alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agoWomen experience guilt, shame and exclusion in gaming culture, study findswww.stir.ac.ukexternal-linkmessage-square104linkfedilinkarrow-up1226arrow-down118
arrow-up1208arrow-down1external-linkWomen experience guilt, shame and exclusion in gaming culture, study findswww.stir.ac.ukalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square104linkfedilink
minus-squarepetrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·1 year agoSo, to participate in modern gaming, women should play games from 40 years ago?
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down22·1 year agoOr just single player games in general. If Super Mario is fine (main “story” being that a princess gets abducted by a male villain and rescued by a man), there really aren’t that many games that are significantly worse.
minus-squarepetrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down1·1 year agoSo, again, to participate in modern gaming, women should play only single-player games. Like, to avoid men?
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down9·1 year agoMultiplayer with randos is to be avoided in general IMO.
minus-squareDebatableRaccoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoI wasn’t on board until this statement but this is exactly why I fell off any amount of competitive games very quickly.
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So, to participate in modern gaming, women should play games from 40 years ago?
Or just single player games in general. If Super Mario is fine (main “story” being that a princess gets abducted by a male villain and rescued by a man), there really aren’t that many games that are significantly worse.
So, again, to participate in modern gaming, women should play only single-player games. Like, to avoid men?
Multiplayer with randos is to be avoided in general IMO.
I wasn’t on board until this statement but this is exactly why I fell off any amount of competitive games very quickly.