Respect For Girl Gamers

Skeithex · Post by **Skeithex** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:22 pm

Seventeen-year-old Jessica Cernadas is tired of the way she is treated online and games designed for men. She vents her frustrations in an NPR piece called "Why Do Girl Gamers Get So Little Respect?" Listen to it here.

Jessica's piece, part of a Radio Rookies program at NPR member station WNYC in New York, covers some of the common problems the increasingly large percentage of female gamers face as they delve into the 'men's club' of online gaming and suffer through games featuring over-sexualized female characters.

These are problems female gamers have been facing for years coming from a fresh voice and reaching a different audience through the broadcast on NPR.

more here

anyone who calls themselves a gamer has my respect, regardless of gender.

Post by **froggyboy604** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 2:01 am

Indeed, anyone who plays video games has my respect.

But, couldn't guys say that male video game characters are overly sexualized since male characters are muscular, better looking, and wear tight clothing like RYU from Street Fighter.

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Skeithex · Post by **Skeithex** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 7:21 am

I find girl characters quicker, if you know how to use them right you could barely get hit.

Post by **froggyboy604** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 10:20 am

Indeed, I notice female characters are usually faster and has better agility then male characters in Street Fighter. Chun Li is pretty fast if you are good at playing Street Fighters Controls and know most of the combos.

Button Combos are one of the reason fighting games are not my type of games.