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Babysitting, Now Without Getting Paid

As the oldest child of four, I'm no stranger to babysitting. But I'm sure many of you only and youngest children felt left out of the diaper-changing, room-cleaning, child-screaming fun. Now, no child or teen need miss out on the "joys" of babysitting, thanks to the recently announced Babysitting Mania:
"Babysitting Mania brings the fun and excitement of this universal teen occupation to the DS," said Gui Karyo, Executive Vice President of Operations, Majesco "This dynamic task management game will keep even the oldest babysitter on his or her toes."
I would be laughing much, much, much harder at this game if I hadn't spent many years of my life reading The Babysitter's Club, dreaming of the day I too could be a responsible teen. I'm disgusted that my younger self would buy this game in a heartbeat. More »

1:00 PM on Mon Mar 10 2008
By torif
8,010 views, 33 comments

Latest by Passa: Urgh.. a Babysitting DS game? Oh boy.. On another note though, my sister has virtually every single book in 'The Babysitters Club' series from that pic :) more »

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Stuff We Already Know About Female Gamers: Now In A Study!

A report by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has released the SHOCKING findings (re: not so shocking) that 38% of gamers are female. The study also showed that the average female gamer played for 7.4 hours a week, with the most common platforms of choice being the Nintendo DS and the PC (particularly The Sims). According to the article on dbTechno, females are also the people who predominantly make up the casual gamer market. It was also found that many female gamers enjoy social games, such as MMOs.

Jeez, I feel like such a statistic. As a female who is permanently attached to her DS and spends way too many hours playing The Sims, I fit the profile they describe to a T (although accounting for all the DS-playing I do on the bus and Sim playing I do in front of the TV, 7.4 hours is - ahem - a conservative estimate). Does this describe other female gamers, too?

ESA report shows 38% of gamers are female [dbtechno.com, via Gamasutra]

9:58 AM on Mon Mar 3 2008
By torif
4,754 views, 117 comments

Latest by Crashproof: Describes my wife, if you add a bunch more hours per week and the occasional 4X or city-building game. more »

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Win Imagine Babies From Girl Gamer Mag

Hey girls! The second issue of Future's Girl Gamer - the UK's first Nintendo-centric games magazine for girls - is coming this March, and have they got a contest for you! Within the pages the pink titled magazine with its pink DS sporting cover girl is a giveaway that you can't afford to pass up, considering your unique role in populating the planet. They're giving away 10 copies of Ubisoft's pet baby simulator, Imagine Babies, along with a shiny new and most likely pink DS to play it on. Combine it with the cover story on Cooking Mama, and you'll snag yourself a husband of strong breeding stock in no time! Hit the jump for the cover in all its glory, along with a little more exposition. More »

10:20 AM on Wed Jan 30 2008
By Mike Fahey
5,840 views, 168 comments

Latest by ZeonicFreak: @Doomstink: Of all the people yelling at her in the video, you had that random one fat black woman smiling and clapping her hands? That got me saying "WTH is wrong with her"... more »

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WOLFKING Caters To The Ladies

Hey girls! Are you tired of using the same computer peripherals we large, sweaty, boorish men do, but still crave the highest quality gaming gear when you are out spreading girl power to the unwashed masses? Well WOLFKING (What, not WOLFQUEEN?) has got something special for you! They're taking their WARRIOR circular keyboard and TROOPER laser mouse and completely redesigned them from the ground up as part of their new Girl Gamer Gear line, to be available exclusively through Dell!
"Female gamers have an incredibly high set of standards when it comes to quality as well as design," said Bob Costlow, director of sales, WOLFKING. "You can't just paint something pink and say it's for girls. The Girl Gamer products give women access to fully functioning, hardcore gaming devices, but with an aesthetic touch."
Changes include adding special pink coloring to the devices.
More »

11:20 AM on Tue Nov 20 2007
By Mike Fahey
2,777 views, 51 comments

Latest by Audio by Olive, Style by Karim Rashid on Gadget Lab: If you've ever admired a Method soap bottle, Dirt Devil designer vacuum or Umbra wastebasket, then chances are you're familiar with the work of Karim Rashid. But you won't find his latest design at Target. more »

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Xbox Gamerchix, The Online Ladies Room

With internet anonymity fueling the girl-hating rage of Xbox Live users everywhere, causing a constant running at the mouth from boys who've never touched a boob that wasn't attached to a mousepad, it seems that GamerchiX is nothing short of a necessity. And with Microsoft attempting to "touch" a billion gamers this generation (no bad touches, please), the Xbox-centric community for the fairer sex is less of a grrrly marketing ploy and more of a sound business decision. The LA Times recently profiled, among other, GamerchiX leader Trixie, better known as Microsoft employee Christa Phillips. Dudes should take note. More »

3:20 PM on Wed Sep 5 2007
By Michael McWhertor
4,880 views, 96 comments

Latest by n/a: I actually think this is a nice thing to have for female gamers who want to use it. Same as any community/interest etc based group. It's not that they're saying 'oooh boys are evil' its just that they're offering a more »

oh no they didn't

WomenGamers Announce Scholarship Winners


Two little darlings have won a scholarship to go to National Computer Camp through WomenGamers.com. Briana F. (age 16) and Elizabeth H. (age 12) both wrote winning essays, and not only will they get money towards the camp, these girls could steal my job any day of the week. In fact, I'm not even sure I could write a complete sentence at age 12, let alone win a contest with a competent string of insightful thoughts and ideas. Congratulations to you both, and *ahem*, "Girl Power!" Sorry, sometimes that still has a tendency to slip out. Kim Phu More »

12:40 PM on Tue May 29 2007
By Kim Phu
822 views, 12 comments

Latest by Tarislar: Read the essay (Briana's anyway). Very thoughtful and well put. I guess if you wanted you can be a pedantic twit and miss the point completely of the Virtual Boy reference, no place like the net to be more »

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And The Girl Gamer Award Nominees Are...

Today sees the announcement of the 2006 Girl Gamer Award nominations, collected from various female gaming sites and forums across the interwebs, many of which hate our guts. These first annual awards are the product of a joint effort between Gamergirlsradio.com, Gameinatrix, and the KRT Ladies gaming clan.
We are furthering our efforts to bring more awareness of the female gaming community," says Gamer Girls Radio host, Danger Doll, "This is one of many steps we will take to ensure that developers have the information they need from female gamers to help them market to us better."

Winners will be chosen via a poll on Gameinatrix, which will stay open for a month. Once the votes are tallied the winners will receive a "Girl Gamer Approved" seal (see author's rendition at the top right.) More »

9:20 AM on Wed Mar 28 2007
By Mike Fahey
4,777 views, 38 comments

Latest by EosChild: @noneother Well, Cooking Mama is a fabulous game. At the risk of sounding like a typical girl, playing it made me want to try out some new recipes. @ FranUnFine Yea, I'm quite tired of being told "games are for men." more »

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On Women and Gaming

Why aren't there more female gaming bloggers? More »
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Gates: Viva Piata Is For Girls

Aw, Bill. Why'd you have to go and further emasculate the tens of thousands of male teens and twenty-somethings who own Viva Pi ata? I knew there was a reason I didn't buy this game. I'm neither young nor female nor do I garden. Michael McWhertor More »

6:40 PM on Mon Feb 5 2007
By Michael McWhertor
1,845 views, 30 comments

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Frag Dolls Become First Female Team to Win Pro Tourney

Last night four members of the Frag Dolls took first place in the Rainbow Six Vegas tournament at CPL in Dallas, becoming the first all-female team to win a tourney at a pro-circuit event. More »

5:30 PM on Wed Dec 20 2006
By Brian Crecente
742 views, 44 comments

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Germany Gets Girl Gamer Magazine

Germany is getting a new gaming magazine next year targeted at the casual girl gamer. Called Play Vanilla, the magazine will focus on gaming articles with a more feminine flair and tackle important female gaming topics. I can only imagine what these topics will be, outside of "Better Than the Guys" articles and possibly "The Effects of Gaming on your Vagina," which my girlfriend assures me are negligible.
"Play vanilla will be serving an interest group that has so far been woefully neglected, a group with enormous potential and specific requirements," explains Petra Fr hlich, Editor-in-Chief of play vanilla and PC Games. "Women want to play too, but are quite different from men in the demands they place on a game. A magazine like play vanilla is inevitable with the increasing numbers of female gamers and games with specifically female appeal."
I am getting tired of the perceived need to separate gamers by sex. It seems to me that this is less 'female gamers crying out for a voice' and more 'marketing folks crying out for a sharply defined demographic to cater to.' Why can't we just let gamers be gamers? Michael Fahey More »

12:40 PM on Mon Nov 27 2006
By Mike Fahey
954 views, 30 comments

Latest by Ilia Chentsov: Did any of you trashing Barbie games ever played one? more »

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Yet Another Girl Gamer Calendar

Let's make a girl gamer calendar. OK, what do we need, let me think. Girl in white teddy: Check. Girl with battle axe: Check. Girl with whip: Check. Girl dressed up as a devl: Check. Girl with a gun: Check. Girl doing anything even remotely gaming related: Naw. More »

6:00 PM on Thu Nov 9 2006
By Brian Crecente
3,138 views, 29 comments

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Women Outnumber Men in Games; Men Think They Should Go Back Into Kitchen

A vast armada of women has invaded gaming. Where once we heard over Teamspeak the confident bluster of the male warrior, now our ears are assailed by the shrill whinging of a female in the midst of her monthly ovum flushing. Where once we casually discussed in guild chat bitch fucking and the worldwide conspiracy against women, now we pretend to have "feelings" because we are cuckolded for being "insensitive." More »

12:40 PM on Thu Oct 26 2006
By brownlee2
3,166 views, 94 comments

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A Travesty Of A Girl Gamer

Wired's Joel Johnson writes: More »
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Not Safe for Warcraft

See that girl on the right? That's the trailer park scowl of a woman trying to keep a loose belt around her torso using only her nipples. You have to cinch it more than that, lady. More »

8:50 PM on Mon Aug 14 2006
By egauger
12,388 views, 22 comments

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Don't Mind All My Naked Pictures... I'm Just A Gamer! Really!

Faith Naked, the girl behind the Top 10 Hottest Guys in Gaming List, was interviewed over at Destructoid, one of our favorite sites. This is not news. But I found this quote from Faith disingenuous enough to comment upon: More »

12:40 PM on Mon Aug 7 2006
By brownlee
14,386 views, 66 comments

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Broads Want Brains, Bombs

I try to avoid "girls in games" articles but this is neat. According to a little study at University of Teesside, girls are apt to dig games with lots of fighting, thinking, and story. In other words, splodey games that aren't stupid. More »

5:20 PM on Tue Jul 25 2006
By egauger
202 views, 11 comments

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Ex-Frag Dolls Attacks Sponsorship, Girl Gamers

GameSetWatch points out that a UK Frag Doll defected to form her own mini-clan. More »