The lecture about media and gender made me think about the differences between "girl" games and "boy" games. I play all sorts of games, Sims is one of my favourites but I have also played first person shooter games (which I have been told I'm actually good at, apart from all the screaming when an NPC comes out of nowhere) but the game at the moment I'm playing is WoW. Yes. I know, what a geek right! But I actually enjoy it because it is quite challenging.
The research quote by DiGiuseppe and Nardi pretty much describes everything opposite to what I am (or the character that I play). I love melee, love the plate wearers and I really dislike the cloth dresses and healing. I know that it is a generalised quote that these researchers have found and they cannot represent every single person's personal taste when it comes to playing a certain class and character but what I don't understand is why we have to gender everything anyway?
So what if a girl wants to sit on her computer all day and play a game, I don't think parents should be too worried especially since our generation has grown up with technology and playing games is now seen a norm in society by most people. I like to think that I've turned out okay... or I'll just keep telling myself that, hehe.
You Go Girl
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