C'mon guys, I use a female character as username (Ultimecia from Final Fantasy VIII and Dissidia) and got a few photos posted , I'm surprised that most people still miss that.
Anyway, there was a poll some time ago and women usually reject "pink technology" (pink mouse, pink notebook, etc), mainly because they are usually corny and/or very ugly. So it's easy to conclude that they don't even care about having some poll and asking what we really want from a design.
The image the game companies have about women don't help either, most of them think that the most hardcore stuff a girl can play is The Sims or Hello Kitty Online (yup, there IS Hello Kitty Online). My friends (the girls) and I enjoy playing RPGs (a lot), horror games, action games...Just like any male gamer. There's no secret, but I must admit that sometimes we tend to enjoy cute games and mascots, like Klonoa.
And of course, there are the casual girl gamers. I must say I know only one these days, and currently she's into playing Farm Ville on Facebook and she used to love playing the original Rayman game on the computer.
EDIT: On I site note, I know more guys into the color pink, Sailor Moon and Hello Kitty than girls, and yeah, not gay. Go figure.
Anyway, there was a poll some time ago and women usually reject "pink technology" (pink mouse, pink notebook, etc), mainly because they are usually corny and/or very ugly. So it's easy to conclude that they don't even care about having some poll and asking what we really want from a design.
The image the game companies have about women don't help either, most of them think that the most hardcore stuff a girl can play is The Sims or Hello Kitty Online (yup, there IS Hello Kitty Online). My friends (the girls) and I enjoy playing RPGs (a lot), horror games, action games...Just like any male gamer. There's no secret, but I must admit that sometimes we tend to enjoy cute games and mascots, like Klonoa.
And of course, there are the casual girl gamers. I must say I know only one these days, and currently she's into playing Farm Ville on Facebook and she used to love playing the original Rayman game on the computer.
EDIT: On I site note, I know more guys into the color pink, Sailor Moon and Hello Kitty than girls, and yeah, not gay. Go figure.