08-03-2013, 09:39 AM
1) Are you male or female?
Female
2) How often do you play video games?
Not nearly as much as I used to thanks to my job. I'm lucky if I get three hours in a week, but typically when I used to get my standard every other week off I'd play a lot then.
2-2) What genre of games do you prefer to play?
I am all over the place, but if you say "Suda51" or "Shin Megami Tensei related" I'm there.
2-3) Within this time, how much of this is spent on online games? (if none, skip to 5)
None.
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)
3-2) When playing as a female, do you use your characters gender to try to get freebies from other players?
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)
4-2) What is your general response to females in games that try to use their gender or sexuality for items/equipment/money?
5) What is your general thought when hearing the term 'Girl Gamer' or 'Gamer Girl'?
That it's unnecessary.
6) How many female gamers do you know? (if 0, skip to question 7)
...Err... I can't say I've ever bothered to really keep track.
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)
We mostly play console games, but a few of them have games on their phones.
7) Do you think that casual gamers are real gamers, or not?
I'd say so. I don't have a lot in common with them since they don't play the same games as me, but they're playing games nonetheless.
8) Do you think there should be a market of games designed for girls only, or should it continue to be a unisex genre?
It can actually get even more sexist when they try to market games at ladies since it seems the game are aimed more at the female stereotype. All I'd like to see is the inclusion of lady characters making a bigger impact on the game's plot and preferably even playable. Sadly it's the gamers themselves that make this seldom since they even make topics over how "weird" it was to play as a girl in games like Persona 3: PSP.
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))
That actually doesn't bother me. What gets me is when rape is a part of the plot and even seen as necessary like in Devil Summoner 2. It completely ruined any fun I would've had when Narumi even cracked a joke about it. The plot of Haunting Ground revolved around the fact that Fiona was a woman and had a uterus.
9-2) Using the above as an example, what do you think could be done to fix this?
Eh... Sometimes the fact that nearly all the ladies in a game are scantily clad I suppose it wouldn't hurt to have a few not have their boobs and ass hanging out... Or they could even it out with giving the dudes less conservative clothes ;p
10) If you have anything else to add, please do so here as it will help the research data.
I'm sorry to sound a bit mean here, but I honestly don't see how these questions are all that enlightening or useful...
Female
2) How often do you play video games?
Not nearly as much as I used to thanks to my job. I'm lucky if I get three hours in a week, but typically when I used to get my standard every other week off I'd play a lot then.
2-2) What genre of games do you prefer to play?
I am all over the place, but if you say "Suda51" or "Shin Megami Tensei related" I'm there.
2-3) Within this time, how much of this is spent on online games? (if none, skip to 5)
None.
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)
3-2) When playing as a female, do you use your characters gender to try to get freebies from other players?
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)
4-2) What is your general response to females in games that try to use their gender or sexuality for items/equipment/money?
5) What is your general thought when hearing the term 'Girl Gamer' or 'Gamer Girl'?
That it's unnecessary.
6) How many female gamers do you know? (if 0, skip to question 7)
...Err... I can't say I've ever bothered to really keep track.
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)
We mostly play console games, but a few of them have games on their phones.
7) Do you think that casual gamers are real gamers, or not?
I'd say so. I don't have a lot in common with them since they don't play the same games as me, but they're playing games nonetheless.
8) Do you think there should be a market of games designed for girls only, or should it continue to be a unisex genre?
It can actually get even more sexist when they try to market games at ladies since it seems the game are aimed more at the female stereotype. All I'd like to see is the inclusion of lady characters making a bigger impact on the game's plot and preferably even playable. Sadly it's the gamers themselves that make this seldom since they even make topics over how "weird" it was to play as a girl in games like Persona 3: PSP.
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))
That actually doesn't bother me. What gets me is when rape is a part of the plot and even seen as necessary like in Devil Summoner 2. It completely ruined any fun I would've had when Narumi even cracked a joke about it. The plot of Haunting Ground revolved around the fact that Fiona was a woman and had a uterus.
9-2) Using the above as an example, what do you think could be done to fix this?
Eh... Sometimes the fact that nearly all the ladies in a game are scantily clad I suppose it wouldn't hurt to have a few not have their boobs and ass hanging out... Or they could even it out with giving the dudes less conservative clothes ;p
10) If you have anything else to add, please do so here as it will help the research data.
I'm sorry to sound a bit mean here, but I honestly don't see how these questions are all that enlightening or useful...