In the latest entry in TGN's editorial series From the Editors' Desks, Dairuka tells us why gamer girls really aren't that special anymore. Check it out:
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-- Busted Analog is an editorial series meant to ventilate some of the more frustrating aspects of gaming, or to just poke fun at games. Whether it's a problem with publishers, developers, gamers or the games themselves, you can be sure to read about it here in the weekly to monthly updates. Just remember that the opinions you read here are the author's alone, and they are not representative of the entire Total Gaming Network.
Flashbacks of childhood fill my mind with silly misogynistic fables about the perfect woman. She had to be beautiful, intelligent, as well as a gamer. Back in the day, I used to believe that it would only be a silly dream. Gaming was so geeky in the mainstream’s eyes, that I never thought it’d be possible to meet a woman who also gamed as vigorously as I did. Now here we are, nearly fifteen years later from the heyday of the Nintendo Entertainment System. While I’m still a chauvinistic jerk, the world of gaming has changed drastically. It seems that here in the present, we’re well past gaming’s induction into mainstream culture, and we’re moving on to a second Golden Age where female gamers are everywhere with absolutely no signs of the demographic’s growth slowing. They are well on their way to becoming the majority among MMORPG players, with females already taking up 40% of the total population according to the BBC. Console gaming is also no taboo among girls, especially with hardcore female gamers proudly filling up the tournaments, leagues and ladders all over the world. All you need to do is Google a certain clan by the name of PMS to understand my point. Continue Reading...
Take some time to read up and then discuss the editorial by posting your own opinions on this subject either in this thread or in the blog.
-- Busted Analog is an editorial series meant to ventilate some of the more frustrating aspects of gaming, or to just poke fun at games. Whether it's a problem with publishers, developers, gamers or the games themselves, you can be sure to read about it here in the weekly to monthly updates. Just remember that the opinions you read here are the author's alone, and they are not representative of the entire Total Gaming Network.
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