08-02-2013, 01:56 PM
1) Are you male or female?
Let me take off my pants here real quick and check...
Yep, I'm Male.
2) How often do you play video games?
Every day.
2-2) What genre of games do you prefer to play?
Racing and RPGs
2-3) Within this time, how much of this is spent on online games? (if none, skip to 5)
Very little
3) Within online games, do you prefer to choose a character based on your gender, or the opposite gender, and why? (if you only play as male, skip to question 4)
Only online game I have spent a large amount of time playing was Armagetron Advanced, which didn't have gender, because lightcycles are genderless.
3-2) When playing as a female, do you use your characters gender to try to get freebies from other players?
I LIKE POTATOES!!! Nope, never have.
4) When playing online games, do you treat female characters differently to male characters? If so, then why? (anywhere from giving them freebies to killing them for playing a 'guys game'. This includes being kinder to new players)
Heck no. First SSBB tournament I played in I three stocked this girl that was playing as Peach WITH FREAKING MARIO. Take a look at the tier list. That should never happen.
4-2) What is your general response to females in games that try to use their gender or sexuality for items/equipment/money?
They are arrogent to do so, and I simply ignore people asking for free stuff without anything in return, regardless of gender. WORK FOR IT!
5) What is your general thought when hearing the term 'Girl Gamer' or 'Gamer Girl'?
A bunch of really sexist men that are just afraid and came up with a sexist term.
6) How many female gamers do you know? (if 0, skip to question 7)
Quite a few.
6-2) Of the female gamers you know, including yourself if you are a girl, what majority are casual gamers? (social games, iphone games, etc)
Considering I've played to and lost to female gamers in tournaments, and the video game club I was in in college had a female officer (she was the Treasurer) that would school us all if we ever tried to play Halo, I say NO.
7) Do you think that casual gamers are real gamers, or not?
I don't like the term "casual" gaming. I'm not sure that it is very well defined.
8) Do you think there should be a market of games designed for girls only, or should it continue to be a unisex genre?
There already is that market in place. No, not in the game's design, but in the marketing. The world of advertising is a twisted mess that should be untangled, and much of the sexist generalizations removed.
9) Within games, what is your opinion on the sexualization of female characters? (from skimpy outfits to constant flirting with males (e.g. Mass Effect))
It's very stupid. Plain and simple.
9-2) Using the above as an example, what do you think could be done to fix this?
Not very much. Sex sells, and video games are a business. Re-wire the human brain, maybe?
10) If you have anything else to add, please do so here as it will help the research data.
NOPE NON NEIN NYET!
Let me take off my pants here real quick and check...
Yep, I'm Male.
2) How often do you play video games?
Every day.
2-2) What genre of games do you prefer to play?
Racing and RPGs
2-3) Within this time, how much of this is spent on online games? (if none, skip to 5)
Very little
3) Within online games, do you prefer to choose a character based on your gender, or the opposite gender, and why? (if you only play as male, skip to question 4)
Only online game I have spent a large amount of time playing was Armagetron Advanced, which didn't have gender, because lightcycles are genderless.
3-2) When playing as a female, do you use your characters gender to try to get freebies from other players?
I LIKE POTATOES!!! Nope, never have.
4) When playing online games, do you treat female characters differently to male characters? If so, then why? (anywhere from giving them freebies to killing them for playing a 'guys game'. This includes being kinder to new players)
Heck no. First SSBB tournament I played in I three stocked this girl that was playing as Peach WITH FREAKING MARIO. Take a look at the tier list. That should never happen.
4-2) What is your general response to females in games that try to use their gender or sexuality for items/equipment/money?
They are arrogent to do so, and I simply ignore people asking for free stuff without anything in return, regardless of gender. WORK FOR IT!
5) What is your general thought when hearing the term 'Girl Gamer' or 'Gamer Girl'?
A bunch of really sexist men that are just afraid and came up with a sexist term.
6) How many female gamers do you know? (if 0, skip to question 7)
Quite a few.
6-2) Of the female gamers you know, including yourself if you are a girl, what majority are casual gamers? (social games, iphone games, etc)
Considering I've played to and lost to female gamers in tournaments, and the video game club I was in in college had a female officer (she was the Treasurer) that would school us all if we ever tried to play Halo, I say NO.
7) Do you think that casual gamers are real gamers, or not?
I don't like the term "casual" gaming. I'm not sure that it is very well defined.
8) Do you think there should be a market of games designed for girls only, or should it continue to be a unisex genre?
There already is that market in place. No, not in the game's design, but in the marketing. The world of advertising is a twisted mess that should be untangled, and much of the sexist generalizations removed.
9) Within games, what is your opinion on the sexualization of female characters? (from skimpy outfits to constant flirting with males (e.g. Mass Effect))
It's very stupid. Plain and simple.
9-2) Using the above as an example, what do you think could be done to fix this?
Not very much. Sex sells, and video games are a business. Re-wire the human brain, maybe?
10) If you have anything else to add, please do so here as it will help the research data.
NOPE NON NEIN NYET!