Do females play Outwitters?

[Saren]

I have to say this thread is amusing...Here's my two cents.

I don't know why girls don't play more video games, and I'm not the best girl to ask considering I do play them. But I think the male communities being so hostile sometimes does scare us away, I know it has scared me away from many games and it is one of the reasons that I usually stick to single player games. Another reason is that in general, girls are less competitive, so multiplayer games aren't always enjoyable for me, I don't enjoy getting my ass kicked when I start a multiplayer game and I don't always have the competitive drive to get better at it? Males are biologically programmed to be more competitive, and this is the same reason in my opinion that females are not as interested in watching sports. In addition, even though I do know other females who play video games, the majority of my females friends don't, so video games are not a social thing for me. I don't hang out with my (female) friends and play or talk about video games, and because I don't play many multiplayer games, I don't make many online video game friends. I know it's probably not true for all guys, but for most guys I know video gaming is often a social experience, and for girls it's often just not quite the same.

I personally don't agree with the idea that most girls think of it as degenerate behavior, or women thinking that it has anything to do with attractivesness. I haven't really seen these attitudes in the women I know, and I certainly never had this idea conciously or subconsciously, if anything most guys I've known like the fact that I play video games. And for the record, I started playing video games long before I had any boyfriends.

My personal opinion is that it is a complex issue, and no single factor can explain it. But all of the above being said, I still think that there are more of us girls in the gaming world than most people think.

Also, just for the record, I DO NOT play FarmVille .