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How to Get your Wife into Video Games

The case espoused against female video game players and opposing
arguments has seen itself in a virtual deadlock in recent years, but not especially so with the boom of social games. What was once an argument quickly shot down, and the role of female video game players put into question by stereotypical macho gamers have now seen female video gamers in a role reversal. Gamer elitist have now been competing for publishing giant's devotion and even competency in a realm which was regarded once as a man's arena for the man's video game.What we now see is an uptake in simple, novel, social games with gateway platforms such as Facebook, Steam, PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade, and the myriad of other platforms. And with statistics provided by such video gaming tracking services such as the ESA. The question isn't so much of do females play video games, rather it is what games do they play?

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GribbleGrunger4118d ago (Edited 4118d ago )

Tell her there's a new fridge in it if she does ...

J/K. Playing with a clique

d0nni34118d ago

Don't do it!! you might not get crap for playing games all the time but they hog the console! i haven't managed to touch my PS3 properly in months!

MoveTheGlow4118d ago

Dude, didn't you grow up trading off playing a game? I did that to "co-op" Earthbound. It was epic and awesome to witness the thing with a friend.

Tzuno4118d ago

Enable vibrate function on your joystick and give it to her to play.

MoveTheGlow4118d ago

If that worked, we'd all know Rez as a household name, wouldn't we? *cries in the corner about Rez*

Onus4118d ago

This article doesn't really give methods to get your wife to play so much as just show that more females are playing games. Nice misleading title though.

MoveTheGlow4118d ago (Edited 4118d ago )

I actually do like the misleading title - you're looking for the answer to a question that's nearly irrelevant when you see the data. My girl gamer friends and more-than-friends are into CoD, Halo, Skyrim, Civ, Dark Souls - basically, the question you want to ask is "How do I get someone interested in video games?"

To that, I'd say "know the person, and introduce them to something similar to what they like in other media." Anime? FFX, DQVIII, Xenoblade, Ni No Kuni, the Zero Escape games, Phoenix Wright, Bayonetta. Action movies? CoD, Halo, Vanquish (can you tell I like Platinum?) Spy/forensic thrillers? Metal Gear Solid, Hitman, Dishonored, let them know about Monaco. Sci-fi? FTL, Mass Effect. Board game nerd? Civ, XCOM. D&D/Pathfinder? Skyrim, Dark Souls (especially if they're into classic D&D!) Horror? Amnesia, Last Survivor, Slender. And on and on...

On a side note, I weep for avid gamers with partners who don't have that in common.

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Star Wars Outlaws Wanted Levels Can Be Cleared by Defeating Death Troopers

You can clear your wanted levels in Star Wars Outlaws by defeating the death troopers.

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Sony Makes Changes To PSN Backend To Pave Way For Future PC/PS5 Cross-Platform Releases

It appears Sony is making changes to the PSN backend in order to pave the way for future cross-platform releases across PC and PS5.

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PrinceOfAnger3h ago(Edited 3h ago)

If sony want their games to be more successful on pc and to sell more they need to bring the games day-one like helldivers 2! , and not after 2 years.

-Foxtrot3h ago

If it's first party (can't speak on Helldivers) then the PS5 should be focused on first in my opinion rather than worrying about 2 versions.

PrinceOfAnger3h ago

Nixxes can help with the development and release the games at the same time..

XiNatsuDragnel3h ago(Edited 3h ago)

First party ps5 games need to be ps5 only until 6 months imo because they need to sell consoles still and then focus on PC later.

shinoff21832h ago

I don't see a big deal. The sales also help future development. I'm all in.

thesoftware73036m ago

This makes sense, just now doing it shows how behind and short-sighted regarding PC they were to begin with.

shaenoide20m ago

If they release it day one many will not buy a playstation anymore (me included).