January 14, 2013

• Girls and Gaming

  I think the last time I was at an arcade (remember those things?), I got my ass handed to me by a girl. The very first Tekken Tag Tournament, to be exact. When she popped a quarter in next to me, my initial thought was to take it easy on her because, well... you wouldn't want to scare off a unicorn or accidentally mow over a rare orchid, right?

  Gentlemen, a girl kicked my ass with Yoshimitsu and, at the time, I thought it was the hottest thing on the planet. Now, these weren't some button-mashing-I-don't-know-what-the-hell-I'm-doing victories. She systematically took my ass out---destroyed me. Seriously, luck took a vacation. The second hottest thing was when she pulled out a key, opened up the machine to replenished my credits. That girl whipped me for a good while and the process was as simple as rinse and repeat.

  I guess my point is, when it comes to girls and gaming, I'm the opposite of repelled. I welcome it, but I'm just worried about the guys who don't feel the same way. Dude, she's a female, she has a controller in her hand and it's not even one of those cutey-cute games---she's sniping your friends on Call of Duty. What's the problem? The same thing with girls who regularly read comics:

  1. Female
  2. Comic Book
  3. Not just looking at the pretty pictures.

  That's a win for us, man! Of course, the first thing the other guys want to do is quiz her.

  On the other hand, when it comes to the concept of a boys club, I am very much repelled. It's like joining a group I have to keep apologizing for. "I'm so sorry. We're not all assholes. He found out Breakout Kings got cancelled. He lost his left testicle---I don't know." I get enough of that as a Christian, so I deserve some sort of break as a geek.

   

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