Escapist: Asexuality Actually
by John Walker on Jun.21, 2006, under The Rest
The notion of a male-dominated videogame culture continues to be widely accepted. Any report on the state of gaming, or any analysis of the latest figures of what each sex is playing, begins with the statement: “Games are predominantly aimed at men.” It’s the required preamble. But is it really true?
New Escapist piece up.
June 21st, 2006 on 10:59
“Half-Life 2: Episode 1 has me play the subservient man, following the instructions of the more able, the more skilled, the more creative and the more intelligent woman… Dreamfall had me alternate between April Ryan and Zoë Castillo, encountering a world through two distinct female perspectives. Metroid Prime: Hunters has me playing super-hard action heroine Samus. And those are simply the games I’ve happened to play in the last few weeks.”
Girl.
June 21st, 2006 on 11:23
Will we ever get the full unedited version, then?
June 21st, 2006 on 15:47
It’s not like that. This piece says it all. It just has the meandering nonsense removed.
June 22nd, 2006 on 13:08
You’ve seeped out into the world of comics:
Blog@Newsarama
June 22nd, 2006 on 14:12
well im a feminist so ha
June 25th, 2006 on 19:13
The need for spatial skills such as are involved in map reading and parking cars, and analytic logic, tend to put women off.
June 27th, 2006 on 15:28
well actually its your chauvinism that puts women off
[i love alkenes]
June 29th, 2006 on 16:46
Hey John, are you easing up on rule #32?