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A little while ago, my brother sent me a link to this essay: "OMG Girlz Don't Exist on teh Intarweb!!!!1" I finally read it last night. It's part of an entire issue on women in gaming that came out last October, from an online gaming magazine. The author describes the disbelief and lack of acceptance she encounters from her fellow gamers and even from her guildmates. She writes, "My adventures on the internet have led me to learn many things about myself. I'm not a girl and I do not exist on the internet. I do not play games and do not know how to turn on my computer."
My initial reaction was amusement, but also doubt and surprise, because I haven't run into this remarkable delusion myself. Then again, I'm not really a gamer as such.
( Reminiscense about video games )
I'm rambling. My point is, I'm not big on most video games. I like puzzles. I don't like gore. I like lots of plot. I like options. I like a learning curve that starts shallow but stays challenging. But more than all that, I don't like losing the better part my nights and weekends to a video game, and that's what happens when I find one I really like. When I pick up a good novel, I tend to read straight through without stopping for dinner -- sometimes, without stopping to sleep. When I pick up a good video game, I get similarly preoccupied. So I have to be careful.
My initial reaction was amusement, but also doubt and surprise, because I haven't run into this remarkable delusion myself. Then again, I'm not really a gamer as such.
( Reminiscense about video games )
I'm rambling. My point is, I'm not big on most video games. I like puzzles. I don't like gore. I like lots of plot. I like options. I like a learning curve that starts shallow but stays challenging. But more than all that, I don't like losing the better part my nights and weekends to a video game, and that's what happens when I find one I really like. When I pick up a good novel, I tend to read straight through without stopping for dinner -- sometimes, without stopping to sleep. When I pick up a good video game, I get similarly preoccupied. So I have to be careful.
