A female gamer by definition

So what is a female gamer? Are they just like male gamers? Do they play video games more or less? Can they be professional gamers? Those are just some of the questions that people ask about this growing "new" trend of female gamers.

The way I define a gamer (male or female) is someone that regularly plays video games and/or is involved with the video game industry.

A more technical definition of a "girl gamer" is:

"A girl gamer is a girl or woman who:

• Works in the game development industry or
• Regularly engages in the practice of playing video games, role playing games or other games (colloquially referred to as "gaming"). This can be from the most casual interest to the most serious professional gaming, where female players often draw extra attention due to their rarity," as explained on Wikipedia's website.

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Basically a female gamer is just like a male gamer. They can play the same amount of games and spend the same amount of time playing them, as guy gamers, and there are professional female gamers that are currently challenging male gamers for the title of best gamer. The only real difference is that female gamers are still not as common to this form of entertainment but that is steadily changing.