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Girls aren't interested in playing games?

• ajkjk 8y ago
  No, that's an uncharitable simplification. I'm talking about statistical trends, and specifically about games- and nerdery- _in lieu of all socialization_.
  • eli 8y ago
    And I'm rejecting it as unfounded. What specific statistical trend are you talking about?
    • ajkjk 8y ago
      It's a bit more complicated than that. First: it's 'founded' in the sense that it's my opinion based on my experiences. Yes, it's subjective. I meant trends in my own anecdata / observations of the world. But I share them because I expect that many people have seen the same trends and might agree if they see them in words, which seems to be true. Second, lumping all video games into one category and then talking about statistical trends among them is going to drastically misrepresent the actual picture of who's playing games and how much. But beyond that I'm not really talking about 'playing games at all' so much as playing in an obsessive, anti-social style -- like 12 hour sprints, all night, instead of playing outside, etc. Third, I'm talking about ~10-15 years ago, not today. Not sure what things are like since then. I assume it has evened out somewhat as gaming became more normal.
• JamesBarney 8y ago
  I think in the 80's,90's and early 00's this was true because very few computer and console games were targeted towards women.