by Billimarie

You might want to read up on this, if you’re a woman playing in a man’s Xbox Live world.

Sad to say, but the world of online video/computer games is definitely a sexist one. I don’t think many people can argue against that claim; as soon as you enter a server with your gear and your speak into your mic, you’re targeted–unless, of course, you have that slick ‘prepubescent-boy-cracking’ voice going on.

You know the drill; you announce to the world through the tone of your voice that you’re female and suddenly you’re hit on. You’re targeted more than everyone else. You’re patronized. It’s pretty ridiculous, living in a 21st century world and still have things like this going on.

There are a lot of gaming communities for us female players out there…one of the most recent to get spotlighted is GamerChiX, an online group run by a woman named Christa Phillips. Phillips was inspired by the gamer group PMS Clan, a community dedicated to serving competitive online female gamers. If you’re a noob, or just at the amateur level, you might want to consider checking GamerChiX out.

To read the article printed by the Los Angeles Times, click on this link.
Even better, you can write to Alex Pham, the man who wrote the story, and send him a quick ‘thanks!’ for letting the public eye get a small glimps of the realities of a female gamer. (alex.pham@latimes.com)
Also, check out the GamerChiX myspace when you get a chance !

-b