girl gamers
In Real Life

Gender Bender: The Gaming Differences Between Girls And Boys

Kotaku AU

Research firm PlayScience recently decided to take a look at the differences between boys and and girls aged 6-14 and how they engage with video games. The differences in consoles owned by boys and girls appears to be minimal, but gender variances arise with regards to how they are used.

In Real Life

A Teenager Tackles Respect For Girl Gamers

Seventeen-year-old Jessica Cernadas is tired of the way she is treated online and games designed for men. She vents her frustrations in an NPR piece called “Why Do Girl Gamers Get So Little Respect?” Listen to it here.

July 17, 2010
In Real Life

A Girl Gamer Is Not A Tomboy

As seen on Grace-elizabeth1′s excellent “Stereotypes” Flckr photo set.

July 12, 2010
In Real Life

What Do Women Look For In A Video Game?

Kotaku AU

Pretty much the same thing as I do, it turns out. Am I a female gamer?

November 2, 2009
In Real Life

Harley Quinn Hearts Kotaku

Back in July, Lisa Foiles (of Nickelodeon’s All That fame) wrote up a blog response to a post Owen Good wrote up about Girl Gamers.

September 26, 2009
In Real Life

The Gamer’s Girl Gives Dating Advice To Gamers

Last month I blogged about my colleague’s blog, The Gamer’s Girl. At the time, her project was aimed at the girlfriends of gamers, but now it looks like she’s broadened her blogging horizons.

August 3, 2009
News

Sony Says Girlz Play Too

OMG! And they use the letter “z” at the end of their words, rather wordz. The website also lists PSP games, er gamez, for girlz, we meant girls.

July 20, 2009
In Real Life

Gamer Girl Says Get Over Gamer Girls

Despite women’s documented surge in gaming, “somehow, gamer girls retain their aura of mystery,” writes Dairuka Sutain. “Gamer girls are not special anymore. Take them off the pedestal.”

June 29, 2009

Monday Musings: “Girl Gamers”

Kotaku AU

It’s a funny term that. “Girl gamers.” What images come to mind when you hear it?

February 25, 2009
News

Hannah Montana And Assassin’s Creed PSP Packs Coming

Female gamers finally get a PSP of their own, as Sony announces a Lilac colour being released in one of two new PSP bundles being released this year – Assassin’s Creed and Hannah Montana.

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