i've just noticed on the replies to recent threads that females seem to be playing games too - i didn't think this was the case and think that it's really good news as far as i'm concerned - makes gaming more popular and therefore will ultimately mean more games being made

i don't think female gaming was very popular before? maybe it's games like the Sims2 that attract you ladies?? and then you get into other types/genres of gaming...

anyhow, i'd be interested to read your thoughts!

am female - just completed manhunt, got an xbox mainly for playing divx but i do play games. I tend to like games like simpsons hit and run, crazy taxi etc. just used to play manhunt when i was stressed

Driving and fighting for me

Rubbish with guns. Like stuff that requires some figuring out though.

Fave game ever? Micromachines on Megadrive :clap: not fussed on the PS2 version. Graphics (environments) are too complex for tiny stuff that moves fast :(

Originally posted by f_g
am female - just completed manhunt, got an xbox mainly for playing divx but i do play games. I tend to like games like simpsons hit and run, crazy taxi etc. just used to play manhunt when i was stressed

Is manhunt worth sticking with, I'm getting a bit bored with it TBH.

My wife is into RPG and is playing WOW as an undead and is a big Resident Evil fan.

I have a friend who I used to live with who writes for OPSM2, and for a feature a few months ago he had to go speed dating, and talk ONLY about games all night, and then see how many matches he got!

Before he went out we were all coming out with all sorts of terrible chat up lines like "can I press your buttons?"

He did something right though, because he got quite a few matches (although I think he must have cheated a bit!) and found several of the girls were very happy to discuss games!

I'm terrible at shooting and fighting games, I just don't like them, but I love puzzle games and racing (colin McRae rally 2005!). Have on going tournaments that continue whenever me and my brother go and visit parents/each other!

Am a big fan of games, and it's great to see there's so many other ladies out there who are too... none of my mates are, which sometimes make me feel a bit sad...

I love simulation games on the PC - The Sims, Rollercoaster Tycoon, Zoo Tycoon... I love building stuff and making pots of cash! Also am a big fan of RPG's - the whole exploring stuff with massive sword, smiting enemies really appeals to me!

My boyfriend has got a PS2, which I find entertaining for only short periods. I have fun driving around, mowing people down and shooting coppers in GTA San Andreas, but as it a long term game, it holds limited appeal. And have yet to find a decent simulation type game on it... It just doesn't feel right not having a mouse!! That said, I did quite enjoy final fantasy X on the ps1, but even that felt a bit, well, platformy...

Hi Miss,

Are you playing any of the online RPG’s on the PC.

Originally posted by ImpactUK
Hi Miss,

Are you playing any of the online RPG’s on the PC.

Following the other thread on online RPG's, I have just ordered from Amazon World of Warcraft, which should hopefully be here by tommorrow... Hurrah!

And as it is half term, that's my marking plans out of the window...

Is anyone else playing WOW? Let me know your gaming name, so you can protect me when I'm online...:D

I love playing on my game consoles! I love final fantasy and as they are released once every blue moon i will try out other games. Has anyone played Mashed on the PS2? It is so much fun to play as a group and lads hate it if you beat them cos its supposed to be for boys not girls.

Originally posted by Miss
Following the other thread on online RPG's, I have just ordered from Amazon World of Warcraft, which should hopefully be here by tommorrow... Hurrah!

And as it is half term, that's my marking plans out of the window...

Is anyone else playing WOW? Let me know your gaming name, so you can protect me when I'm online...:D

Hi Miss,

I’m playing WOW at the moment…

I’m a Horde player with a Ork Warrior named Badgroth and my wife has an undead Warlock named Andayus (I think I spelt the name right LoL).

PM me when you get online and maybe we can help you out.

Also my nephew is playing a Free online RPG I will get the name of the sight if anyone is interested.

I have a PS2, just completed san andreas and have started on THUG2. Tekkon is my favourite and have just bought tekken tag (but dont have enough controllers or the multi tap yet). Also love PC games mostly colin mcrae rally and others. I think the misconception that ALL girls hate console games comes from bad experiences that most boys (or their mates) have had at some point with controlling girlfriends.

You're right its great beating boys at 'their' games :)

I'm complete rubbish at any game that requires any sort of co-ordination, and anyway have always found the shoot-em-up type games really boring.

BUT I've always loved Adventure games - like the daddy of them all, 'Colossal Cave'. When I discovered my first computer adventure game, I thought I'd died and gone to heaven! (Yes, I was very sad ..... :P )

I loved exploring the landscape, all the rooms, etc and mapping them, and discovering the treasures. The Level 9 games for the BBC Micro were so detailed for the time they were fantastic - loads of objects to find and puzzles to solve. The only irritation was when a persistent dwarf kept turning up trying to kill me!

There's got to be some intellectual challenge for me to enjoy a game.

Now whatever happened to virtual reality adventure gaming?

StarSparkle :thumbsup:

Virtual Reality died years ago, way back in the 1990s where it belongs :lol:

Oooh, harsh, Rich!

I don't care, I thought virtual reality gaming was a brilliant idea - I still look forward to it returning in some form or other - preferably in a more stylish way than the awful glove 'n helmet combination that was so shudder-inducing.

I'm thinking Star Trek-style holodecks? :thumbsup:

Oh, I'm realising I'm still sad ..... :suspect:

StarSparkle :D

Originally posted by StarSparkle
I'm complete rubbish at any game that requires any sort of co-ordination, and anyway have always found the shoot-em-up type games really boring.

BUT I've always loved Adventure games - like the daddy of them all, 'Colossal Cave'. When I discovered my first computer adventure game, I thought I'd died and gone to heaven! (Yes, I was very sad ..... :P )

I loved exploring the landscape, all the rooms, etc and mapping them, and discovering the treasures. The Level 9 games for the BBC Micro were so detailed for the time they were fantastic - loads of objects to find and puzzles to solve. The only irritation was when a persistent dwarf kept turning up trying to kill me!

There's got to be some intellectual challenge for me to enjoy a game.

Now whatever happened to virtual reality adventure gaming?

StarSparkle :thumbsup:

i remember playing 'the hobbit' on my 48k spectrum

i used to luv playing those old text adventures!
'look left'
'walk forward'
'shove cake down dwarfs gob'

error cannot execute comand :D

i remember actually buying magazines and putting pages and pages of lines of text in copied from the games that used to print all for a game full of dots and dashes! luved it though!

anyhow, back to thread - seems lots of ladies play computer games of all sorts!! :thumbsup:

Ah if only more girls I know played games :)

Most I know would just switch off if I started going all nostalgic about text adventures, and typing in games and pokes from speccy mags.

When I was a kid I used to write my own text adventures on my C64.

I used to mainly type in swear words when I got frustrated...
"Don't know s**t"...

The main culprit game-wise being hitchhikers guide to the galaxy on the Amiga... I never got more than 3 lines into the game before a intergalactic super highway went through my home. Grrr....

I'm a bit of a novice playing with playstation etc. Bought LOTR and a few racing games since I bought my partner a PS2 for Xmas. We play games together, including chess and other tactical 'board' games.
Lovin it!

Originally posted by Zebra
I'm a bit of a novice playing with playstation etc. Bought LOTR and a few racing games since I bought my partner a PS2 for Xmas. We play games together, including chess and other tactical 'board' games.
Lovin it!

don't get me started on chess! i know it's a bit nerdy but im a big chessaholic! t'internet is great for playing chess online

i havne't had an internet connection for a while now but will do soon and am really looking forward to chess.net again

i used to play for leicestershire aged 10 (against other 10 year olds!) actually but chess.net has some really good players GM's NM's IM's etc

i had a rating of 1850 on speed chess (similar to my blitz rating)which isn't bad but i have rarely played over the years so i plan to get 2000+ :D

Originally posted by Leviathan
Ah if only more girls I know played games :)

Most I know would just switch off if I started going all nostalgic about text adventures, and typing in games and pokes from speccy mags.

When I was a kid I used to write my own text adventures on my C64.

I used to write my own text adventures for Speccy. mostly based on top late 80s/early 90s fantasy TV game show "Knightmare".

Originally posted by Bedhead
"I don't think female gaming was very popular before? maybe it's games like the Sims2 that attract you ladies?? and then you get into other types/genres of gaming..."

I think you're still in the 80s mate... :P I've always known some girl gamers, ever since Super Nintendos back at college!

Originally posted by StarSparkle
Now whatever happened to virtual reality adventure gaming?

Try the online RPG games like "World of Warcraft" or "Star Wars Galaxies" or if you genuinely prefer just text, then run a search for "MUD" (multiple user domain) online and see what comes up...

well i'v just finished being creamed on couter-strike by a girl so yea they do play um lol :(
my sister is a big games freak owning a ps2, gamecube, pc and gameboy advance. her bf has a xbox so shes pretty well done for. More obbsessed than me :|

too right us girls play ps2 and pc games, i love half life/counterstrike and my favourite x box game is matt hoffman

When I was a kid I used to play games all the time I had an old vectrex... dunno if anyone remembers those, then i had loads of amstrad 464s if my dad ever saw one at a car boot sale he used to buy it "in case we needed a spare" I had a megadrive too, then for a few years I wasnt all that bothered then when I started going out with my boyfriend, whos a total game nut i started playing more games, bought a ps2 and game cube, im totally addicted to animal crossing, and then Pete bought me a super nintendo for valentines day... Im a total street fighter nerd too...

Susie
xx

Funny tale but my kids only young and kept getting stuck on psx2 Spyro - so naturally you help them out - i'd pack 'em off to bed and sit and get the over the 'task' they were stuck on!! I got quite addicted to the game so bought my own memory card and started my own game - hubby thought me 'barmy' until the monthly Visa statement came in at 50% less than usual!! LOL

I had been spending all my spare time with the game whilst they at school and nursery that never did idle shopping!!

Excellent!!

I have a ps2 and love playing on it even if im crap!!! The best games tho are the simulation games for pc like sims , sims2, rollercoaster tycoon e.t.c there so adictive and im sure many girls like me would agree. the best ps2 games are probs simpsons hit and run, driving games, dancemat(hmm!!), SSX & sims bustin out although it is nowher near as good as the pc versions. I find the pc games i play are much easier than the ps2 games does aneyone agree??

Originally posted by mel8592
I find the pc games i play are much easier than the ps2 games does aneyone agree??

I prefer the depth you get in PC games - i find 'typical' PS2 games pretty boring after a while plus there's the better graphics you get on PC games. PS2 is good though cuz of the plug and play aspect - play on big screens etc

Originally posted by Bedhead
I prefer the depth you get in PC games - i find 'typical' PS2 games pretty boring after a while plus there's the better graphics you get on PC games. PS2 is good though cuz of the plug and play aspect - play on big screens etc

I'd agree that PC games are usually larger and graphically more impressive, but there are plenty of 'deep' console games - take any of the Final Fantasy series for example. I also believe consoles do better for arcade-style games... take the fighting game genre (such as Soul Calibur 2) - they never seem to work properly on a PC i.m.o.

quote_:I prefer the depth you get in PC games - i find 'typical' PS2 games pretty boring after a while plus there's the better graphics you get on PC games. PS2 is good though cuz of the plug and play aspect - play on big screens etc

ye i agree ps2 games do get rather borin afta a bit

hi, i love PC games ive played stuff for a long time and im female and old-ish. Its amusing when im in the game shops jostling with all the young lads. I play adventure games & sims 2, cant wait till I can get some hacked stuff!medal of honour, roller coaster 3.
My favorite game is Giants Citizen Kabuto it has everything, my young grandson has just finished it without any cheats hes so clever, we have to fight for the computer. we've recently got a playstation, and about 20 games but I cant seem to get into that like the PC games. ive been game-playing since before the mega drive!

I love playing console games.

I like games with problem solving though rather than fighting or driving and I just completed CSI :D

Just would like to say that I am loving world of warcraft on the PC! Thanks to ImpactUk who suggested it!

It is sooooo addictive... That's why I've not been around for a while. Would whole heartedly recommend to any RPG fan

I've played computer games as long as I remember and all my friends did as well. Never thought it was odd for us girls to be in to computer games. I don't play them as much now though, I prefer things like Mario Karts and Crazy Taxi to shoot 'em ups.

Do you remember loading your tape in the deck, waiting 30 minutes for the game to load and then finding it had crashed? Used to drive me mad!

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come and join....

i'll get you playing games from nes through to arcade beat em ups....if you know any decent online pc games post them as well..ive already put a few down....most recently FROGGER!! what a game haha..

there is a weekly challenge to get best results on a certain game (mario golf on gameboy advanced at mo) but im always on mario kart and such games....they are far more addictive then most games that come out nowadays.


hope to see someone joining and posting soon :)

byezebye

the sims is the best game ever!!

I have every one and thesims two and university and I'm gonna get nightlife when it comes out aswell

but I do enjoy other games such as gta, I'm not very good tho because I don't play it proporly, I just stand on top of a building and blow up everyone with the rocket launcher or pick them out with the sniper, it so cool to see their head just pop off hahaha

I have always been a big fan of GTA. Its great.

I'm not the biggest driving game fan; but I love Championship Manager games, Sims on the Pc, Residential Evil on the Gamecube and silly games like Mario Party on the gamecube. Eternal Darkness was quite a good one as well.

Fifa footy games are always good, but I am better on the PC! Not to mention Tiger Woods PGA Tour. I am the champion of that game if anyone wants to try their luck! Eagles galore.

Oh...err, I do still like Barbies.

Originally posted by Clare85
I have always been a big fan of GTA. Its great.

I'm not the biggest driving game fan; but I love Championship Manager games, Sims on the Pc, Residential Evil on the Gamecube and silly games like Mario Party on the gamecube. Eternal Darkness was quite a good one as well.

Fifa footy games are always good, but I am better on the PC! Not to mention Tiger Woods PGA Tour. I am the champion of that game if anyone wants to try their luck! Eagles galore.

Oh...err, I do still like Barbies.

Oooh, Champs Manager... Used to love Champs Manager 2. Used to always be Man Utd and buy Ni Lamptey... Unfortunately, these days you need to know something about football to actually play the damn thing...

I'll take up the challenge tho Clare for Tiger Woods... I rule at it! It also appeals to my girly side too as I can shop for lovely new outfits.. :D

I love computer games every once in a while.. PC games that is.. mostly tomb raider, ive completed 2, 4 and im now on chronicles.. its all good fun! i used to love the little hand held ones you could buy, i had a green donkey kong in the 80s and he went from the bottom left to the top right and that was it, i use to have bomb sweeper too but it was hard for me at the time, can you still buy these, i think they came from Coles toy shop?

Originally posted by Miss

I'll take up the challenge tho Clare for Tiger Woods... I rule at it! It also appeals to my girly side too as I can shop for lovely new outfits.. :D

Bring on my player Della K to the tee!!!

I love computer games too...

Pauly & me are very much into Burnout 3 at the moment... i cant get enough... Its so cool to know i can crash on purpose... Its what i'm best at :hihi:

My other half is absolutely MAD on Burnout 3 for Xbox!!

Her highest Takedown total is 43!!!! In one race :wow:

Ive only managed 28 :cry:

Originally posted by Miss
Oooh, Champs Manager... Used to love Champs Manager 2. Used to always be Man Utd and buy Ni Lamptey... Unfortunately, these days you need to know something about football to actually play the damn thing...

I'll take up the challenge tho Clare for Tiger Woods... I rule at it! It also appeals to my girly side too as I can shop for lovely new outfits.. :D

how u getting on with WOW?

Originally posted by Bedhead
how u getting on with WOW?

I am loving it... I totally kick ass on it!

Have said it alot, but I really would recommend it... Its lots and lots of fun. I think I am addicted to it...

Originally posted by Miss
I am loving it... I totally kick ass on it!

Have said it alot, but I really would recommend it... Its lots and lots of fun. I think I am addicted to it...

i'm playing this too now, just started but i'm a Night Elf Warrior :clap:

how are you getting on?????

I've just rediscovered my love of computer games. Been a long time.. maybe 13 years or so. I used to be totally addicted to platform games (Rainbow Islands, Bubble Bobble, Chuckie Egg etc).. then I got into Street Fighter and Sonic and then I got an N64 and played Mario World/Kart to death!

But since I got rid of my N64 I've barely touched a computer game - apart from the fab SSX at a friends house, which is making me consider buying a new console (why don't they have SSX on the PC?!)

I just started playing SIMS2 tho.. how addictive!? Being able to add custom designed houses and Sims from the internet is sooo cool too. :thumbsup:

It'll give me something to do over the dark winter nites!

too right us girls play ps2 and pc games, i love half life/counterstrike and my favourite x box game is matt hoffman

yes i am a girl and i don't like them i think girl like it to much because of all the blood and guns and stuff!!!so why do you like it anyway:huh:

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