It seems (some) guys need a brief refresher on how to talk to gamers that are also coincidentally female. I don’t like to separate genders when talking about gamers because we are all a united group of people who enjoy the same thing, but some of the stuff I’ve heard said to myself and other (girl) gamers is downright rude. Enjoy this list of things frequently said to female gamers with some very sarcastic answers!
1) "So what do you play, The Sims?"
Yes because I am a girl and the only game I know how to play is The Sims and the only thing I can do on The Sims is make sandwiches.
2) "Do you need me to do (blank) for you? Or I can do that for you!"
Of course I need your help because I’m a girl therefore I can’t beat this level or finish this raid on my own, I need the help of a man who actually knows about games!
3) "You’re actually really good!"
I know it might surprise you because I'm a girl so of course I should only be good at girl things, which video games aren't.
4) "Oh you play (blank), but that’s a game for guys!"
Darn, I forgot to look at the gender icon on the box to tell me which games are appropriate for my gender. Sorry!
5) "Do you even know about video games?"
No I know nothing at all about video games I just like to sit and hold the controller and take pictures of myself holding the controller for the interwebs.
Now I’m not saying every guy has this mindset towards women, but hearing these things on a daily basis gets rather annoying. This goes both ways as I’m sure men get some annoying comments as well. The next time you meet a girl who plays video games, treat her like a regular person and not as an odd alien species sent from Mars.
On another note (most) male gamers are putting women gamers on a pedestal and completely sexualizing them rather than allowing them to play games like a regular person. Look up "girl gamer" on google images and my point proves itself. Some female gamers like the attention they get by men, but most often girls just want to play games without drawing so much attention and criticism to themselves. As the gaming industry opens itself up to more women interested in developing and working with games, it seems like the only way to get ahead or to gain popularity is to be pretty, or show their bodies.
(Most of) the male gaming community needs to grow up and realize that girls are going to play games, probably a lot of the same games as them, and they should be treated as equals, nothing more and nothing less.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
The image at the bottom serves no purpose really because typing in girl anything will result on borderline explicit images. And your profile picture is of the same nature so...
Some of the other points are legitimate but some are not for example the point about men offering help. What in the world is wrong with being offered help? If you not need it say no thank you and move on there is no need to be offended by a friendly gesture.
I'm a female gamer and i've been playing games my whole life and been playing them online through xbox live since 2009. Honestly these scenarios don't pop up often, to me at least. Of the thousands of people i've run into on xbox, maybe like a couple dozen times i had a condescending experience like this. Which isn't really a lot, statistically. And most the time people said something like this, some of the more conscious and level-headed folk would shoot them down. Relative to how many girls are on xbox, i've had WAY more hostile encounters with girls actually, haha. Most of them are attention whores though.
I prefer to keep my gender ambiguous on xbox not because of this, but because i get too many kiss asses sucking up to me because im a girl who likes games. That happens way more often than any insulting or immaturity. Those people are nice and all, but i don't want to join your party every time i sign in and don't want to give you my private information lol...
Just looking at your snarky responses to questions, you look sensitive and presumptuous. Like someone saying "You're actually really good" should not arouse contempt. That's a compliment. I would take it as a compliment, at least.
"finish this raid on my own," er.. no you can't, you need 3 people to finish a raid or multiple depending on level
The only one I have actually heard myself is "You're really good." Knew this girl that wrecked COD and everyone swore that she was just talking while someone else was playing.