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I'm writing a fifteen page research paper for my English class, and for it, I have to conduct either an interview or a survey. My topic is female gamers and the stereotypes thereof, but both male and female gamers are both welcome to answer, though please note that there are different questions for each sex.

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most)

2. What is your age?

3. How long have you been gaming?

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.?

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games?

MALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. What gender/type of people/age group do you think dominate the gaming scene?

2. What kind of games do you think female gamers play?

3. Do you think that there are any "male-oriented" games that females don't play?

4. Do you think that there are any "female-oriented" games that males don't play?

FEMALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. Do you feel that females make up a significant part of the gaming community?

2. What do you think of the games marketed specifically towards girls? (i.e. Barbie games, Nancy Drew, Dora the Explorer, Mary Kate and Ashley)

3. Do you enjoy these types of games?

4. What do you think of games marketed specifically towards males? (i.e. Leisure Suit Larry, The Guy Game, Playboy Mansion, DOA Beach Volleyball, BMX XXX)

5. Do you see yourself playing more "male" or "female" games?

6. Do you experience any prejudice, sexual harassment, or special attention when and if you socialize with other gamers?




Thank you for your time ^_^

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most) Male

2. What is your age? 22

3. How long have you been gaming? I don't know. 10 years, I suppose

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.? Favorite genre: Turn-based strategy, Favorite system: PC

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games? 5-10

MALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. What gender/type of people/age group do you think dominate the gaming scene? Males, under 18

2. What kind of games do you think female gamers play? Generally? All genres

3. Do you think that there are any "male-oriented" games that females don't play? No

4. Do you think that there are any "female-oriented" games that males don't play? No

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? Male

2. What is your age? 18
3. How long have you been gaming? Properly - 3 years. On and off - 16 years

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.? Genre - RPG/Action/FPS. System - X-box
5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games? 10

MALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. What gender/type of people/age group do you think dominate the gaming scene? Males 18-25 (games stores near me are full of them)

2. What kind of games do you think female gamers play? Same as guys/ Also pikmin :p

3. Do you think that there are any "male-oriented" games that females don't play? Probably things like 'Leisure Suit Larry' - though not many do sink that low...
4. Do you think that there are any "female-oriented" games that males don't play? The barbie/horse ones

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? Male

2. What is your age? 16(turning 17 tomorrow)

3. How long have you been gaming? 11 years

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.? FPS/PC

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games? 13

MALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. What gender/type of people/age group do you think dominate the gaming scene? Male 15-30

2. What kind of games do you think female gamers play? The same kind as guys.

3. Do you think that there are any "male-oriented" games that females don't play? Most likely.

4. Do you think that there are any "female-oriented" games that males don't play? Most likely.

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most) Male

2. What is your age? 19

3. How long have you been gaming? 14 years

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.? System - Amiga/PC. Genre - FPS; Platform; management sims - Championship Manager/Football Manager.

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games? Now, about 5, but up to about 6 months ago, about 25

MALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. What gender/type of people/age group do you think dominate the gaming scene? Male/not sure what you mean - class? race? what?/10-35.

2. What kind of games do you think female gamers play?Anything they want.

3. Do you think that there are any "male-oriented" games that females don't play? Not really

4. Do you think that there are any "female-oriented" games that males don't play? Not that I know of, but my interest in the obscure side of the gaming scene is extremely limited.

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most)

2. What is your age?

3. How long have you been gaming?

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.?

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games?

MALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. What gender/type of people/age group do you think dominate the gaming scene?

2. What kind of games do you think female gamers play?

3. Do you think that there are any "male-oriented" games that females don't play?

4. Do you think that there are any "female-oriented" games that males don't play?
1.male
2.13
3.Since November 2004(NationStates. Or do you mean video games?)
4.I like action games, for XBOX, I also enjoy XBOX live
5.Video games:4hours
NS:Over half of my week

1.15-20 dominate after I made a survey
2."Britney Spears dance", "American idol", nothing with too much violence.
3.no
4.no

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most) Male

2. What is your age? 22

3. How long have you been gaming? ~16 years (God, that is a long time)

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.? Sports Games/PS2

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games? 10-15, sometimes a lot more.

MALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. What gender/type of people/age group do you think dominate the gaming scene? Male-Under 25

2. What kind of games do you think female gamers play? I really wouldn't know.

3. Do you think that there are any "male-oriented" games that females don't play? I think most video games appeal more the males, but I don't think they were made with males in mind.

4. Do you think that there are any "female-oriented" games that males don't play? I suppose so.

I'm writing a fifteen page research paper for my English class, and for it, I have to conduct either an interview or a survey. My topic is female gamers and the stereotypes thereof, but both male and female gamers are both welcome to answer, though please note that there are different questions for each sex.

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most)

2. What is your age?

3. How long have you been gaming?

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.?

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games?

MALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. What gender/type of people/age group do you think dominate the gaming scene?

2. What kind of games do you think female gamers play?

3. Do you think that there are any "male-oriented" games that females don't play?

4. Do you think that there are any "female-oriented" games that males don't play?





Thank you for your time ^_^

General
1)Male

2)16

3)About 9 years

4)PS2, Metal Gear Solid-esque games, FPS's

5)About 6 a week on PS2, unknown on NS!

Male Only
1) Male, teenagers as a majority

2) Unsure

3) FPS's

4) UNnknown

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most) Female

2. What is your age? 19

3. How long have you been gaming? maybe...8/9 years

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.? car racing games (for example, Gran Turismo), shootingy gangstery games games (like GTA), favourite system is the PS2 because i cant afford to upgrade my PC often

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games? 7-10

FEMALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. Do you feel that females make up a significant part of the gaming community? no, definitely not

2. What do you think of the games marketed specifically towards girls? (i.e. Barbie games, Nancy Drew, Dora the Explorer, Mary Kate and Ashley)pandering to a gender stereotype of teenage girls in an effort to make money. and theyre usually shit games as well

3. Do you enjoy these types of games? no

4. What do you think of games marketed specifically towards males? (i.e. Leisure Suit Larry, The Guy Game, Playboy Mansion, DOA Beach Volleyball, BMX XXX)pandering to a gender stereotype of teenage to young adult guys in an effort to make money. and theyre usually shit games as well

5. Do you see yourself playing more "male" or "female" games? just games

6. Do you experience any prejudice, sexual harassment, or special attention when and if you socialize with other gamers? no, but then i would be surprised if i did

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? male

2. What is your age?18

3. How long have you been gaming?5 years

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.?genre: rpg, and Empire bliulder System: PC

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games?on average about, 3 to 12 hours a day ( sometimes up to 16 hours a day)

MALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. What gender/type of people/age group do you think dominate the gaming scene? male 18-27

2. What kind of games do you think female gamers play?most I know play the FF's like there no tomorrow

3. Do you think that there are any "male-oriented" games that females don't play? yes, leasure suit Larry, and most other soft/hardcore porn games

4. Do you think that there are any "female-oriented" games that males don't play? probly just the barbie games, can't think of any past that.

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? Female

2. What is your age? 17

3. How long have you been gaming? Role-play? DnD and the like for two years, NS for about a year, video games about eight months.

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.? Genre...RPG/Adventrue.

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games? Very few...I can't ever get a hold of the TV.


FEMALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. Do you feel that females make up a significant part of the gaming community? Probably not as much as the males, but we're formidible gamers, nonetheless.

2. What do you think of the games marketed specifically towards girls? (i.e. Barbie games, Nancy Drew, Dora the Explorer, Mary Kate and Ashley) Gag me with a spoon.

3. Do you enjoy these types of games? No.

4. What do you think of games marketed specifically towards males? (i.e. Leisure Suit Larry, The Guy Game, Playboy Mansion, DOA Beach Volleyball, BMX XXX)
Males. :rolleyes:
5. Do you see yourself playing more "male" or "female" games?
Gender-neutral, geared towards male, ie FF
6. Do you experience any prejudice, sexual harassment, or special attention when and if you socialize with other gamers?
No. I'm quite welcome in the gaming community.



Thank you for your time ^_^[/QUOTE]

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most) Male

2. What is your age? 31

3. How long have you been gaming? Since 1983 Go TI-99/4A! w00t

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.? My favorite would be role-playing and quest games. I also like puzzle games, civilization simulators, real-time tactics games and recently City of Heroes became my first MMORPG since I'm a comic book nerd.

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games? Five to twenty, depending on how busy the week is

MALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. What gender/type of people/age group do you think dominate the gaming scene? Guys. Female gamers are out there, but they're scarcer. I think it tends to be youth-heavy, too, because of time constraints. I can't play like I could before I got married.

2. What kind of games do you think female gamers play? The Sims, RPGs.

3. Do you think that there are any "male-oriented" games that females don't play? Presumably the Leisure Suit Larry series and the recent Playboy Hugh Hefner simulator. Anyone remember the Infocom text adventure game called "The Leather Goddesses of Phobos"?

4. Do you think that there are any "female-oriented" games that males don't play? None come to mind.

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most) Male.

2. What is your age? 18.

3. How long have you been gaming? 16 years.

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.? PC, by far. Strategy/RPG/MMORPG.

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games? 25

MALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. What gender/type of people/age group do you think dominate the gaming scene? Male, creative types.

2. What kind of games do you think female gamers play? RPG/MMORPG.

3. Do you think that there are any "male-oriented" games that females don't play? Mostly war games, it seems, though there is a member of the ESUS forums that contradicts this. Other than that, I think it's a matter of taste.

4. Do you think that there are any "female-oriented" games that males don't play? Maybe, but I'd try them if I thought they might be a good game.

1. What is your gender? Female

2. What is your age? 15

3. How long have you been gaming? Since I was probly nine

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.? PC games, Real life, one or two you shoot stuff on.

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games? Some weeks I'd say five-eight hours, some weeks four or less.

FEMALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. Do you feel that females make up a significant part of the gaming community? 50-50

2. What do you think of the games marketed specifically towards girls? (i.e. Barbie games, Nancy Drew, Dora the Explorer, Mary Kate and Ashley) Nancy Drew was fun but I grew up. Barbie's for the younger gamers, like ten and under along with the Olson twin games. Dora's way too young for girls over eight, don't you think?

3. Do you enjoy these types of games? Nancy Drew was fun and Sims are really cool if that's what you mean.

4. What do you think of games marketed specifically towards males? (i.e. Leisure Suit Larry, The Guy Game, Playboy Mansion, DOA Beach Volleyball, BMX XXX) They have their games, girls have theirs.

5. Do you see yourself playing more "male" or "female" games? I like to play the games that both genders can play but I have one game that's kind of boyish about the civil war.

6. Do you experience any prejudice, sexual harassment, or special attention when and if you socialize with other gamers? No. Don't normally play with many other people.

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most)
Male

2. What is your age?
20

3. How long have you been gaming?
16 years

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.?
Genre: Role Playing and Adventure, First/Third Person Shooter, Platformer
Systems: SNES, Playstation and Playstation 2, X-Box, and N64. In that order.

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games?
15-25

MALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. What gender/type of people/age group do you think dominate the gaming scene?
Male, 14-25

2. What kind of games do you think female gamers play?
All types

3. Do you think that there are any "male-oriented" games that females don't play?
There are games that are definately not targeted toward women (like The Guy Game) but I doubt that no women play them at all

4. Do you think that there are any "female-oriented" games that males don't play?
Ditto above question

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most)

Male

2. What is your age?

3. How long have you been gaming? Almost 20 years

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.? Dynasty Warriors series, PS2

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games? Varies greatly, perhaps as much as 40 or as little as 2.

MALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. What gender/type of people/age group do you think dominate the gaming scene?

Males typically dominate; perhaps in a 70/30 split on average, but age groups have grown with gamers themselves. Now more and more mid to late 20-somethings have grown up with video games and continue playing. Increasingly other groups beyond "nerds" are playing video games, with the advent of party-style online and multiplayer games.

2. What kind of games do you think female gamers play? Varies greatly, I've seen action and fighting game fans, RPG fans, Sim fans, etc.

3. Do you think that there are any "male-oriented" games that females don't play?
Perhaps some are more likely to alienate than others. Many of those that would are simply bad games in general (think "the guy game", it sucked, so EVERYONE avoided it). To say that females don't play is probably false, but its possible that the vast majority of female gamers will avoid certain games.

4. Do you think that there are any "female-oriented" games that males don't play? Perhaps some of the "Barbie" games and such.

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most) female

2. What is your age? 21 next month

3. How long have you been gaming? god...probably since the mid 1990s...

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.? genre would have to be rpg and puzzle games (i'm a sucker for tetris any day). system: old school sega genesis

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games? not nearly as much as i wish i could. if classes aren't too bad, probably about 5-8 hours

FEMALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. Do you feel that females make up a significant part of the gaming community? not really, but they're definitely a growing population

2. What do you think of the games marketed specifically towards girls? (i.e. Barbie games, Nancy Drew, Dora the Explorer, Mary Kate and Ashley) they make wonderful coasters and frisbees

3. Do you enjoy these types of games? hell no

4. What do you think of games marketed specifically towards males? (i.e. Leisure Suit Larry, The Guy Game, Playboy Mansion, DOA Beach Volleyball, BMX XXX) i could do without them but meh

5. Do you see yourself playing more "male" or "female" games? i think i tend to stick with ones that could swing either way. though i do tend to watch games that are more "male" orientated than actually play them myself

6. Do you experience any prejudice, sexual harassment, or special attention when and if you socialize with other gamers? haven't yet. i've actually been pretty well accepted. i think the fact that my roomie and i have 6 game systems hooked up to a single tv helps

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most)male

2. What is your age?23

3. How long have you been gaming?about 10 years

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.?at the moment, any good game on the gamecube or old pc games

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games?5-10 hours

MALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. What gender/type of people/age group do you think dominate the gaming scene?teenage boys, although more females and older people are coming along now

2. What kind of games do you think female gamers play?dont really know, probably the same ones as males on average

3. Do you think that there are any "male-oriented" games that females don't play?there's probably a few which attract a lower percentage of girls

4. Do you think that there are any "female-oriented" games that males don't play?barbie, etc

I am 28, male play mainly rpgs and strategy but also some FP shooters.

I play between ZERO and up to 20 hours a week, really depends if I go out on the weekends, I have been gaming since i got a atari at age 5.

I think the number or gamers in the 20 to 30 range is very under represented. WE grew up with games in arcades and have a much more refined sense of a "good" game. Whereas the younger generation tends to flock to "fad" type games.

I think we do have a large amount of female gamers around, case in point the sims. 90% female IMO (which i think is personally, one of the most over rated games OF ALL TIME!!!) Another example with a large female base would be world of warcraft, my guild base is about 20% female, which is pretty large for any game...

Examples of games you dont see females playing are counterstrike

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most)
Female

2. What is your age?
Prefer not to answer

3. How long have you been gaming?
Something like 11, 12 years.

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.?
Fave genres: Fantasy/Scifi/Adventure/Roleplaying, Puzzle/Strategy, Fighting, Arcade
Fave systems: NES, N64, Sega Genesis, original Playstation, X-box, PC

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games?
Something like 20, I dunno.

FEMALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. Do you feel that females make up a significant part of the gaming community?
I think that there are many female gamers, but far more male gamers.

2. What do you think of the games marketed specifically towards girls? (i.e. Barbie games, Nancy Drew, Dora the Explorer, Mary Kate and Ashley)
They usually suck, are poorly designed, and use the color pink far too often. :mad:

3. Do you enjoy these types of games?
Short answer: no.

4. What do you think of games marketed specifically towards males? (i.e. Leisure Suit Larry, The Guy Game, Playboy Mansion, DOA Beach Volleyball, BMX XXX)
Most of them suck and are totally offensive, but perhaps not as much as "girl games".

5. Do you see yourself playing more "male" or "female" games?
Probably male.

6. Do you experience any prejudice, sexual harassment, or special attention when and if you socialize with other gamers?
That's all a part of it. :(

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? Male

2. What is your age? 16

3. How long have you been gaming? Roughly 10 years

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.? Action adventure/PS2

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games? 8

MALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. What gender/type of people/age group do you think dominate the gaming scene? Male

2. What kind of games do you think female gamers play? Anything really - it depends what way inclined they are (not sexually, psychologically)

3. Do you think that there are any "male-oriented" games that females don't play? No.

4. Do you think that there are any "female-oriented" games that males don't play? I would hope they didn't play Barbie or Dora The Explorer but, unfortunately, no.

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most) Female

2. What is your age? 18 tomorrow 19

3. How long have you been gaming? Since about the age five. Duck hunt and all that

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.? First-person shooters, and games where I get to be God. Halo is totally awesome

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games? 8 or so.

FEMALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. Do you feel that females make up a significant part of the gaming community? Not really no

2. What do you think of the games marketed specifically towards girls? (i.e. Barbie games, Nancy Drew, Dora the Explorer, Mary Kate and Ashley) Completely idiotic

3. Do you enjoy these types of games? No

4. What do you think of games marketed specifically towards males? (i.e. Leisure Suit Larry, The Guy Game, Playboy Mansion, DOA Beach Volleyball, BMX XXX) Also stupid

5. Do you see yourself playing more "male" or "female" games? Male I guess. I like to shoot things

6. Do you experience any prejudice, sexual harassment, or special attention when and if you socialize with other gamers? Yes. They all say "Whoa a girl that plays Halo"

GENERAL

1. Male

2. Sixteen

3. 15 years or so

4. Real Time Strategy/Computer

5. 25-30

MALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. Male/Nerd/21 and below

2. First person shooters mostly

3. No

4. No

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most) Male

2. What is your age? 20

3. How long have you been gaming? Don't know.. Possibly 18 years?

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.? All types. PC

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games? Around 2 hours per day.... 14 hours.(I'm in Uni. Need to study!) During holidays - 8-20 hours per day.

MALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. What gender/type of people/age group do you think dominate the gaming scene? Guys all the way. Age around 16-19

2. What kind of games do you think female gamers play? Usually Same as guys, and more of the cutesy or quizzy games.

3. Do you think that there are any "male-oriented" games that females don't play? Horror + Gore?

4. Do you think that there are any "female-oriented" games that males don't play? Don't think so. Maybe the cute games.

2. What is your age? 18 tomorrow 19
happy birthday :)

GENERAL
3. Do you think that there are any "male-oriented" games that females don't play? Horror + Gore?

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Those are the fun games!

I'm writing a fifteen page research paper for my English class, and for it, I have to conduct either an interview or a survey. My topic is female gamers and the stereotypes thereof, but both male and female gamers are both welcome to answer, though please note that there are different questions for each sex.

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most) male

2. What is your age? 14

3. How long have you been gaming? dont know

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.? fav genre is shooting action type

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games? bout 10 to 15 hours

MALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. What gender/type of people/age group do you think dominate the gaming scene? male 18-20

2. What kind of games do you think female gamers play? barbie

3. Do you think that there are any "male-oriented" games that females don't play? action shooting type games

4. Do you think that there are any "female-oriented" games that males don't play? barbie

FEMALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. Do you feel that females make up a significant part of the gaming community?

2. What do you think of the games marketed specifically towards girls? (i.e. Barbie games, Nancy Drew, Dora the Explorer, Mary Kate and Ashley)

3. Do you enjoy these types of games?

4. What do you think of games marketed specifically towards males? (i.e. Leisure Suit Larry, The Guy Game, Playboy Mansion, DOA Beach Volleyball, BMX XXX)

5. Do you see yourself playing more "male" or "female" games?

6. Do you experience any prejudice, sexual harassment, or special attention when and if you socialize with other gamers?




Thank you for your time ^_^ that ok

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most) male

2. What is your age? 21

3. How long have you been gaming? ~15 years

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.? strategy

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games? 1 :(

MALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. What gender/type of people/age group do you think dominate the gaming scene? male, 15-20, school children and students

2. What kind of games do you think female gamers play? tetris/puzzle games if my girlfriend is anything to go by

3. Do you think that there are any "male-oriented" games that females don't play? Duke Nukem? those sleazy flash dating things

4. Do you think that there are any "female-oriented" games that males don't play? nothing comes to mind

GENERAL

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I thought I was the only one

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most) Male

2. What is your age? 20

3. How long have you been gaming? 13-14 years

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.? RPG and puzzles; mostly the stuff youz need to use your brain. As for the system: NINTENDO (since Gameboy classic; always have been, always will be)

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games? Too many. Let's leave it with that...

MALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. What gender/type of people/age group do you think dominate the gaming scene? Good question. Boys/men ranging from 13 to 40. Type... Does that matter?!

2. What kind of games do you think female gamers play? Another good one. I think more like simulations, puzzles; you know, not the violent/sports stuff (ohoh, feminists will kill me for that...)

3. Do you think that there are any "male-oriented" games that females don't play? Well, I don't think sports and FPS sell for women too much, but there are always exceptions.

4. Do you think that there are any "female-oriented" games that males don't play? OK, I would never play stuff like Animal Crossing or the Barbie-series, but alas, I don't know if girls would... Frankly, I don't know.

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? Female

2. What is your age? 17

3. How long have you been gaming? 5 Years

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.? Xbox, I like open-ended style games

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games? 2/3

FEMALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. Do you feel that females make up a significant part of the gaming community? Not the majority of course, but yes. If we had some more girls that actually would give it a try, I'm sure we'd have a bigger %

2. What do you think of the games marketed specifically towards girls? I think most of them are stupid. Girls would like most games that guys like but I guess younger girls would be interested.

3. Do you enjoy these types of games? No.

4. What do you think of games marketed specifically towards males? (i.e. Leisure Suit Larry, The Guy Game, Playboy Mansion, DOA Beach Volleyball, BMX XXX) Well, boys will be boys even though I think some games are absolutely disgusting.

5. Do you see yourself playing more "male" or "female" games? 'Male' games because the 'Female' games are completely pointless and boring.

6. Do you experience any prejudice, sexual harassment, or special attention when and if you socialize with other gamers? Not exactly. It's an uncommon sight but gaming isn't like tackle football where a girl would obviously receive some negative attention. Thankfully, I've never had to experience any type of sexist remarks.

GENERAL
4. Do you think that there are any "female-oriented" games that males don't play? OK, I would never play stuff like Animal Crossing or the Barbie-series, but alas, I don't know if girls would... Frankly, I don't know.
Whoa... Animal Crossing is a girl game??? It seems to be more male-leaning to me. As are 99.9% of games in the industry. :(

OK, I'm not really sure what AC is about, because after I saw the screenshots, I didn't bother finding out.

[QUOTE=Maledicti]I'm writing a fifteen page research paper for my English class, and for it, I have to conduct either an interview or a survey. My topic is female gamers and the stereotypes thereof, but both male and female gamers are both welcome to answer, though please note that there are different questions for each sex.

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most)

Male

2. What is your age?
42

3. How long have you been gaming?
@ 26 years

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.?

Simulation/FPS WWII PC

Pre PC was turn based Military simulation, board games and miniatures, WWII and U.S. Civil War
5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games?
5

MALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. What gender/type of people/age group do you think dominate the gaming scene?
Males under 35

2. What kind of games do you think female gamers play?
All

3. Do you think that there are any "male-oriented" games that females don't play?
No

4. Do you think that there are any "female-oriented" games that males don't play?
No

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? Male
2. What is your age? 17

3. How long have you been gaming? Since i was 4 or 5 maybe?

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.? Console, Xbox, no sports games (tho i'll play racing games if they're silly/feature weapons)

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games? between 5 - 8 hours in an average week, sometimes more sometimes less

MALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. What gender/type of people/age group do you think dominate the gaming scene? Teenage boys, but an increasing amount of girls too, and a rising quantity of younger and older gamers

2. What kind of games do you think female gamers play? depends on the female, but sterotype-feelings say "the Sims!"

3. Do you think that there are any "male-oriented" games that females don't play? Can't imagine females being gripped by DOA Volleyball or Playboy

4. Do you think that there are any "female-oriented" games that males don't play? Not any famous / well-selling games, possibly a few ones low down in the charts

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most)Female

2. What is your age?22

3. How long have you been gaming?probably 17 years...I was playing as soon as my hand could get around the ColecoVision controller...

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.? System...Next Gen: Gamecube, Retro: NES or Coleco, Genre: RPG, specifically the Zelda series

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games?
Oh, I'd say close to 15 hours a week

FEMALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. Do you feel that females make up a significant part of the gaming community? I feel as though are numbers are growing...although females do seem to be more casual gamers...

2. What do you think of the games marketed specifically towards girls? (i.e. Barbie games, Nancy Drew, Dora the Explorer, Mary Kate and Ashley) I feel as though they are ridiculous. Using these stereotypes in the video game industry is like forcing girls to only play with dolls and not Legos when they are growing up. I think that many of the younger female gamers are drawn to video games because they are something that is more male-oriented, and games allow them to break out of the girly-girl shell and do what they want, if only while the game is on.

3. Do you enjoy these types of games? Um, I enjoy watching my fiancee roll his eyes when I point them out in the store, but even that gets old after about seven seconds.

4. What do you think of games marketed specifically towards males? (i.e. Leisure Suit Larry, The Guy Game, Playboy Mansion, DOA Beach Volleyball, BMX XXX) I would like to see female counterparts to these games, if they are going to do one, do the other. The media in any form and sex appeal seem to go hand in hand these days, so it's only a matter of time.


5. Do you see yourself playing more "male" or "female" games?
I play 'em all. I own everything from Resident Evil to Animal Crossing, from Soul Calibur II to Ocarina of Time. I don't know how easy it is to put games in a gender role. Who is to say that a game like Final Fantasy or Animal Crossing is more female or male?

6. Do you experience any prejudice, sexual harassment, or special attention when and if you socialize with other gamers? The guys hate that I can beat them at Star Wars Trivial Pursuit...if you beat them enough then they'll respect you, as long as when they beat you, you don't tease them about beating a helpless girl or something stupid like that. Of course, this might just be the group I tend to hang around with.

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most) Male

2. What is your age? 13

3. How long have you been gaming?Since I was five. My uncle bought me a SNES with Donkey Kong on it, and that's when the magic started...

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.? My favorite genre is the RPG. I'll take Final Fantasy IX(In my opinion, the best in the series) over Halo 2 any day. My favorite system would have to be the Computer(due to it's seemingly endless supply of games), but in consoles it's either the PS2(because of it's RPG's) or the Gamecube(Yes, the Gamecubedoes have good games, and it's not just for sissies. Yay Skies of Arcadia: Legends!).

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games? [u]Uhhh...tough one. I go down to the mall to play at "Twister", an internet-cafe type thing dedicated to computer games alot(I'm going to my friends B-day there tomorrow), but I play for different times each week. Sometimes I play videogames (basically when I get a new RPG) for 17 hours a day, other times I go for 5 days without even seeing one. On average, though, I'd say about 20 hours(40 ish if you count NS ;))

MALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. What gender/type of people/age group do you think dominate the gaming scene? Late teens, early adults. While children still play a large role, the original gamers from the late 80's early '90s have grown up.

2. What kind of games do you think female gamers play? Any, but the majority play games such as "The Sims", "Super Monkey Ball", etc. Not all(I know a few girls who would love to kick your ass in Call of Duty), but most.

3. Do you think that there are any "male-oriented" games that females don't play? Not really. There are alot of "male-oriented" games that girls play. You ever hear of the "Frag Dolls"? They're all girls, yet they own men at games such as Halo, Counter-strike, etc.

4. Do you think that there are any "female-oriented" games that males don't play? Uhhhh...I'm thinking Mary-kate and Ashley games, Barbie games, etc, but those are for little girls. Alot of people say the Sims is for girls, but I like to play the Sims.

1) Female
2) the age of a woman should never be reveiled
3) for 10 years
4) I really like RPG's and DDR is good for a work out. My favorite games are Xenosaga, Soul Calibur II and FFX
5) somewhere around 15, depending on weither or not papers are due.

Female answers:
1) no, I do not.
2) The games marketed towards girls are made with no actual plot and normally is corny as crap
3) those games suck
4) adult games, like adult movies, are the private veiwing of the person and/or friends. I don't agree with them, but if people buy them, no one is going to stop making them
5) more male games, since most of the games I do enjoy depict scantily clad wemon...
6) yes I do, most men become super-perverts when I'm at the arcade. And most don't think I can play worth a crap, which is at my advantage since I can always beat their butts...

GENERAL

1. Male

2. 17

3. 17 years

4. Nintendo / RPG

5. 14 hours

MALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. Male 18-22

2. "Communication" games

3. no

4. no

I just had to reply to this one, It was too good to pass up...

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most) Male.

2. What is your age? 16

3. How long have you been gaming? 8+ Years/about as long as i can remember...

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.? [/b]PC, Probably RPG/FPS[/b]

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games? At least 20 most of the time, I have WAY too much free time.

MALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. What gender/type of people/age group do you think dominate the gaming scene? younger males, probably white... there just aren't very many female gamers out there, and it's easy to spot a 'fake gangster rapper' when you see it

2. What kind of games do you think female gamers play? I know from experience (my 2 sisters play) fighting games, fps games, rpgs... anything the guys do, my older sister's favorite would be rpgs, my younger probably fighting/fps

3. Do you think that there are any "male-oriented" games that females don't play? Yes, definately.

4. Do you think that there are any "female-oriented" games that males don't play? Duh. Barbie? Just shoot me now.

GENERAL

1. Female

2. 15

3. 10 years

4. Nintendo/Simulation. My favorite games are Animal Crossing, Civlization III, the Monster Rancher series, the Pokemon games, Unreal Tournement, the Simcity series, Rollercoaster Tycoon, and Zoo Tycoon.

5. At least 7(during the school year)


FEMALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. Yes

2. Ugh. Just...ugh. I think that many of the things that "girl" games are based off of are horrible in the first place.

3. No.

4. They could use female counterparts.

5. I see myself playing gender-neutral games, really. It leans more towards the "male" side, though.

6. Nope.

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most)
Dude.

2. What is your age?
33. Shut up.

3. How long have you been gaming?
Since Pong. I don't remember how old I was. 6, 7 maybe? I didn't buy a system of my very own until GT came out, but I always had roommates who had one.

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.?
Playstation. Racing games. Almost exclusively. Evolution games are kinda cool, Artificial Life type simulators. I used to work at a record store and have a ton of promos, so the Monster Rancher games are a blast to me because of the volumnes of monsters I can make. I like WWII and earlier airplane games. I loved Gladius and would play a similar game in a heartbeat, but don't know of any.

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games?
0-40, depending on if a game came out or not.

MALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. What gender/type of people/age group do you think dominate the gaming scene?
I'd say dudes, but I know a lot of chicks who not only play, but kick ass. There's one who will not only beat you at Street Fighter, but humiliate you.
[edit, didn't answer all the question]-Middle class college age dudes. Kids make up a good portion, but with the rise of XBox and PS you see it more towards adults under 35. As my generation passes 35 that number will go up. We started this thing, we're goin' to our grave with it...

2. What kind of games do you think female gamers play?
I've always thought of puzzle games as 'girlfriend games', the games your girlfriend plays when your insensitive ass drags her to the arcade (perhaps as revenge for taking you shopping....mmmm, stereotypes....), but that might be just to tease a buddy of mine who lives for puzzle games. I actually like them, too. Doesn't stop me from an easy burn, though.

3. Do you think that there are any "male-oriented" games that females don't play?
Whats that beach volleyball game? Dead or Alive? Probably not that so much. Or Leisure Suit Larry...

4. Do you think that there are any "female-oriented" games that males don't play?
Anything involving Barbie.

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most)Female

2. What is your age?26

3. How long have you been gaming?ye gods, since I was tiny - at least a decade and a half

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.?PC based, RPGs are my favourite, although graphical adventures and interactive fiction piques my interest

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games?Hmm, too many. 20 easilly.

FEMALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. Do you feel that females make up a significant part of the gaming community?I would say about 30-35% in general. Mostly thanks to more social titles.

2. What do you think of the games marketed specifically towards girls? (i.e. Barbie games, Nancy Drew, Dora the Explorer, Mary Kate and Ashley)I think they are a pig-headed egotistical male middle-manager's idea of what girls are like. I find them offensive, and having actually tried a couple, incredibly dull and boring, missing the game quality

3. Do you enjoy these types of games?No. If anything, seeing a new one arrive makes me cringe

4. What do you think of games marketed specifically towards males? (i.e. Leisure Suit Larry, The Guy Game, Playboy Mansion, DOA Beach Volleyball, BMX XXX)Very much like the felmale games, these are marketed towards a steriotype that either does not exist, or is limited to only the most immature. What am I saying, these are males after all.

5. Do you see yourself playing more "male" or "female" games?That is a tough one. I do like action when I am in a mood, but mostly I drift towards the online, social environments which are neither

6. Do you experience any prejudice, sexual harassment, or special attention when and if you socialize with other gamers?Yes and no. Not so much in normal multiplayer games, or those with people I know. However, in larger online environments, there can be a certain amount of condascending attitudes towards my ability to match a male - at least until I kindly murderise him *smile*


Thank you for your time ^_^

You are quite welcome

GENERAL

1. What is your gender?
MALE

2. What is your age?
17

3. How long have you been gaming?
12 years

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.?
Sports, First person shooters, action games.

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games?
18

MALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. What gender/type of people/age group do you think dominate the gaming scene?
Male people who play all the time and are stat obsessed. 15-20
2. What kind of games do you think female gamers play?
Puzzle and action

3. Do you think that there are any "male-oriented" games that females don't play?
Yes, the video game industry is aimed towards males.

4. Do you think that there are any "female-oriented" games that males don't play?
You lost me.

I'm writing a fifteen page research paper for my English class, and for it, I have to conduct either an interview or a survey. My topic is female gamers and the stereotypes thereof, but both male and female gamers are both welcome to answer, though please note that there are different questions for each sex.

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most)

2. What is your age?

3. How long have you been gaming?

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.?

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games?

MALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. What gender/type of people/age group do you think dominate the gaming scene?

2. What kind of games do you think female gamers play?

3. Do you think that there are any "male-oriented" games that females don't play?

4. Do you think that there are any "female-oriented" games that males don't play?

1. Male

2. 20

3. um...13 years?

4. PS2, PSX, and SNES. Genre's are RPG's, Third Person Action Games, and Sports Games

5. um...maybe 5...varies depending on if I'm currently playing something...and goes way up if that thing's an RPG. They take so much time...lol

1. I think males between 12-30 dominate the scene...but they aren't the only people.

2. I think the younger female gamers play the "girly" games but I don't think all girls do. From my experience, the two favorite series loved by girls are the Sims series and the Zelda series. Not sure about Zelda, but you'd think that girls would like social games like the sims more. Perhaps MMO games maybe...hmm...

3. I don't think a girl would have any reason to play something like extreme beach volleyball or bmx xxx...but maybe lesbians...

4. The games for younger girls that you mentioned...Sabrina the teenage witch, the olsen twins...

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most) Female

2. What is your age? 33

3. How long have you been gaming? 25 years about

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.? Usually RPG/Adventure games - Diablo, Fable, etc. Prefer PC and X-Box

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games? 5 - 10, more if it's a good game


FEMALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. Do you feel that females make up a significant part of the gaming community? I think more so now than ever before.

2. What do you think of the games marketed specifically towards girls? (i.e. Barbie games, Nancy Drew, Dora the Explorer, Mary Kate and Ashley) I think it's just a part of the mass marketing empire. They wouldn't market them to girls if girls didn't buy them.

3. Do you enjoy these types of games? Nope

4. What do you think of games marketed specifically towards males? (i.e. Leisure Suit Larry, The Guy Game, Playboy Mansion, DOA Beach Volleyball, BMX XXX) Again, they market them to who buys them. I think they are only degrading if you let them be. I am not offended by them.

5. Do you see yourself playing more "male" or "female" games? Male, but there are more "Male" games for people my age and tastes.

6. Do you experience any prejudice, sexual harassment, or special attention when and if you socialize with other gamers? If anything, it is a bonus when guys find out you are a gamer. They find out I love sports and am a gamer and I'm in! ;)

I'll take Final Fantasy IX(In my opinion, the best in the series)

Oh...

Ouch...

Gee...

You're a horrible person...you know that?

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most) Female

2. What is your age? 25

3. How long have you been gaming? For 15 years

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.? Not really one. I love good games. But I think 2D-Beat 'em Ups get a honorable mention, as well as the SNK Neo Geo for the favorite system.

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games? Varying. None to the record of 36 hours straight with no pause except going for little girls.

FEMALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. Do you feel that females make up a significant part of the gaming community? Not yet, but the female community is steadily growing.

2. What do you think of the games marketed specifically towards girls? (i.e. Barbie games, Nancy Drew, Dora the Explorer, Mary Kate and Ashley) They're fucking boring, stereotyped, and sometimes more sexist than DOA could ever be.

3. Do you enjoy these types of games? I think not.

4. What do you think of games marketed specifically towards males? (i.e. Leisure Suit Larry, The Guy Game, Playboy Mansion, DOA Beach Volleyball, BMX XXX) That is really depending on the game. I liked the old LSL games and DOAXBV (Beach Spikers was still better, though), for example.

5. Do you see yourself playing more "male" or "female" games? More male games, definitely.

6. Do you experience any prejudice, sexual harassment, or special attention when and if you socialize with other gamers? Yes, yes and yes. With the exception of EvE Online. It seems that the more marture a community, the less of the three you are going to encounter.


Good Luck for your paper!

Fran

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most)
Male

2. What is your age?
19

3. How long have you been gaming?
At least 16 years

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.?
PC, X-Box, PS2

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games?
Anywhere from 40 to 80 hours.

MALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. What gender/type of people/age group do you think dominate the gaming scene?
Young adult males (Twenties, mostly)

2. What kind of games do you think female gamers play?
Exactly the same kinds as guys play, though I suspect there's a slightly higher proportion who play RPGs than FPS games, for example

3. Do you think that there are any "male-oriented" games that females don't play?
Well NOBODY plays Leisure Suit Larry, so that's not saying a lot. I dunno, possibly, possibly not, there tend not to be too many games 'made' for guys anyway.

4. Do you think that there are any "female-oriented" games that males don't play?
Prolly just ones which are specifically for young female gamers.

3. Do you think that there are any "male-oriented" games that females don't play? Horror + Gore?

I've gotta disagree there. My three best friends are female, and they all love Fatal Frame, Silent Hill, and Res Evil xD Just throwing out my personal experiences here!

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most)

A: Male

2. What is your age?

A: 18

3. How long have you been gaming?

A: 13 or so years

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.?

A: PCs running DOS or any varient of Windows. Favorite genre would be Racing and 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) ie Civilization, Master of Orion etc...

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games?

A: 24-34

MALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. What gender/type of people/age group do you think dominate the gaming scene?

A: Male/all kinds/12-34

2. What kind of games do you think female gamers play?

A: All Kinds

3. Do you think that there are any "male-oriented" games that females don't play?

A: Can you see women playing Liesure Suit Larry? IE, I think there are "male-oriented" games that females don't play.

4. Do you think that there are any "female-oriented" games that males don't play?

A: Can you see any man playing "Barbie 24" ? IE, I think there are "female-oriented" games that males don't play.

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most)

Female

2. What is your age?

15

3. How long have you been gaming?

8 years

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.?

PS2

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games?

3


FEMALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. Do you feel that females make up a significant part of the gaming community?

yes

2. What do you think of the games marketed specifically towards girls? (i.e. Barbie games, Nancy Drew, Dora the Explorer, Mary Kate and Ashley)

Crap waste of time!!! and assuming girls are all obsessed with colour, hot-guys and makeup and not decent gameplay or storyline

3. Do you enjoy these types of games?

NOOOOOO!!!

4. What do you think of games marketed specifically towards males? (i.e. Leisure Suit Larry, The Guy Game, Playboy Mansion, DOA Beach Volleyball, BMX XXX)

Sexist

5. Do you see yourself playing more "male" or "female" games?

Male

6. Do you experience any prejudice, sexual harassment, or special attention when and if you socialize with other gamers?

Nope

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most) Male

2. What is your age? 19

3. How long have you been gaming? Eight Years

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.? Strategy, Role-play, X-Box

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games? 10

MALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. What gender/type of people/age group do you think dominate the gaming scene? 16-25 year old males, though the age bracket is widening, and more women are starting to game, though not as fast.

2. What kind of games do you think female gamers play? The Sims/The Sims 2. Role Play

3. Do you think that there are any "male-oriented" games that females don't play? No, though for each genre the percentage would vary wildly

4. Do you think that there are any "female-oriented" games that males don't play? God, I hope no males played "Barbies Horse Racing Adventures"

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most) Male

2. What is your age?30+

3. How long have you been gaming?20-25 yrs

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.?depends on my mood. mostly rpg or 3rd person shooters... but I have the occastional race/fps and no particular favorite system

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games?depending on my mood.... up to 4 hrs a day... sometimes more sometimes less

1. What gender/type of people/age group do you think dominate the gaming scene?Now days, I say it's evenly mixed.

2. What kind of games do you think female gamers play?again, an even mix of games

3. Do you think that there are any "male-oriented" games that females don't play?Leasure suit larry...

4. Do you think that there are any "female-oriented" games that males don't play?barbie... Mary-kate and Ashley baised games.

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most) Male

2. What is your age? 12 1/2

3. How long have you been gaming? 4-6 years

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.? Pretty much most everything, Xbox, Gameboy, DS, PC etc.

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games? 7-14, sometimes more or less

MALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. What gender/type of people/age group do you think dominate the gaming scene? Teenagers/children or adults who have a bit of kid in them

2. What kind of games do you think female gamers play? Depends on who they are, they might play girly games or maybe fighting, or racing, or platforms, who knows?

3. Do you think that there are any "male-oriented" games that females don't play? Yes, although only that some females dont play

4. Do you think that there are any "female-oriented" games that males don't play? Yes, maybe a few males play "female-oriented" games

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most) Male

2. What is your age? 19

3. How long have you been gaming? 7 years

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.? sony playstation 2

5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games? 1-2

MALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. What gender/type of people/age group do you think dominate the gaming scene? I wasnt aware there was a gaming 'scene' to be dominated.

2. What kind of games do you think female gamers play?
RPGs in my experience.

3. Do you think that there are any "male-oriented" games that females don't play?
first person shooters, racing games, fighting games

4. Do you think that there are any "female-oriented" games that males don't play?
dont know really, not abreast on contemporary video games

b00mp.

GENERAL

1. What is your gender? (please limit to male/female, whichever you identify with most)
Female

2. What is your age?
22

3. How long have you been gaming?
Since Mario. I used to play occasionally and watch my brothers. I finished Zelda before they did =p

4. Favorite genre/system/etc.?
Genre: RPG and Strategy are my favourites but that will not stop me from enjoying the other genres. System:Gamecube. Hands down the best for multiplayer. PC is good too.
5. How many hours a week would you say you spend on video games?
5-40, currently playing World of Warcraft ;)

FEMALE ONLY QUESTIONS

1. Do you feel that females make up a significant part of the gaming community?

Not enough

2. What do you think of the games marketed specifically towards girls? (i.e. Barbie games, Nancy Drew, Dora the Explorer, Mary Kate and Ashley)

Very, VERY bad. These games are a waste of time. Pokemon has a better storyline and much more play value! I don't know why they sell.

3. Do you enjoy these types of games?

For the love of Pete, no.

4. What do you think of games marketed specifically towards males? (i.e. Leisure Suit Larry, The Guy Game, Playboy Mansion, DOA Beach Volleyball, BMX XXX)

Sexist, stupid. Don't know why they sell.

5. Do you see yourself playing more "male" or "female" games?

Male gamers for certain.

6. Do you experience any prejudice, sexual harassment, or special attention when and if you socialize with other gamers?

Maybe a little, mostly from Asiaphiles when I mention my lineage =p