Well, I have never seen a girl playing a serious game. Perhaps, there are some games such as Minesweepers and the like which their barins can play into. But I doubt that they will play serious computer games, such as a Warcraft, Alexander the Great, and others. Well, it is only my opinion which is no way the only true one.

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why don't game manufacturers devise games for the female market?- surely not to is to ignore a massive opportunity.
As a middle aged career woman who plays games to relax both on my ps2 and nintendo ds I get frustrated by the over representation of testostergone fuelled games aimed at adolescent boys.
i do not want to collude with violence and aggression but will play puzzle games and action names that dont depict violence against other people.
Lots of my middle aged female friends also play but we struggle to find enough choice of appropriate games.

Big Gamer is an ignoramus... Yes, there ARE women who play "serious" games!!!!! Just because you don't know one doesn't mean they don't exist!!!! It's like saying "all the black people I know are stupid so I doubt there are any who are intelligent". Your experience does NOT reflect the entire population.

I agree with "grrr"...BigGamer is a total putz. As another middle-aged career woman who has also been a gamergirl for most of my life (starting with arcade versions of PacMan, Asteroids, Galaga, etc. back in the day)...I LOVE GAMING! and what the hell is a "serious" game anyway? I play RPGs, RTS games, Action/Adventure games, Third-person shooters and First-person shooters. Now granted, I suck at FPS games...but that's just cause I haven't played them as much. They are not my favorite. But I do play them. As for violence...I like kicking ass and taking names as much as any guy gamer I know. I know a lot of chicks don't like the blood, though...so why don't they make more games where you can kick butt on *monsters* (not people) and not necessarily have to see a lot of gore? Like for instance in the FF games. Lots of combat, very little blood.

Thanks so much for the wonderful derogatory comments Big Gamer. Girls game just as much as guys do. Just because we don't sit all day at our stupid games. I have a load of friends who are girls who rock. I personally play several mmorpg's as well as first and third person shooters. Mabye if you didn't spend all your time on lame "serious" games you might meet some seriously cool women who can kick your butt!!!!

As a career woman and mother I think the preference for online games is the time it takes to play them.

It's not easy juggling everything and a game that you can play in between driving a kid to some activity, put a load of laundry in the washing machine, on a coffee break, ... Thus, games that can be played in a short amount of time may be what a lot of women are looking for.

Quite frankly no one would want me on their team in world of warcraft because I would be unavailable a lot of time!

Just my thoughts on why women may prefer this style of game.

i am a 27 year old housewife that plays online games and not only that, but i work for World Play Online reviewing games and being editor. I play several online games such as wow, aoc, runescape, everquest, lineage.. etc. Do NOT say there are not females out there who dont play seroulsy because most of my accts are maxed out and i am a skilled and experienced PvPer