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Online sex games now aimed at womenGaming has many similarities with porn when it comes to female users. The vast majority of games are made for men and boys. It's considered to be a male pastime. "Most games perpetuate the stereotype that men are visual and women aren't," says Wired, "so women must not be interested in adventure games, although they might kick ass at online scrabble. Yet 43 percent of gamers are women, according to the Entertainment Software Association, and they're not all out there spelling Q-words on the pink box." Suddenly the industry sees dollar signs in the shape of ignored female gamers, and it's scrambling to catch up. The article quotes Brenda Brathwaite, a game industry spokeswoman who has been working on creating games that women will actually like. She is focusing on games that involve personal interaction and relationships, and that allow gamers to meet up and have cybersex. A game space or situation is considered to be safer than the average chat room. "So far, the comments have all been positive," she says. "But on every panel I've been on about sex in games, there's an undercurrent of 'but how will we protect the women?' Like women wouldn't want to see it, or it's not okay for women. As if women don't have phenomenal sex drives on their own." I've never been big on games. I just don't have time, and my RSI doesn't much like pressing the space bar six thousand times to shoot up some imaginary enemy. But I do know that there are plenty of chicks who love gaming, and I'm glad to see the industry making an effort to cater to them. Here's hoping there's some hot virtual guys in the graphics as well. It's about time women enjoyed the male equivalent of Lara Croft's boobs. Posted: Friday 28th October 2005, 7:39 PM Back to the Blog
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