#122891 - 08/24/02 11:17 AM
Re: Is it just me or does there seem to be a lot of female adventuers on this site?
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I think that women gamers are a huge still relatively untapped consumer powerhouse. I love the Herinteractive slogan... "For girls who aren't afraid of a mouse" I think I will get one made up..."Women Gamers Rule - we are graphically interactive" Laura
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#122893 - 08/24/02 01:30 PM
Re: Is it just me or does there seem to be a lot of female adventuers on this site?
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#122895 - 08/24/02 02:17 PM
Re: Is it just me or does there seem to be a lot of female adventuers on this site?
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My impression is that gaming breaks down on age and gender lines. The young boys and teenagers play only shooters and rarely venture into adventure games as they get older. Girls and women play adventure games and only rarely venture into shooters at any point. I could be wrong, but it looks that way from the posts. RPGs are a crossover opportunity, and both sexes seem to play that genre. It is the only "meeting place" for my husband and I.
Most of the time I see few women in EB or Babbages, and most of their shelf space now is devoted to game platform shooters and other speed-based games. My hubby has never played an adventure game in 15 years, although he did play a couple of the early King's Quest games back in the mid-80's.
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#122896 - 08/24/02 03:20 PM
Re: Is it just me or does there seem to be a lot of female adventuers on this site?
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Originally posted by Becky:"I don't care what you say -- you'll never meet women while sitting in front of a computer." Well, although I actually met my spouse away from a computer, it was really through the university bulletin board (this was in the summer of 1991) that we developed from being two people in the same social group into a personal relationship. 11 weeks later that became an engagement, and then, almost 2 years later on, we married. Now that marriage has been going strong for over 9 years. Ta-ra, The Gremlin.
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