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Games are typically spatial based (shooters mostly) or strategic based and for whatever reason (genetic or cultural) boys are more interested in these topics th
by nopassrecover 17y ago
Games are typically spatial based (shooters mostly) or strategic based and for whatever reason (genetic or cultural) boys are more interested in these topics than girls.
Girls have been shown to be more interested in reality based games (playing house etc.) which is why games like The Sims are such a hit. Constrastly boys look for an escape/imaginative games which sums up most games and is why your son plays more games than your daughter.
- elptacek 17y agoIn general, I agree with you. As applied to our kids, specifically, it doesn't ring true. They are both excited by the same games: Spore, Club Penguin, Rock Band, Zelda, Pokemon. Some of which seem like 'playing house' (Club Penguin) and others 'escape/imaginative.' In their non-computer time, they play a game they've invented called "Creatures." I'm not sure what this game entails (it appears to have no real rules), but it seems partway between 'playing house' and 'escape/imaginative.' Judging by the general level of tidiness around here, nobody's really that into 'playing house.' ;-)
- tptacek 17y agoI've downmodded you for complaining about my housekeeping habits.