My gf has never shown more than a passing interest in my gaming. If a story is good, like Uncharted, she gets interested in the storyline, but not the game.
Being old fashioned is no real excuse. I'm a better chef than my partner but then I can't do laundry to save my life. If we expect our girlfriends/wives to contribute financially then we need to be prepared to help domestically.
But that's really beside the point. What Cat is questioning is the fact that just because she is a woman, why can't she enjoy blowing crap up like the male gamers? Why should gaming companies assume that all women are interested in is ...
I agree with Hicken, no single game will enthrall every gamer. Steve is giving us a cross section of the best PS3 titles across all genre's and in my opinion and probably many others, GT5 is the best of the driving genre, without doubt.