Girls don’t like things they can’t understand. That’s why most girls don’t play video games. Anything past simple button combinations throws most girls, right off the bat. Now, I must say, when I first started playing first person shooter games, all I could basically do was look at the ground, and throw grenades. That was about 3 years ago. My husband would have friends over, and they would sit and play Call of Duty for hours. I just didn’t understand the appeal. I couldn’t wrap my head around how someone could sit there for so long just pressing buttons on a controller. Then, one day, I realized there was so much more to it that that.
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The idiot is supposed to be crossed out.
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She has recently started playing some other games too, tried Darkness 2 last night.
I don't understand women. At least not fully. And that's ok. I don't think I'm meant to. Just like my girl doesn't always get me.
But reading this article I felt as though I was looking into the mind of the opposite sex.
More importantly, I felt like I was peeking into the soul of a kindred spirit.
One that is on the surface vastly different than me, but in reality, I share a lot with.
Great read, for those that don't have a short attention span.
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It's not you, it's them. They assume that you understand them 100%. They don't tell you how they feel. They assume you know. They are machines of drama.
Furthermore, most women I've met get offended when you call them a girl unless as part of a joke. Perhaps it's my feeling that a woman should be proud to be a woman or I'm just not with it, but it always stands out to me that the majority of 'women gamer' articles tend to call themselves girls.
I guess it could be a want to remain youthful, but I don't really understand that either.
Now I'm curious as to why one would take offense to being referred to as such? Seems like something so petty to get upset over, and I mean no disrespect as I realize different cultures have different values as to socially acceptable speech.
Maybe it's regional. Do you have cowboys or bellboys in your part of the world? Are they known by different names, and if not do they take offense at the boy part?
Quite interesting.
No, it's the guys. Even when I was a kid, it was the guys.
***Or heard an adult male refer to one of his close adult male friends as his boy?***
Only as slang, typically urban slang. This is along with homies, dawgs, etc. You also hear it in reference to mobsters or cops movies, again as slang.
***Or good ole boys?***
Not since Dukes of Hazzard was on TV.
***Now I'm curious as to why one would take offense to being referred to as such?***
Because most feel that being called a "boy" is equivalent to someone saying they're not a "man" or referring to them as a lesser person. From a white person to a black person, it is especially the latter and dates back to slavery and how were derogatorily called "boys" and never "men".
***Maybe it's regional.***
Perhaps.
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Having said that, when do you call yourself a boy in your writing or when talking to others? The question was about a woman calling herself a girl, not others calling her a girl.
Dorks.
lol, at least regionally.
Also, "gals" just never really caught on.
mw2?
ps3?
its YOU!!!!!!
making my 25-4 useless
I always wondered why people who suck so bad play this game.Now I know .... its pregnant chicks!
good read :)
@PokemonMasta619,
Is that really called for? Age not shoe size.
Growing up I put so many hours into video games. I still remember saving up my money for MONTHS just so I could by the original Final Fantasy on NES when it came out (cost around $90 at the time).
But then, near the end of high school, I stopped gaming because school work & hanging out with my friends were more important things in my life. Then I got married (young, at age 19) and then I got pregnant the same year. I was bored, so decided to pick up a new Playstation (the original system) and Final Fantasy VII.
15 years later and I still play video games regularly. My daughter (now 14) plays too and I love that we have that in common. My husband even plays now and then, but in our relationship its him who doesn't quite understand my enthusiasm for gaming. :)
Sims 3 and roller coaster tycoon are honorable mentions. Yet short lived... again.
It was awesome to spend time together with her and my brother in law. Later she moved over to Borderlands and Fable 3.
This is why I am looking forward to Borderlands 2 so much. Once again my sister and brother in law will be able to all get together and play as a family...
It's Priceless really.
So close!
Pregnant = Pregnant
Pregnant does not equal Retarded.
Oh wait. pregant... it's mispelled!!!!
EPIC FAIL!
That's what happens when you let a man handle the simple task of Adding the title.
Why does every Girl Gamer have to say they play CoD? There are more games than that. It feels like it is your parents trying to talk the hip lingo the kids use these days.
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She plays hardcore shooters with me like BF3, TF2, all the Halo's, and so on. Games that actually require skill.
We both have our own XBOX and gaming PC's. We play Crysis Wars, Company of Heroes, Entropia Universe, and many other games.
I would be a sad man if my wife only wanted to play CoD.
She actually does better than me sometimes, I taught her well.
To top it all off, she will take a break to make me a sammich.
I have beaten a lot of "skilled" CoD players easily. The game is so unblanced and easy that nearly anyone can get a respectable K/D on it. Hiding in corners and dashboarding when you don't like your K/D in any given match makes CoD one of the easiest shooter games of this generation.
And I was a huge Halo 3 player with good stats. It's the same as COD. My brother, who occasionally plays video games, played Halo with me a few times and was the top 4 players on a few matches. Same on COD.
He gets scraped in Battlefield 3 though. You need skill for that.
And yes, I play other games besides Call of Duty. :)
It is a fun series and you can even make your own custom levels/maps. The series was from a company called free radical in which the company is/was composed of ex-rare(another game company) staff that were responsible in creating the original and legendary golden eye 007 and perfect dark games(+ other good games).
I highly recommend the time splitters series if you want something original, creative, fresh, and fun to play. You won't be disappointed. But don't take my word for it, watch some video reviews of any of the time splitters games on youtube and and see what the time splitters series of games are about.
What a ridiculous statement... It may be true of some women but the author really shouldn't be generalizing in that manner, especially since she's referring to her own gender.
I remember in 2007 when COD 4 came out, my female cousin in college was talking about her boyfriends playing it and she referred to it as "CLOD". Like a dirt clod.
Edit: Heck, forever gaming!
Women are like men, we all have different tastes, some like gaming some dont. I think its def aimed at males though which is why there seems to be a barrier to some people. Mobile gaming and facebook gaming is good for tearing down the barrier and (hopefully) getting more people interested in gaming.
She's now playing Disney Universe with the oldest one (4+). That's why I'm waiting for a new PS3 to come out... to have my own machine again.