Wow. Wow. Wow. To drive home how insulting this is, I'm going to reverse the situation: You meander into Barnes and Noble, and whilst perusing the aisles you stumble upon a bright blue book titled "The Boy's Guide To Gaming: How to Beat The Girls At Halo Every Time!" If you vomited on the floor and not on the actual book, I tip my hat to you.
I wish I was joking, but The Girl's Guide to Gaming is very much a real book(with a pink cover no less) and available for sale this very moment. Here is the way the book is summarized on the product page:
Do you want to take on the boys at their own game and beat them every single time? You want to prove that games AREN'T just for the guys anymore! Are you, your daughter, your niece or your best friend a Nintendo DS or DS Lite girl gamer? Tired of other gaming publications ignoring all your favourite games in favour of the latest big boys toys? So you want all the latest gaming gossip and the hottest hints and tips especially written for you? So do we, and its about time.
The Girl's Guide To Gaming! is the must have accessory for all Nintendo DS and DS Lite gaming girls, just like you.
The biggest issue with women in gaming is crap like this. If I march into a LAN party wearing a pair of pink crotchless underwear and no pants and expect to be taken seriously, I have no room to bitch that boys don't look at me as a gamer. Perhaps toting this book around is a step less dramatic than the vagina-on-display tactic as mentioned above, but still and all, it only calls attention to the issue.
Just play games, girls. Gender is only an issue here if you choose to make it so.
[Via Play - Thanks Aerox!]
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11:58 AM on 11.08.2007
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But I dont, so I lold
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But not at Halo Muahahahahaha!.. well not all the time...
I have a feeling this book is stuffed to the brim with hilarious quotes. I MUST KNOW THEM!!
Girls: If the guy looks like hes letting you win, he wants to fuck you.
Guys: If you let the girl win (and you dont look like a horse ass) the chances of fucking her will get greatly improved.
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHHAAH!!!
Sorry Collette.
Picturing Colette marching into a LAN party wearing a pair of pink crotchless underwear and no pants.
damnit.
It was a great article and write up of douchbagery!
I'm going to go create a penis out of paper mache and stick it on me in a hope that i will no longer be offended by this bullshit and that i might actually find crotchless panties sexy.
Step 1: Choose a game you wish to become good and and put it into your console of choice.
Step 2: Play the game.
Step 3: Repeat step 2, alot.
There you go, I hope it's not too difficult!!! If this helped you out, feel free to send me a dollar.
"The guys" don't treat her (lets call her Sandy) any different than they treat each other. We do get some girls (we mostly get regulars, but we get some new guests each LAN) that think they should be treated differently. For instance, during an intense game of Q3 (yes, we still play Q3, fuck yeah Q3) we started shouting at each other (better than voice chat!) all kinds of things, one thing in particular was "I WILL MOUNT YOU". Keep in mind this was said from one male to another male, with no communication to the women in the room express or implied. One of them turned around at her seat and said, "there are fucking ladies in the room". Sandy (who was in on the match, and was doing a good deal of shouting herself) yelled, "bitch men can be mounted".
I lol'd, and I think the girl packed it up and left. All she was doing was playing WoW and using MSN anyway. Why did she even come?
They should probably change the title to "Want to Constantly Remind Everyone That You Have a Vagina?"
The only reason I'm not a lesbian is because I hate girls like that.
@Doomtrain: That story made me lol.
My LAN group has been shrinking in attendance over the last year, so we've kind of teamed up with another nearby group we were friends/half ass rivals too. Anyway, we don't really have too many girls in our group (other than girlfriends that feel the need to show up, then complain about being bored), but the other group has several chicks that, get this, actually game. An not the Hello Kitty bullshit, like Quake and stuff. They go to Quakecon, and not just because their boyfriends or husbands were going.
It's shit like this that makes me madder than not acknowledging girls, because this implies that they need professional help to even be on the same level as guys.
Nice Article Colette ;)
But yeah Colette, Amen. What happened to gender-neutral gaming? I suppose there is room for games aimed at girls or aimed at boys, just like toys are. However, for the game industry to actually reach out to older women, the marketing should be more gender neutral.
Also I think I this would be a great mock up xmas present for a couple of friends.
@Topher
I thought the same while scrolling down before i saw the whole image.
@Doomtrain
Funny story.
/endsexestcomment
/startflamewars
I would like to see a nice list of girls who are main champion (or semi-best)@ any game.
*barf burger*
Also, I'm sorry I broke your blog with my laughter colette.
no-one has gender in-game - theyre just someone else to shoot!(or whatever relevant action).