Girls versus boys in the gaming community 19 Articles

by Nicholas Seward

And again, we come to another battle in the long standing secret war between the two sexes. With the constant back and forth between what appear to be bitter rivals, we inevitably arrive on the sensitive subject of gaming...read more

by David A. White

Gaming has always been viewed as a primarily male activity, though there is no real discrimination against females playing video games. Most female teenagers don't even own a game system, yet are completely fine with it be...read more

by E. Rae Fallesen

EQUALLY CAPABLE Girls versus boys in the gaming community is one of those topics that sparks up in general chat every so often in every MMORPG I've ever played. However, recently these conversations (flame wars) have been...read more

by M W

There is absolutely no apparant difference between boys and girls in the faceless multiplayer gaming community. Both genders can easily smack talk their opponents and harrass their counterparts with equal vigor while maint...read more

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by Marcus Brooks

As the world of competitive gaming evolved, gender barriers broke down. Male gamers are still dominant in amateur and professional tournaments. However, females are carving their niche on one simple rule: Just win, baby....read more

by Donna Fallesen

Gaming has been a part of my life since as far back as I can remember. Picking up a controller, clicking on a mouse, clacking away on a keyboard. I never realized how bad gender bias in the gaming community until I was old...read more

by Amanda Miller

Motivation and first impressions seem to be the two things that seperate males from females when it comes to video games. Who else remembers watching old reruns of Room Raiders on MTV? Whenever a teenage girl entered a boy...read more

by Shannon Rae

The Battle of the sexes has always been apparent in many parts of human nature since the dawn of time. Only in recent decades have women began to earn the same rights and recognition as men in many fields. One of these mor...read more

by Angela Patane

When I interviewed for my current position teaching design fundamentals in a Southeastern Game Development program, my potential employers, both women, informed me that the game development industry is "male dominated." "A...read more

by Phronesis

Girls versus boys in the gaming community? What really is the difference? Are the boys more game freaks than the girls? OR do the girls prefer a particular kind of game genre, different from what the boys prefer? In this...read more

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by Louis Willis

BELOW THE RIM: WOMEN'S BASKETBALL I no longer watch NBA games. The artistry of playing the game below the rim has, for the most part, been lost. Often the ball is passed to a teams star player who then plays one on one ...read more

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by Tanya Short

Roughly around the same time I started wearing my first bra, my little brother was suddenly old enough to get his own console system and my parents assumed, or perhaps hoped, I would "grow out of" video games. I've been a...read more

by Zachary Mcbride

Well first off, I feel like girls get more attention as being "pro" gamers because the field of "pro" girl gamers is much smaller than guys. I mean when guys go to gaming tournaments you see guys for rows and rows, maybe a...read more

by Matt Maerowitz

Many people think of gaming as an activity dominated by males. There is only some truth to this. While males make up the majority of total gamers, breaking gaming into the categories of console gaming and online computer g...read more

by Barbara Baxter

Girls Versus Boys in the Gaming Community I find the concept of Girls Versus Boys' in the gaming community an interesting one. It is a subject that has been discussed and evolved ever since Texas Instruments came out wit...read more

by Levi Ritchie

It's no mystery that girls tend to play fewer video games than boys. There is no real scientific explanation or study describing why this is the case, yet it remains an accepted fact and an accurate statistic. Part of the ...read more

by Scott Shaffer

In the past, video games have been looked upon as a waste of a man's time or of the folly of a generation that is too relaxed for it's own good. The systems that were being generated were simple, and were mind numbing. T...read more