinman** · March 16th, 2007, 19:50

Originally Posted by Totalitarian

I like some of these 'feminine' games. Does that make me a girl gamer?

it totally does

neways does it really matter what groups gamers are put into it?

**10shu** · March 16th, 2007, 20:11

hope next year they also do a black choise award. and a gay choise award... oh and also a black lesbian choise award...

why only girls should be put into videogame guetto?!

**IM back!** · March 16th, 2007, 20:11

this is so irrelevent

**Shadowblind** · March 16th, 2007, 20:27

Girl gamers only like "sunny titles?" Since when has gears of War been considered sunny? In multiplayer they're usually at least one per every few games.

**eatnooM** · March 16th, 2007, 20:42

Girls are people. Gamers are people. Stereotypes are stupid.

**Chameleon** · March 16th, 2007, 20:50

I don't think about stereotypes but the people who are grouped into them keep bringing them up, so how they expect us to get over the stereotypes if we are constantly reminded of them