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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Photoset reblogged from The hoodrat life of CannibalApple
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Photo reblogged from Spyroboy1000
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Hahahaahahaah! I have game dreams all the time! =P
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![ColaGirl playing SC2 - my best guess as I can’t read chinese. =(
Awesome in game action shot.
[via]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/e75ff18211318711608a47b40386d308/tumblr_mjy7ijSCSU1rro2e4o1_500.jpg)
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![Roberta Williams: The mother of computer video games
Laine Nooney, a doctoral candidate at Stony Brook University, has been looking at the contributions of Roberta Williams, who in the early 1980s co-founded one of the early video game companies, Sierra Online.
“[Williams] was actually the designer of the first home computer adventure game with graphics,” says Nooney. The game was called Mystery House and was a murder mystery set in an abandoned Victorian house.
Rest of the article here ——->
Rather sensationalist title, never the less, Roberta Williams is awesome.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/b69b5d4c60ae88e94e55580259aa8e52/tumblr_mjy725on2N1rro2e4o1_500.jpg)
Roberta Williams: The mother of computer video games
Laine Nooney, a doctoral candidate at Stony Brook University, has been looking at the contributions of Roberta Williams, who in the early 1980s co-founded one of the early video game companies, Sierra Online.
“[Williams] was actually the designer of the first home computer adventure game with graphics,” says Nooney. The game was called Mystery House and was a murder mystery set in an abandoned Victorian house.
Rather sensationalist title, never the less, Roberta Williams is awesome.
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Photo reblogged from Wolfy's pit
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If you keep tabs on the world of gaming, you’re probably aware that the League of Legends community has a reputation for being a bit…let’s say caustic. This isn’t terribly surprising, considering that LoL is a MOBA, a genre that is all too often associated with vicious trash talk (not that I mean you, dear reader, I know you’re well behaved). But LoL developer Riot Games has a kinder, gentler future in mind for their players. Since October 1, Riot’s been conducting a fascinating social experiment through LoL’s new Honor system — an attempt to curb toxic behavior not through punishment, but positive reinforcement. And the awesome thing is, it seems to be working.
This is an excellent follow up to my previous post. Look people, we can all be civilized. This sort of positive reinforcement for being at least polite and helpful is ingenious. All game makers pay attention.
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I came out of my WoW battle pets daze last night to play some coop-multiplayer Civilization 5 with my buddy. We’ve had this standing Civ 5 date for a while now and I must admit it has been really entertaining, much more so then I expected, considering it is a turn based game. Then again I hardly ever find myself waiting due to my being the slowest of the participants. We also chat on vent, which makes coordinating and checking in easier.
But last night, after my buddy saved and left the game at a very reasonable hour, I decided to stick around and play a bit more. See my neighbor had just decided to attack me and I simply wanted to figure out if everything would be okay before I went to bed. Big mistake!
I ended up playing ‘just one more turn’ for another FOUR HOURS. Yup, I played seven hours of Civ 5 last night and finally went to bed at 3am. I’m shocked that I’m putting words together that form proper sentences. Its going to be an interesting day. =)
On the bright side, my empire is awesome! After the first attacker ran away and cowered behind a peace treaty, my other neighbor attacked me and I wiped them out, well took over their cities anyway. Then proceeded to expand as much as I could via settlers. Of course a great prophet showed up and I had to find out how far and wide I could spread my religion. In retrospect I’m shocked I managed to pull myself away at 3am.
