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." It's frustrating to be told you don't belong in a hobby community because of your gender. The majority of players aren't so elitist though. ;)

EosChild

and about this whole girl gamer issue, I say that: separate and equal is still discrimination! This is like a bastard child of affirmative action for gamers; The only logical thing that game companies should do is to make games less offensive to girls, not superficially and ineffectively more attractive with pink and cuddly, Japanese game companies have that market cornered already.

PS: love my coral pink ds lite

ryuuseiu

I have played with gamers who are female, gay, Hispanic, black, European, South American, blah blah blah. The bottom line is, they all want to drive fast, frag, and PWN you as much as any other gamer. The only notable difference I have seen is age/maturity.

With the exception of some smart-ass, prepubescent, haters, we are all the same, we love gaming.

Acute Gamer

why make the distinction?
are you looking for someone to "give you a break" while playing? "don't hurt me, i'm a girl?"

finally:
who cares?

pardon me, but i'm completely sick of this crap.

redfish

Apocrypha

Oh BTW I don't hate Kotaku's gutts! I visit every day :)

LynLyn1127

Either way, should girl gamers really go out on a limb to say we're "different"? Even though generally do have more interest in sims, RPG's and the like, we do like FPS/RTS games too! As a "girl gamer" I'd rather be lumped in a gender non-specific category as a "gamer", rather than try to promote myself as a "girl gamer". If we keep pushing this feminism into men's faces they'll treat us differently. Personally, I'd rather be treated as an equal raid member in WoW, rather than the "girl gamer" who, while being odd as a woman, has no input into the game as we're not game savvy.

By promoting outselves as different people, we're just alienating ourselves more and more. :C

Wuffles

/had chosen to bake cookies rather than play a round of Crackdown once
//they were really fucking good cookies

Khaman

omgjuicyjuice

/slashies ftw.

Eville1

/admittedly also owns Cooking Mama DS
//Is also the one who went out to preorder Halo 3, the Cat Helmet edition

Khaman

sweetie55

omgjuicyjuice

noneother

But if they want to be taken seriously by the rest of the gaming world, they can't have a poll that horrible. Incorrect names, unreleased games, games in the wrong genre... C'MON! Who on Earth is going to take them seriously if they can't get the basic stuff right?

For example, I run a baseball site that will finish its first year with around 125,000 posts. How could anyone possibly take me seriously as a baseball fan if I didn't know what VORP, BABIP, or other baseball-centric terms meant or mislabeled them throughout the site?

This is a really sad joke.

rocketpig

SupRore

noneother

dannah

And "Worlds of Warcraft"? "Ghost Recon Advance Warfare"? Do they even PLAY these games? At least get the names right...

rocketpig

FranUnFine

Rajio

"cn u hlp m3 w/ qust in starmwind?"
"Rephrase in english and get back to me."
"hrelp"

msimmons

KMCC

I think the things that attract us towards or turns us away from games are as varied between different women as it is between different men. Are they looking for some sort of magic formula that will appeal to FEMALE GAMERS? I don't think it exists.

The whole "girl gamer approved" things makes me want to smack something. I'd probably go out of my way NOT to buy something with that on it. The whole idea is that I wanted to be treated as a person with a modicum of intelligence when it comes to what games I like to play. I don't need your stupid seals to tell me what I'll like.

Magwidgeon

While it may seem unecessary to those us who don't care if gamer is guy or a girl, that perspective may arise from the position of comfort and power that the male demographic enjoys in this industry. Case in point: the "Games for Girlz" section or whatever at your favorite local game store

KMCC

I see it everytime I'm on XBOX Live - I never use the cam but I watch everyone who does and some guys are just vile. (Not all the girls are that much better, of course)

I see it every time I see another badly made pink-boxed game for 'giiiirls.'

But this isn't exactly a civil rights movement, either. More and more gamers are realizing these days that girls game, too, and not in the cliche way (puzzlers only & Cooking Mana). It's a bit of equality, not a feminazi thing.

I'm still annoyed by the FEMALE reviewer that gushed about how masculine 'Crackdown' was. It's ridiculous seperatism. We enjoy games.

WE enjoy games.

Everyone needs to stop with the division thing, but first the fact that division exists has to be acknowledged. Poll data mining isn't it.

(where the hell was 'Crackdown' on platformers, while we're shooting at the poll?)

Khaman

FranUnFine

How about, the girl is particularily thickheaded, "hey honeymuffin, this game is girl approved! Will you let me play it now?"

No, no... that's not right. This is a ridic idea.

"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."

Pretty sure that shows they're not "hiding" the fact that it's for the benefit of marketing.

CallmeMongoose

Well, I can understand being fed up with the whole "gaming is boys' stuff"-talk, and I can understand opening up a site that is showing the world that women are indeed gamers, too, and that MAYBE the industry should try to include that in its coporate mind and that there's more to games for women than Barbie and cutsie pets.

And there MAY be SOME women who shy away from gaming, because you sometimes COULD get the impression that the hobby is coming with a community just as sexist as the car scene.

Note that I don't want to say that all you pigs are sexists. ;)

But honestly, there's only so much t&a-advertising and -events (E3 *cough*) you can "tolerate"...

FranUnFine

http://www.ukresistance.co.uk/2005/05/frag-dolls-exclusive...

Tyrannical

And there MAY be SOME women who shy away from gaming, because you sometimes COULD get the impression that the hobby is coming with a community just as sexist as the car scene.

Note that I don't want to say that all you pigs are sexists. ;)

But honestly, there's only so much t&a-advertising and -events (E3 *cough*) you can "tolerate"...

FranUnFine

Rajio

DashTheHand

bbtls

They're using this to mine data about the girl gamer market. Why? Why aren't they doing a proper study? Why "hide" it in an award poll? I hope they're at least getting good money for this...

Meh, sorry, I'm confused now.

FranUnFine

modifiedbears

(I know, I know, marketing ist product policy, too.)

FranUnFine

Nikarorku