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We all know the stereotypical gamer - young teenage boy thumbing and clicking his life away. But, did you know there are more women gamers than teenage boy gamers?
According to a recent survey, 38% of gamers are men (over 18), 26% are women (over 18 - that's me!), 21% are boys (6-17), 17% are adults over 50 (my dad and father-in-law fit this in this group), 12% are girls (6-17).
I thought this was a pretty interesting study (despite its small scale - a little over 1000 people). I wonder how this will change game making and marketing. I think its interesting that females tend to prefer strategy/war games better than games that are designed and marketed towards women. It is also interesting that household income seemed not to make much of a difference.
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You have no idea how much I would give to find a woman who would play strategy games with me.
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I met lusti in church, but there are several women at work who love to play computer games as well.
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One of my good friends and his girlfriend (well, they're both good friends, but you get the idea) live together and spend a good portion of their recreation time playing strategy-type games together, such as Starcraft and Civ II. Sadly, Juliette doesn't share that enthusiasm for gaming.
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That's probably one of the biggest mutual sources of entertainment for Dan and I.
The only problem is keeping TWO systems updated ($$$) enough to play all the games we want, but we choose to sacrifice clothing and food to compensate.
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I wonder if my Mom would count as a PC 'gamer', even though she plays solitaire and some online games like collapse? That's quite different than someone who plays UT2k3.
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I didn't go to college, twinky. I did do a lot of reading and drinking of mochas in public places, though.
However, I didn't become anything but painfully harsh on the eyes until AFTER I got married. Dan actually married me for my personality (sucker!) and then it got better.
So, maybe look for some horrifically dressed MU-tant with potential drinking a cup of coffee and reading a paperback in a park. (She may or may not have an oversized Trogdor shirt on.) Or perusing the new PC Games rack at your favorite game store.
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But I've never seen a woman looking at the geek magazine rack
...for that matter, I haven't seen any women reading the one magazine I subscribe to (Harper's), either. Posts: 10886 | Registered: Feb 2000
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*laugh* I mostly hung out in my room while I was in college, but I was dragged out occasionally by friends to play pool, go bowling and to go to frat parties. None of my friends were geeky (or gamers), though. They attempted to get me to wear 70's style clothes with as few buttons buttoned as I would allow and drag me out partying.
Once I met Tom, my geekiness was given free reign, although I met him on love.com, so I can't even really tell you where to hang out to meet future love interests Posts: 1777 | Registered: Jan 2003
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twinky - You may have better success looking for chicks into FPSers.
I can't believe you haven't seen any female gamers perusing magazines and/or boxes. It's got to be timing. Whenever Dan and I go to Fry's or Costco or anywhere that sells games it's the first place we head toward.
Maybe it's Canadian chicks.
edit: Christy has a point. I got into games a lot more once I had a PC guru to hand-craft me a system to play them all. You may just be looking for some girl with inner-geek that is looking for hot, sweet twinky love to set it free.
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1) When you were either in university or of university age, where did you hang out?
Hmmm... I didn't have much time to spend "hanging out" since I was also working, but while I was physically at the university, but not in class or working, I was often in the Computing Commons or with friends. Try looking for gals working in the various computer labs on campus. One guy I dated I met that way.
2) When you were either in university or of university age, what did you look for in men and boys?
I looked for intelligence and a sense of humor - someone fun to be with that I could also have intellectual conversations with.
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Are there any local game shops? We've found a local shop that we haunt now and there although it has a high density of men, there are usually a few women. See if there are any campus game-related organizations. Comic book shops are usually another good bet. Posts: 1777 | Registered: Jan 2003
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We got ours for $100 a piece because the frame was slightly dinged in the corners. They weren't sellable at Dan's company, so we scored two for $200.
Considering they were originally selling for $1000 a piece, we feel we scored.
*Plays more video games then Ted does and my computer is better then his*
And to prove my geekiness, I have 4 Warhammer 40k armies lying around (Chaos, Dark Elder, Elder and Ork), I played D&D religiously for a while (my fellow D&D'ers drove me nuts though- they ended up lighting my druid on fire for fun the one day), I have magic cards, love stratigy games... I've never gotten into comics (*whispers* don't tell Ted, but he is slowly swaying me towards them), I own all Monty Python movies (although they are on long term loan to my little brother- he's enjoying them too much, I don't have the hear to take them away )... *shuts up now*
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