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When a blogger contacted Xbox Support about her account, she got a form letter with tips — for her son. But if Xbox assumes that all gamers are boys, it may be missing out on a growing market. More »
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• A 55-year-old British man was arrested and charged with shameless indecency after he was spotted by a neighbor jumping naked on his trampoline. More »
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We've heard the stats about women and social gaming. Nearly half of women play online games. So Lifetime, in their pursuit to learn about all things women-related, conducted a year-long, in-depth study to go inside the minds of women gamers. More »
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"The new face of online gaming is feisty, foxy and female." The fact that women play World of Warcraft isn't exactly a secret. So why did the Times of London present the game as some new form of online dating? More »
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• A woman from Illinois freaked out recently after she found out that she had breastfed a stranger's baby by mistake. She is now suing the hospital for their mix up. •  More »
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Nerve convened a panel of World of Warcraft players to participate in their "Sex Advice From..." series. Players Mike, Janelle, and Brooke held forth on maintaining long distance relationships and in-game macking - but can you trust their advice? More »
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Last night's True Life featured two videogame addicts. One, Barry, fit the normal gamer profile of white male techophile between the ages of fifteen and thirty. And then there was Charisse. More »
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New Nielsen research reveals that in the United States "52% of PSP owners are women," "49% of Nintendo Wii owners are female," and "45% of all active gamers are women." And no, it's not because they come in lilac. [Joystiq] More »
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Sociological Images just reposted a TED talk on girls and gaming by Brenda Laurel, founder of Purple Moon. And I have to admit, watching that video made me wince. More »
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Recent studies have found more women own video game consoles than men, but most women aren't "hardcore" gamers. Not surprisingly, experts say the problem is the industry still only presents female characters from a male point of view. More »
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The commercial at left, for World of Warcraft-themed Mountain Dew Game Fuel, is the first gaming commercial we've seen starring women exclusively. We found it kind of progressive, until YouTube commenters explained that hot women don't actually play WoW! More »
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The number of girl gamers is up, but will women spend hours sitting in their mom's basement eating chips and tapping away on their pink bedazzled Nintendo DSs? 38% percent of video game players in the U.S. are female, up from 33% five years ago, according to IBISWorld, but the new problem for software companies is that women are more casual gamers than men. "The challenge is not to get them to play, but to get them to spend more of their time and money on games," says Anita Frazier, an industry analyst. But rather than creating complex, engrossing games aimed at women or recruiting more female game designers, software companies are just churning out more games about fashion, cooking, babies and makeup, according to Didi Carduso, managing editor of Grrlgamers.com, a video game review site produced by women. "I think a girl's world is a little bigger than that," she said. [Reuters] More »
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