I think many women, especially those over 30, think that video games are full of Laura Croft boobies and noir gun bullshit. I'm down with all that, but I think females on the whole find that immature or unfeminine. Lindathemum hits it on the head when she plugs puzzle games. Mostly, women (I DON'T want to start a nature of feminity debate/ nature vs. nurture thing - the following is a sweeping generalization) are not as competitive as men, and not as physically hostile. We like flickering images and addictive past times as much as guys, but we won't feel, or think we'll feel, any sense of victory or thrill at smashing the big boss. They should market more and existing games as fun, stress-relieving hobbies than "fights." We just don't care. Playstation has a dancing game, I forget the name, where you have to push button combinations to a beat to make your character to different moves. Sure, it gets harder as you go along and you win dance championships, but it is more about the hand/eye skill challange and curiosity about what the character will do next.
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