[Intrepid Homoludens]

top: the women of E3. bottom: Heather, unlikely heroine of Silent Hill 3.

Video Games and Gender
host: Gretchen Helfrich
panel:
Henry Jenkins: Professor of Literature and Comparative Media Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and author of From Barbie to Mortal Kombat: Gender and Computer Games
Gerard Jones: Author of Killing Monsters: Why Children Need Fantasy Games, Superheroes, and Make Believe Violence
Jeanne Funk: Professor of Psychology at the University of Toledo in Ohio
rebroadcast

Listen to the Entire Program (runs just under 1 hour, stream it or d/l to hear later)

From Tomb Raider to The Sims to Black & White, how much cultural influence, confluence, societal tinging, and involvement do games and gaming have on gender? How much does it matter, and how concerned and involved should parents be on the games their kids play in regards to gender conditioning? Is the games industry neglecting females, and to what extent? How pervasive is the view that the games industry is a 'boys only' territory? Are games socially perceived as masculine? If so, is there a possibility of future games being more gender neutral as market demands or as gaming culture shifts and matures?

Listen to the audio forum and let's discuss!

[Royal Fool]

I'll have to listen later on... but I noticed one thing: The pictures don't display in Internet Explorer, but work perfectly in Opera.

(Reminds me of my Psychonauts wallpaper incident, lol... )

EDIT: Okay, that was very weird. Now they suddenly work, after I have viewed them once in Opera.

[Kingzjester]

My speakers don't work. Will they play it again? I never seem to catch anything interesting on NPR, though it is a station I listen to often.

[Intrepid Homoludens]

It's archived in their website, Kingz, so you can d/l and listen to it another way if needed.

[bpfinsa]

This is an interesting issue, since this issue has changed quite a bit in the past 10 years.

Read this article, which posts some interesting facts you may not realize about people who play video games:
* 26% of game players are women 18 or older
* 21% of game players are boys 6 to 17.
* The average age of players has risen to 29.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techrev...er-stats_x.htm

--BPF

[pleto4_ryan]

Originally Posted by bpfinsa

Read this article, which posts some interesting facts you may not realize about people who play video games:
* 26% of game players are women 18 or older
* 21% of game players are boys 6 to 17.
* The average age of players has risen to 29.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techrev...er-stats_x.htm

--BPF

tnxs for the link

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If you think about it, this was something it was gonna happen. The old(and first one) generation of gaming are getting older while the next ones are getting more and more into gaming...

As for gender war in videogames...

How pervasive is the view that the games industry is a 'boys only' territory?

Did happen, but it's in the past

Are games socially perceived as masculine?

NIAAAA...i don't think they did, i don't think they will

If so, is there a possibility of future games being more gender neutral as market demands or as gaming culture shifts and matures?

They are already on their way...

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and tnxs trep for the link...too bad i cannot download it now. I am at the university...later

[Intrepid Homoludens]

Well, anyone else listen to this? I presume these forums are among the most intelligent and passionate group of gamers who would really wanna discuss this. Right?

[twifkak]

It's on my to-do list, so as long as you keep bumping the thread, I'll get to it in the next few days. Would've done it yesterday, 'cept for a West Wing marathon.