Fellow female gamers

While visiting a local comic book store, Tate's, the other day I met two girls who were shopping for comics and decided to ask them their thoughts on female gamers.

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The first girl I spoke with was Leanna Barrows. She frequently shops at Tate's for Spider-Man comics and Japanese manga novels. Barrows also plays video games. She explained that she is a casual gamer, expressing she only plays video games with friends and not so much as a hobby. The game that she has played most recently is Guitar Hero III Legends of Rock for Microsoft's Xbox 360.

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"Guitar Hero is one of those games that just has rhythm to it, it's easy to pick up and just play and really it's just fun," said Barrows.

I asked Barrows, if she too gets that generic response from guys when she tells them she is a casual gamer.

"Usually it is a shocked response, it's not what they expect and I totally think that is because I'm a girl," said Barrows.

The second girl I spoke with was Alexa Turner. She shops at Tate's for rare and unknown comics; such as, old Disney comics. Turner like Barrows is a casual gamer but she is interested in the classic games. She occasionally plays her original Nintendo Entertainment System, the NES.

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When asked the same question as Barrows, Turner had a slightly different response.
"A lot of the time, yeah guys are surprised to hear that I play video games, but it does seem that more and more guys are acknowledging and accepting the reality that yes girls do play video games," said Turner.

Overall my experience speaking with these two female gamers gave me two different and yet similar responses to the way fellow female gamers are perceived, especially when it's by males.

Thanks again for visiting my blog and as always check back often for updates. My next blog is going to be an explanation into some gaming terminology and history.