Dakryn's Batshit Theory of the Week

fucking dyslexic man

"I estimated an IQ score for myself" :lol:

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I don't intend to make this into a politicized gender discussion, but I can't help but wonder about the masculine dimension(s) of video games. I know there are women who play video games, but I can't but feel that most of them appeal to a "masculine" audience.

oh "estimations", i see. :lol: Are you sure you didn't make up an "estimate" in the 160s?

Do you have nothing better to do?
 
I don't intend to make this into a politicized gender discussion, but I can't help but wonder about the masculine dimension(s) of video games. I know there are women who play video games, but I can't but feel that most of them appeal to a "masculine" audience.

not sure there's a societal reason for women to play video games, if we're going to gender this (even more)
 
Most video games deal with violence, whether direct (shmups, hack and slash, fighting games etc) or indirect (sports) and that alone probably discourages a ton of women. Adventure games (and RPGs) do well with the female demo though, probably because it does its best to balance story and decision-making, in a social sense, with violence.

I think JP also made a good point when he said for women, reaching maturity is less nebulous because the biological implications are more in-their-face. Men without some kind of guidance can take their whole lives to "grow up" (big part of why they abandon pregnant s/o's) and so maybe women just realize the futility of playing video games all day much earlier on?
 
like come to a metal forum and pretend to me some kind of smart ass like you and dak? Are you also "fairly sure" of your IQ score based on some calculation you drew up in your own head?

So you don't have anything better to do.

not sure there's a societal reason for women to play video games, if we're going to gender this (even more)

What's the societal reason for men to play video games? I'm asking seriously, I'm not sure I know.
 
What's the societal reason for men to play video games? I'm asking seriously, I'm not sure I know.

article says we do because we are lost and need to feel important and challenged and the community.

I think I agree with the challenge aspect, and then community a distant 2nd. I'd juxtapose video games with organized sports (as one increases and the other decreases too)
 
I'm not suggesting they cannot do the same things for women, just suggesting women aren't interested in using them

If you believe that men are genetically wired to show their dominance, it makes sense for them to challenge themselves. If you believe the patriarchy tells men to compete, then it makes sense.

I don't know why women would want to exert their gendered superiority this way nor do I think they have it.