Real Girls Gaming
It seems the gamer girl stereotype has shifted, where once we were unbearably unsightly; we now seem to be naked. When I became aware of this strange trend, I laughed, since I was sure this wasn’t the case (being of the gaming in clothes persuasion). But my search for attired ladies playing games only managed to support this odd nude gaming moniker (found so many images of naked ladies tangled in controllers). Though all these ladies are beautiful (clearly not unsightly) and have lovely breasts (who doesn’t like boobs!), it felt a little unbalanced. We really don’t all play naked.
Thus my quest was born! To collect as many images of clothed ladies actually playing games (not just posing with a controller).
That’s how it started anyway. It has since morphed into anything rah-rah women gaming, but the prudish part is staying!!
Know of something that would fit right in? Send it over or tell me about it.
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Video reblogged from Geek & Sundry
State of the Sundry
The Mantra of Geekdom according to Felicia Day!
“Your Judgment is not my problem!”
YES!!! SOO MUCH YESSS!!!!!
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Photo reblogged from As Seen On Tabletop
I got pulled up to play a game with Felicia Day! So much fun!
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Link reblogged from twostupideggs
But to suggest gaming is a guys-only venue? This is the exclusion of half the population from an activity that supposed to be fun. And this makes sense, how? This has been a problem since the invention of the first console. Guys, girls play games, too. Get over it. (For visual proof check out the Tumblr, real girls gaming.)
Great article! And look, she even linked here!!! <3<3<3
And also this:
Girls, it’s time to stand up, declare your love for gaming, and evict the misogynists. If you play a game – board game, internet game, computer game, console game – then you’re a gamer. Welcome to the gaming community.
YES this so very much!
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It’s no secret that tensions have been extremely high in the gaming world lately, especially surrounding gender relations and prominent women in the industry. Certainly it hasn’t been the kind of environment that you’d, say, want to bumble into by means of bashing one of the most beloved women in geek culture. So, what exactly prompted Destructoid writer Ryan Perez (@PissedOffRyno) to, in his own words, “commit career suicide” and take uninformed, indignant potshots at geek cultural icon Felicia Day on Twitter Friday night just for, er, existing? It might have something to do with the recent spate of horribly misogynist outbursts against women in gaming, both fictional and real. Perhaps Perez felt a sense of solidarity with the many gamers who feel sexism is just part of the game. Perhaps he felt threatened by the rising collective voice of women and feminists who have spoken out against male-dominated gaming culture, a voice Felicia Day has increasingly come to embody. Or maybe he was “new to Twitter” and just too drunk not to realize what a horrendously bad idea this was: -
http://feliciaday.com/blog/gamer-girlcountry-boyflame-fest
Backing up, I feel like most of the hatred wasn’t even directed at ME personally, it was at this general IDEA of some “Gamer Girl” type, who, in the perceived mind of these guys, disenfranchises gamers? I dunno. Clearly a segment of guys on the internet HATE “Gamer Girls”. This is the part I don’t understand, why they are so frikkin emotional about it. They hate on this type of girl who “pretends” to game for attention.
Where is all this hate coming from?
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Gamer Girl, Country Boy - Felicia Day & Jason Charles Miller
Cute and kinda cheesy. =)
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The Girl with The Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo. Because Felicia Days wins every time. <3
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Felicia Day shows off her Skyrim. Love watching her run around. She hoards just as much as I do. =P
