Comments on: Why Aren’t More Women Playing Videogames? http://www.pixiepalace.com/2009/07/03/why-arent-more-women-playing-videogames/ Talking about children\'s books and gender issues in stories and media Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:33:28 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Eva http://www.pixiepalace.com/2009/07/03/why-arent-more-women-playing-videogames/comment-page-1/#comment-43711 Eva Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:50:09 +0000 http://www.pixiepalace.com/?p=2995#comment-43711 I agree that casual games don't get the respect they deserve. Even the name, "casual", is kind of a put down, implying that you aren't serious about having fun. (What does that mean really? I mean spelling it out doesn't that sound like nonsense?) Anyway, I know your husband linked to this previously, but I think it summarizes why women aren't going to make the leap in large numbers into "heavy" (perhaps I should call it "super-kill-o-matic"?) gaming even if people fix more of the sexism. It makes me angry that people still make games this way, since it makes so many of them sub-standard on a fundamental design level. http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=2048 I agree that casual games don’t get the respect they deserve. Even the name, “casual”, is kind of a put down, implying that you aren’t serious about having fun. (What does that mean really? I mean spelling it out doesn’t that sound like nonsense?)

Anyway, I know your husband linked to this previously, but I think it summarizes why women aren’t going to make the leap in large numbers into “heavy” (perhaps I should call it “super-kill-o-matic”?) gaming even if people fix more of the sexism. It makes me angry that people still make games this way, since it makes so many of them sub-standard on a fundamental design level.

http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=2048

]]> By: Scarybug http://www.pixiepalace.com/2009/07/03/why-arent-more-women-playing-videogames/comment-page-1/#comment-43707 Scarybug Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:39:53 +0000 http://www.pixiepalace.com/?p=2995#comment-43707 I'm pretty sure I remember seeing Kongregate report that they had slightly more female members than male. As a guy who makes "casual" games, I hate seeing them not count as video games in these discussions. I’m pretty sure I remember seeing Kongregate report that they had slightly more female members than male. As a guy who makes “casual” games, I hate seeing them not count as video games in these discussions.

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