alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 11 days agoWomen experience guilt, shame and exclusion in gaming culture, study findswww.stir.ac.ukexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down113
arrow-up1156arrow-down1external-linkWomen experience guilt, shame and exclusion in gaming culture, study findswww.stir.ac.ukalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-square6nk06@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down23·11 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros. Oh wow, I didn’t knew that Super Mario or Tetris on the NES was an “incredibly exclusionary space” because that’s not how I remember it. I’m glad you taught me that.
minus-squareTwiglet@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·11 days agoBeing a girl trying to talk about video games with boys was generally horrible, it’s not just the multiplayer experience, the ‘you like games, then name every X ever!’ followed by bullying has been alive and well for over 30 years.
minus-squarepetrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·11 days agoSo, to participate in modern gaming, women should play games from 40 years ago?
minus-squareinclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·edit-210 days agoWell you win the most asinine comment I’ve read today. Even I remember girls getting crapped on in the arcades.
minus-squaremsmc101@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·11 days agooh yeah i’m sure your half rotten memory is a reliable source, thanks grandpappy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros.
Oh wow, I didn’t knew that Super Mario or Tetris on the NES was an “incredibly exclusionary space” because that’s not how I remember it.
I’m glad you taught me that.
Being a girl trying to talk about video games with boys was generally horrible, it’s not just the multiplayer experience, the ‘you like games, then name every X ever!’ followed by bullying has been alive and well for over 30 years.
So, to participate in modern gaming, women should play games from 40 years ago?
Well you win the most asinine comment I’ve read today.
Even I remember girls getting crapped on in the arcades.
oh yeah i’m sure your half rotten memory is a reliable source, thanks grandpappy