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Sounds like me a couple months ago.  Now, that I bought a bluray player, I moved my PS3 into my game room and I actually play games on it now.  

You got an awesome game.  I few days ago, I went looking for Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy (XB).  Sadly, I didn't find it and the search continues. 

Hey, lady!  I was wondering where you were.  Welcome back! 

I'm not a big fan of Odin Sphere.  I played it years ago on the PS2.  I put in about 20hrs before I quit that game.  More than a few things annoyed me about the game.  The last straw was the unrelenting slowdown during boss battles.  I actually heard the PS3 port fixed that problem, so I bought it when it was only $5 on PSN.  I still hadn't played it yet though. 

I wife wasn't a "gamer" when we meet, but she had played games before in her younger years.  After being married to me, she's more of a gamer and has some serious games under her belt.  I'm glad she converted, because I don't think I'd waste my time with a non-gamer.  They don't understand our passion for gaming.  I have a few buddies that have non-gamer girlfriends and boyfriends and it's not looking like their relationships are going to last. 

Less busy days.  You & me both, sister. 

Let me start off by stating, men and women are different.  We are not the same. In general, we have different desires and drives.  To ignore this is completely ridiculous.  No matter how much you want to force the belief that men and women are the same, are able to do the same thing, and want to accomplish the same goals in the same way, it's not going to change the fact that it's not true.  Period. 

1. Word of advice: take these "studies" with a grain of salt.  They don't truthfully represent the population.  Studies can be manipulated.  Assuming that the research has no mistakes or isn't outright fraudulent, the best it proves is that it's true of the people participated in that research and not a great indicator of people in other regions that have different social roles, beliefs, and goals. 

Videogames are a competitive hobby.  One of the first successful videogames, Pong, became popular because scoring (points) were added.  It was popular with men & women.  If you know anything about people and their behavior, men do tend to be more competitive than women and every society you will ever find supports and encourages this.  "No Girls Allowed" is in every culture somewhere.  Even in today's sports, men and women are not competing with or against each other.  Only in videogames is it possible for competition with men & women on an equal level.  Is it getting better; yes.  But, let's not think it's going to be perfect over night or forget how it's moving forward.  I would also like to add, in general, men want to be involved in competition more than women do.  Of course, this explains the competition in violent games like FPS and women, from my personal experience, are more competitive in the facebook and cellphone games.  These are games, but some gamers see a problem with calling them proper "games".  But that's a whole other debate by itself.  I know a couple women that love playing FPS and I know a lot of women that love playing Words with Friends.  I'm just saying. 

"If a certain group of people is discouraged from participating in an activity, they'll be less likely to take part in it."  This statement as no importance to this discussion.  Everything that has been ever made has a group of people discouraged from "participating" in an activity.  You can't win over everybody.  People like it or they don't. The best they can do is look for options and if there aren't any for them, they can create their own. 

2. The fact that a strong female character is consider "sexy" is irrelevent.  Where did this bullshit come from?  So, now strong female characters need not be attractive?   Let's see how long that crap would last.  Feminist will come out of the woodwork complaining, "Why are all the strong female characters in videogames ugly?"  I wouldn't say there are "too many female characters", but feminist seem to ignore perfectly good female characters already out there.  They pick and choose what they consider strong female characters, instead of judging every female character by her role in that particular game.  BUt, that takes work and they don't have time for that.  They rather point the obvious and judge a whole industry and culture based on that. 

3. What do you think videogames are?  They are entertainment.  Videogames do not change societal norms.  Videogames are reflective of them.  Hundreds of ugly badass female warriors can be stars of every videogame made and it won't change a damn thing for the world.  I think you overestimate the power of videogames.  You want that kind of change and make a difference, then join your local activist group and start change in your area. 

4. She doesn't have to say it.  It's implied and if you thought that series was "informative", then I guess it wasn't made for actual gamers, but for people that have a lack of experience in gaming history.  I know more than a few people (men & women) that were insulted by that jackass' video.  The more I watched her video, the more it was obvious she didn't know what she was rambling about. 

I find it amazing that people get so upset over sterotypes.  Maybe it's because of the fact that it's based on more truth than they would like to admit.  I hate the sterotype that black men wear shagging pants and listen to vulgar rap music all the time.  Sadly, if I go to certain parts of my town, that's all I see.  My feelings toward the matter is not going to change that fact.  I can only feel comfort that myself and many of my black family & friends don't fit the sterotype and not only black, but people with other skin colors and from countries listen to vulgar rap music and wear sagging pants too. Sterotypes aren't all evil nor are they complete facts.  If people weren't so sensitive to racial communication, sterotypes would be more of a job than an insult.  Sterotypes are everywhere.  It can't be avoided.  If you look for it, then you will find it.  There is no escaping that.  Just take in the good with the bad.  IMO, videogames do a better job with sterotypes than any other form of media.  

I would like to debate with you, but I work nights this week, so I'm tired.  

Anyone want to take this one?  

The Witcher 2 is a great game.  After finishing it, I went out and bought the 1st game.  I hadn't played it yet though. 

I bought this game years ago and I still hadn't played it yet.  I bought it because I really enjoyed the SNES game.  I also own the other N64 game.  One of these games, I'll play them.