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ironclad04 · Jun 10, 2009, 02:46 PM

Originally Posted by morgaine300

I'm assuming you're male. Just why do you have a need to challenge a female?

Oh, and it would be nice if this thread could stick with being about "females" and not "girls." I think even some of the female posters around here think we're all young girls. No - we're not. I've been playing games since the late 70's. (In fact, I just want to laugh at that "classic game" thread cause those people obviously can't remember anything before 1987.)

Oh yeah! Nothing wrong with female gamers?? I dig it!! My daugter is 3 and she's beating me at spirow already! But for the older FEMALES its awsome to see, not just guys like this stuff you know, morgaine300, check out gamerstagg.com, and you'll see why I'm called ironclad!

Simone21295 · Jul 7, 2009, 07:30 AM

My uncle (who is basically like my dad) is in love with video and ever since I was able to properly hold a controler I was playing, but I don't really enjoy them. I'm actually scared of most of them. I don't know why but I'm just not that into them. The only ones I enjoy playing are like you said guitar hero and rock band and also those dancing games.

morgaine300 · Jul 7, 2009, 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by ironclad04

oh yeah! nothing wrong with female gamers??? i dig it!!! my daugter is 3 and shes beating me at spirow already! but for the older FEMALES its awsome to see, not just guys like this stuff ya know, morgaine300, check out gamerstagg.com, and you'll see why im called ironclad!

I don't recall saying that I thought there was anything wrong with female gamers, nor did I say I thought only guys liked this stuff. Where exactly did you read that in my sentences? I'm female and I play games, so obviously I would not say or imply either of those statements.

I was referring to the use of the word "girls." It sounds like several people think all us female gamers are young girls. I'm a woman, not a young girl. I simply said it would be nice if we could stick to the term "female" instead of talking like we're all young girls.

Chey5782 · Jul 16, 2009, 10:18 AM

I just saw this thread and I don't care if it is years old. I AM POSTING! AHHHHH.

Okay now that I got that out of my system. I hope you have seen the change in just the last few years in the amount of female gamers. I met my husband through an MMORPG. I think that qualifies me just in that one instance as hardcore. I've been gaming ever since I found my dad's Atari when I was 5.

Personally, though I am no medical expert, women are just as competitive as men. But we come with the docile stigma. What do you think catty was in the first place? Certainly not playful. We have testosterone too! Granted not as much, but we do compete, we are blood-thirsty, and we LOVE to be on top! I worked in the video game industry for a while, there is steadily becoming a larger demand to market to the female gamer. And no, it's not just cooking games. :rolleyes:

morgaine300 · Jul 16, 2009, 06:59 PM

Shopping games? LOL.

Women are definitely competitive, and sometimes with each other over stupid things. But you don't have to be competitive. I don't do multi-player, so I'm just competitive with myself. And I like a lot of the same stuff the men do.

I think companies have tried too hard to figure out what women want in a game, and in the end they try stuff geared towards women who don't want to play games to begin with.

You met your hubby through a MMORPG? Maybe I should try that. :-)

Chey5782 · Jul 17, 2009, 07:29 AM

Heck yeah I did, oddly enough though, he played a Shadow Knight (bad side) I played a cleric (durr). But in real life I am the evil one and he is sweet as puddin. You are warned! *chuckles*

I completely agree with you morgaine! I'm a big fan of puzzle games. When GoW came out I was pleasantly surprised to see the puzzles they incorporated. Now if I could just get into the games with first person shooters!

morgaine300 · Jul 17, 2009, 08:16 PM

Isn't any reason you have to get into some type of game - no rules on what you do and don't have to like.

The only shooter I play is Medal of Honor, which I just played clear through for I think the 5th time. I'm not into shooters cause they bore me and seem like the same old same old. I like MoHAA cause it was different than anything I'd seen and has more variety - one minute sneaking around and having to stop and think and pay attention, and the next minute blasting everything with a jeep-mounted machine gun (which is incredibly fun).

Otherwise I mostly play RPGs and adventures. But I also just like puzzles, and I like board and card games too.

Chey5782 · Jul 18, 2009, 07:43 AM

Ohh, I'll look into that game, just asked my hubby and he has never tried it either. Though he has heard of it. (Sometimes I think he says that about games and really he doesn't have a clue what it is.. :rolleyes: hehe) My favorite game for over a year was PuzzleQuest for the PSP. I still am not sure why, it's basically a badass version of bejewelled but with wizards and turns against foes in puzzle form. I STILL can't beat the very last boss. Maybe I should start over. :D

shazamataz · Jul 18, 2009, 01:38 PM

Hmmm I think I saw PuzzleQuest on the playstation store... might have to buy it and try it out.

morgaine300 · Jul 18, 2009, 11:52 PM

I don't do consoles. Just more money to spend and my PC's fine.

And I've never heard of most of the newer games. I had an old PC for quite some time so I collected up a bunch of older games that would run on it, enough to last me a lifetime. About the only things I've bought since I got a "new" computer in '03 (I know that's old in computer age, but it still runs great and works for everything I need it to), is Dungeon Siege and Medal of Honor, and a bunch of Nancy Drews. And I got most of that off eBay used.

TheOreeoShow · Jul 19, 2009, 07:16 PM

Originally Posted by morgaine300

I'm assuming you're male. Just why do you have a need to challenge a female?

Oh, and it would be nice if this thread could stick with being about "females" and not "girls." I think even some of the female posters around here think we're all young girls. No - we're not. I've been playing games since the late 70's. (In fact, I just want to laugh at that "classic game" thread cause those people obviously can't remember anything before 1987.)

Im up FOR A CHALLENGE!! :cool:

Chey5782 · Jul 20, 2009, 12:45 PM

I went to BestBuy this weekend with the hubby and got Medal of Honor, they had every expansion all together for like 20.00 HE got really into it and didn't get off the computer for the rest of the weekend. I saw him once around 4am on Saturday when he came to bed... lmao I blame you Morgaine! It is a really good game though, the graphics are solid, the storyline involves you. Nice one!

morgaine300 · Jul 20, 2009, 08:01 PM

Sorry I took your hubby away. I didn't mean to. :-)

That's kind of what happened with me. I actually bought it used buncled with some other stuff and had no intentions of playing it and was going to sell it. But I like to install everything, make sure it's reading the disk OK, running OK, etc. So I "started" it just to make sure it seemed all right before selling it.

Next thing I knew it was like 4 hours later. LOL. I'd gotten totally hung up on the thing and couldn't believe I was playing a shooter. And finished the whole thing inside a week I think. I did end up selling it, but then later bought the War Chest with the 2 expansions. (That was Allied Assault.)

Chey5782 · Jul 21, 2009, 10:56 AM

I am stubbornly waiting for my PC to get fixed before I try it. I want my saves to be mine! Let us know if you find any other good ones. I found a new elven one I want to try out, but I can't remember the name. I'll letcha know if I actually buy it and it plays well.

morgaine300 · Jul 21, 2009, 02:23 PM

I doubt I will "find" anything, simply cause I already have a million games around, but they're mostly older ones. So I rarely buy anything that's reasonably new. And "new" to me is still usually 2-3 years old. :-)

klma · Aug 31, 2009, 07:47 AM

Umm girls aren't in to games (video games) because there just like not into it but if it's twins then it's a challenge them-selfs who's the better twin so yeah my sister LOVED to play mortal kombat deadly alliance mario party 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 and Zelda series she doesn't now because she does not have time she is in collage (medical school) and other girls just say this for boys and stuff but like the old mario and stuff like that is good just them into gaming plus when I was in 3rd grade ALL OF THE GIRLS PLAYED GAMECUBE WII they always would talk about it and pokemon they even bring there own Game boys with there games so it just common but in 3rd grade WAS WEIRD so yeah hope it helped

morgaine300 · Sep 1, 2009, 12:18 AM

Originally Posted by klma

umm girls aren't in to games (video games) because there just like not into it

Well, now there's a one-size-fits-all stereotype if I ever heard one.

shazamataz · Sep 3, 2009, 05:56 AM

Originally Posted by morgaine300

Well, now there's a one-size-fits-all stereotype if I ever heard one.

I play the PS3 more than my boyfriend!

jaime90 · Sep 9, 2009, 10:12 AM

Well, I also grew up with my bro (who's only 4 years younger than us, me and my twin) playing video games too. And my dad and cousins. And now I have 2 more younger bros under the age of 6 who play COD4, assasn's creed, gears of war, halo, etc. It's not really a competition between me and my sister at all.

ITstudent2006 · Sep 10, 2009, 07:22 AM

Ok here goes.
I was adopted when I was 7. My parents had 6 kids of there own and adopted 16 others. So 23 total including me.

Boy-to-girl ratio was about 60/40 to the boys.
We had every game system ever created. I myself had an xbox, xbox 360 and a dreamcast. All the other systems were my brothers'. The girls "never" were into video games. Now occasionally (very rarely) they would be like "hey lemme try" but that was the extent of them playing.

I am unsure of why there are so few female gamers. It's kind of an intrigueing thought. Not saying that its intrigueing that feamles don't play but why they don't play is the intrigueing part.

Rick