mjlmarsh - 6:36 pm - October 26, 2009.

Great article, I had a girl i was interested who challenged me to a match of halo 3 i brutally beat her and she never talked to me again

jasonmicha - 6:46 pm - October 26, 2009.

aha

Reisan - 8:50 pm - October 26, 2009.

I am a girl gamer, I do not kill him every game (because he trows a tanti), I like to let him win because then he's in a better mood. I never button mash and I have a boyfriend/fiance so obviously I'm not doing it for the boys. Though they do think it's cool when I put my hand up for a game, they usually don't think it's so cool when I have slaughtered them and all thier friends in L4D even though I'm the only Zombie playing. I love guns, paintball and zombie movies and know quite a bit about both thank you very much, I even own my own gun (paintball not real). Hence I must think of myself as a perfect supermodel and that's fine with me too ^.^

jasonmicha - 8:59 pm - October 26, 2009.

^the exception to the rule. casey, i'm sorry, but your article is now worthless.

brayd1377 - 11:08 pm - October 26, 2009.

This article was quite funny

JediZombie - 9:54 am - October 27, 2009.

My wife is is a gamer, and exhibits a few of these traits. The worst one is that I NEVER get to play a single player game anymore. I would really like to be able to Borderlands with my entire T.V. instead of split screen. I mean that's why I bought the huge TV, I am thinking of buying another xbox 360 to put into our office so we can play on a system link or through xbox live.

BladeMaster0182 - 12:52 pm - October 27, 2009.

Wow, this article is remarkably sexist. I am a guy gamer and I'm actually offended. Now I don't know if you added in the sexist tone as a joke, but if you meant it, holy crap what is wrong with you? The very fact it is unclear is cause for concern. The message is that you are sending is that only guys can be real gamers, and girls are posers.

slcsteve - 1:11 pm - October 27, 2009.

Personally, I have no problem playing with a girl gamer who may be better than I am at some games. Girl gamers kick ass! Still, hilarious article. :D

slcsteve - 2:04 pm - October 27, 2009.

I have to agree with Blade, though, this article is a bit slanted --- I've had guy friends that can be just as much annoying newbs as some girls can be. It all depends on how much gaming experience someone has, and if anything, gamer girls should be given more respect because they are fighting stereotypes that serve to discourage them from gaining the experience.

Fyreraven - 2:20 pm - October 27, 2009.

I'm going to obviously give the benefit of the doubt here and assume this is tongue in cheek. The problem becomes when it gets picked up in a search engine or Digg (which is where I found it) and some idiot actually thinks it's serious. It's stuff like this that just pisses people off, especially women, because it undermines our ability to be seen as equal. I know that you all would like to think that the vast majority of gamers are male. This is not as true as it was when all of you were living in your parent’s basements. Oh wait, did I just use a stereotype? Hmm, that’s just not nice of me, now is it. HELLO, the above article does *exactly* that. Honestly, while this is ironically amusing, let's not perpetuate this stuff. .

siiiii - 2:33 pm - October 27, 2009.

i think blademaster might be the biggest homo on the planet haha.

ConorMcKeon - 3:19 pm - October 27, 2009.

I'd argue that making charges of "sexism" just because a humor piece pokes fun at the gender of the person who wrote it, is sexist, because what you're ultimately saying is girls shouldn't be allowed to make fun of themselves. By this logic "Chapelle's Show" is racist and "The Daily Show" is anti-Semitic.

slcsteve - 3:26 pm - October 27, 2009.

Yes, Conor, but then you could say that, because one person from a race or gender enforces the stereotype(s) of their group, that they are the de facto spokesman for said group, and this is just over-simplification. The self-deprecating joke is only funny and fair if the overall group accepts it, and often this is only after the group has advanced far enough that the mainstream understands they are jokes. In this case, girls are still widely derided as inexperienced or outsiders in the gaming community, and so a joke about this position is not clearly understood to be a joke, and it helps to strengthen the stereotype.

jasonmicha - 3:58 pm - October 27, 2009.

all i know is my girlfriend SUCKS at mario kart

Jeckyll - 6:08 pm - October 27, 2009.

When I started reading this I new I had to comment, because while my wife is definitely NOT a gamer she tends to dominate at random multiplayer games like Rampart and Mario Kart. Even though she's the king of Rampart, I've never let it bother me (at least we're playing video games together). @ all the haters - of course this is a joke. Every article on this site is a joke and even if this is your first time hear I think even the weakest sarcasm-meter should be able to detect something from this article.

Jeckyll - 6:09 pm - October 27, 2009.

^ oops... first time here, not hear.

MissMassacre - 9:12 pm - October 27, 2009.

This article is so much crap. lol, u really have no idea what u talking about. or u just dated a REALLY LAME "gamer girl" and now your under the impression we all like that. Not to be rude, but you're an idiot if thats what u believe. 1. stop being so ghei and feeling embarrassed about a girl owning u at a game. who ever said gaming is just 4 men. ppfff 2. not all girls cry and mope when they dont do well, some of us see it as an opportunity to learn to play better. The better the players are the better it is 4 u to learn from. same goes for levels. 3. ive never asked any of my gamer bf's to jam a game with me. if they do, they joined on their own. we lan together but we each do our own thing. 4. some girls DO get it. ur gf [x] must have been a monkey..hahaha 5. i can honestly say I DONT DO IT FOR THE GUYS. i jam games cause its something i enjoy. hanging out with a bunch of girls talking about guys and shoes or whatever, aint my idea of fun. AT ALL. i'd rather lick up my own vomit than having to endure that. so much so when im out at nite ALL i wanna do is come home and play some games. 6. SIMS is ghei. enough said. 7. More ghei games for little girls... no comment needed. 8. hahahahahaha, this one's a bit private, but i can tell u you're QUITE wrong. 9. if u want some1 to waiter on u, go live with your mom. chances are if thats what u expect of ur gf, u wont have one 4 long. no1 likes a sexist person. 10. Bleh... lol, i only saw now this article was written by a girl. hahahaha how funny is that! well girl, u really shouldnt generalize girl gamers like that. we not all like that. if thats how you are, piele 4 u, although i find this article quite humorous, to me it seems a bit far off.

Methos - 9:53 pm - October 27, 2009.

3 Words Casey Johnston, Get A Life!!!

Aerel - 12:05 am - October 28, 2009.

Ten Reasons NOT To Date A Gamer Guy: 1. The Competitor. Sure all gamers are competitive, regardless of gender, but you can't play a game of Tic Tac Toe against this guy without him rubbing it in your face, repeatedly. And should you kick his butt back to the era of the Commodore 64 he'll repeatedly challenge you until he wins in order to return to going on about how he beat you. He'll also bring it up at every available chance in conversation with others. 2. The Boss. He's the guy who thinks he has to tell you how to do everything from your control settings to your game play style. He's also known as The Know-It-All since he repeatedly tells you to use only certain weapons with certain specs - all of his information sources being himself of course. 3. The Protector. He feels like he's let down some kind of manly rite if he hasn't manage to smite everything that comes after you. Heaven forbid you should actually die in game because he'll spend the rest of the time playing feeling inadequate - which you will have to hear him whine about. 4. The Ron Burgundy. Named after the movie character because he thinks he is God's gift to women, except unlike the movie he really doesn't score. Ever. He hits on everyone in the game with boobs and if he finds out you actually are female, you know, for real, he'll spend the entire night trying to think of witty words that rhyme with penis. 5. The Collector. He owns every piece of paraphernalia even remotely related to his favorite games. And he displays them in a glass cabinet. He's running out of space to keep all his plastic replicas of Laura Croft's breasts and now wants to store some at your house. 6. The Compensator. This gamer guy spends all his time talking about how epic his stats are when boosted during the full moon as three wolves howl - or some other crap you can't stand to hear about anymore. Every conversation at dinner is about his latest new gear and how he pwned six other players while wearing it. He has to spend all his time impressing you with his "leet skills" since he impresses you no other way. 7. The Anti-Social. The only person this guy knows by birth name is you, everyone else in his life has a screen name. He's become this pasty white thing that never leaves his cave and refuses to attend anything that isn't a lan party - which never happens because he has no friends in real life. He couldn't celebrate your birthday with you because he had a raid scheduling conflict. 8. The Embarasser. He actually says out loud online abbreviations like LOL, BTW and BRB while conversing with people outside of a game. He talks endlessly to your friends about the intricacies of the fifth boss fight he had to complete last week and tells your parent's their wedding photo reminds him of a place he saw in SecondLife, or some other game your parent's have never heard of. He is socially inept to the point that you'd wish him to become #7. 9. The Hobo. He's perpetually broke from spending all his money on new game releases, new consoles (he just had to have the wii in black) and other crap for himself. You end up paying to go out to see a movie based on a video game that you had no interest in seeing in the first place. 10. Gamer God. He stops what he's doing while you're both gaming to make YOU something to eat. He only helps you out if you ask for it and actually congratulates you on winning. He doesn't only play video games in his free time, in socially adept and oh, wait ... you just woke up because he only exists in one place: Your dreams.

ClockBlocknRobot - 1:12 am - October 28, 2009.

Okay seriously people lets all take a step back and have a laugh. All you people who are stressing over steriotypes or racism are the people who are creating the problems involving racism and steriotypes. So just back off get a sense of humor and chill out.

crispyleafy - 1:26 am - October 28, 2009.

In horribly poor taste.

Aerel - 2:06 am - October 28, 2009.

There, I can even make mine pretty too. http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/4782/tenreasonsnottodateagam.jpg

xoSinful - 2:46 am - October 28, 2009.

I'm definitely a girl gamer. I grew up with 2 male cousins and was considered daddy's girl who he taught how to shoot a slingshot at age 5. I killed at Super Smash Bros. and was the envy and crush of just about all my cousins' friends. When I got into Socom because a bunch of my guy friends from school, I picked up fairly quick. I was easily recognized when I joined a room of my favorite map. My current boyfriend and I play COD5 (he is majorly popular for being wickedly awesome in the game). I admit, he's better than me in multi-player, but he spends about 3 times I do playing. But in 1v1, oh he's dead; plus the fact I taught him new moves and showed him good spots and how to snipe well. However, put me in Hardcore and I kick ass even harder. Whenever I meet someone new and I tell them I am a self-proclaimed gamer, the typical response is that I "look like one of those popular (possibly cheerleader) chicks who hasn't touched a game". Though I see the validity in the post, it's also a stereotype. Oh yeah, I don't beg to play with my boyfriend. Instead, he invites me when I'm on while my PS3 "for some reason isn't recieving invites" because I don't want him to screw with my 3.89 ratio :)

Ninjasmine07 - 1:30 pm - November 2, 2009.

As a female who enjoys playing games, I can not say I am a gamer. Although I don't fit into anyone of the particular categories, I would not say I am the supermodel perfect girl. I just enjoy the games I enjoy. Although it was a bit sexist I can enjoy the humor. I agree that we all just need to calm down. Personal note to Miss Massacre: I couldn't read your comment for all the grammar and spelling mistakes. Reading it literally hurt my soul.

Ninjasmine07 - 1:32 pm - November 2, 2009.

^Second enjoy = play, how hypocritical of me.

ubeeno - 10:35 am - November 4, 2009.

LOL, Girl Gamersz ROCK dude! RT www.private-web.se.tc

illeaturfamily - 2:27 pm - November 6, 2009.

clockblocknrobot - you have it correct. you win. i was going to say the same thing to all these ppl who are complaining about the article being sexist and steroetypical. bottom line is that its funny and if you can't take a joke then you're not a fun person to be around, which is probably why youve spent your time trolling around the interwebs looking for something to bitch about.

mollywkuk - 12:16 pm - November 19, 2009.

Number six was funny.

Dantheman82904 - 4:36 pm - November 20, 2009.

^ Number 6 wasn't just funny, it had me cracking up! My fiance would make sims get into the pool and then take out the ladders, or wall them up and leave them there... hilarious. Also, she's a gamer. She plays lots of FPS online and does a pretty damn good job.

godhatesglobes - 3:00 pm - November 26, 2009.

Sexist trash.

WorkingClassHero - 9:09 pm - November 27, 2009.

F*CK YOU I've been playing video games longer than most of you spoiled, ps3 playing "n00bs" have been on this earth...I do not fit into any of these stereotypes. Well, except maybe the last one, b/c I am pretty hot.

Fraggles - 4:19 pm - November 29, 2009.

It's funny. But totally untrue. =) The girls here who're getting worked up about it should take a breath and appreciate that they don't fit any of those categories. The ones who're getting worked up because they DO conform to one or more or the above, It's really not a drama. We are who we are.

ritualJD - 1:19 pm - November 30, 2009.

I wish I got a boner every time I turned on my console... :[

azbeeno - 8:28 pm - November 30, 2009.

Not only does my gf game, she skateboards as well! LOL RT www.web-anonymity.de.tc

icymore - 1:41 pm - December 6, 2009.

this article sucks. Why are you trying to turn off girl gamers to this blog? Now are you going to make a list of reasons not to date a guy gamer? Reason #1: he acts like a big baby when he gets beat by a girl.

friduble - 1:03 am - December 7, 2009.

@Aerel; Haha! I like your version, but I have to take a second to brag, My boyfriend is basically number 10. He'll get up and make me food, He knows I will murder him if he gives me help I didn't ask for, is socially capable. Though he does only play videogames. But I do too, so that's not that big of a deal :3

MissxPwnxStarxX - 2:54 pm - December 15, 2009.

I'm a girl Gamer :) my ex got me into playing.. before him i hated video games and everything to do with them... i was an athlete all through high school so i had no time! now that im out of high school i play nothing but video games and now work at gamestop haha but im happy i love it! and my new boyfriend thinks im a nerd :) im still ok with that ill kick ur ass any day ;) lol

GetPawned - 5:50 pm - December 20, 2009.

One reason TO date a gamer chick! Have her play on <a href="http://www.gamecrush.com">GameCrush</a> so she can make money off of it!

lawwrigh - 11:11 am - December 31, 2009.

To the individuals who think this post is sexist, really get a sense of humor. You don't see me cutting down on every post that mentions that guys dont know anything about accessorizing, I mean really... to all of the girls who posted on here that they are offended by the article this ones for you. 10 REASONS WHY YOU DONT DATE A GIRL WHO POSTED THAT THIS ARTICLE IS SEXIST 1) Well they admitted to being big gamers. More than likely, they are not that attractive. "How you like them apples for being sexist" 2) Even if they are attractive, well... their personalities can't be good because well they cant even take a joke. 3) What guy wants to date a girl who gets irritated at the smallest little thing. Do your really feel like being nagged out hours upon hours when ever you make the slightest joke to your girlfriend. 4) Can you say dork or possibly nerd. I will admit it, I am not a huge gamer but I enjoy playing videogames in my free time. Main word here is FREE TIME, I do have a life outside of games so as for the girl who said she looks like a cheerleader and doesnt want to mess up her 3.89 Character or some shit like that "You are a no talented ass clown" 5) All you girls are just damn near retarded for not getting the joke. You should really contemplate living life if this article gets your panties in a bunch. Forget the other 5 reasons why guys dont want to date girls like you. Im going to end my post with this: You are all jack asses and you suck at life.

Spaghetti Oh - 11:06 am - January 4, 2010.

It's one thing to be with a girl that "plays" video games; it's a totally different story being with a girl that plays video games and is actually good at them. I find it quite erotic to watch my girl taking all the shortcuts in Mario Kart with skill or keeping the kill score on par with my own in Nazi Zombies. The only time I get spanked is in those damn fighting games where skilled move execution is secretly disguised as button-mashing and I turn red. It's pretty sad... Great article!

MatthewHeywood1 - 5:04 am - January 5, 2010.

quite allot of this also applies when your sister says oh can we play co-op and you make the mistake of saying yes

Biscuit - 6:28 pm - January 6, 2010.

I'm quite saddened that over 90% of the people who read this article, did not realize it was Satirical. Even as a woman my self, who really does play games, got the satire of this article. Even on the StumbleUpon comments, people were bitching. All of them. Seriously, people, go outside.

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Noobfulness - 3:47 pm - January 16, 2010.

I can honestly say I'm a gamer chick. #2 I do get upset when my boyfriend plays on the opposite team as me on CC:S and kills me before I have a chance, where's the fun in not actually getting to play...? #3 I'm not amazing and I admit it, so when I beg my boyfriend to play two player, I understand why he avoids it. #4 I refuse to play fighting games with my boyfriend because he doesn't understand the concept of going easy, again, continual pwnage is just not fun. #5 If by I do it for the dudes you mean all my guy friends got me into it, then yes, though I think it's in my blood... my mom beat the original Zelda, getting everything, without a strat guide, and mapped out the entire game as she played... #6 I think Sims is more like letting your inner interior decorator out, also your inner murder. ^_^ #7 PopCap games are fun, I got my boyfriend hooked on Plants Vs Zombies right now. #8 I play most MMORPGs as dudes because as much as I appreciate the help gaining lower levels, I so can't deal with being constantly hit on. #9 Is so my life... I forget to eat, which means I forget to feed him and since we're up until 2-6am, we don't get up until dinner and yeah... vicious starving cycle, or all we end up eating is things that involve no prep time. #10 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and rocket science is boring, I'm going to be a history teacher when I grow up. XD

brittanypartlow - 11:36 am - February 21, 2010.

I'm an cheerleader, still in school, with a job, and a gamer. And I'm good. Don't believe me, add me on ps3 (brittanypartlow) . I'll PWN your ass in MW2. buttt, the article is really funny. haha i do tend to do it for the guys :)

samoansneakers - 5:32 pm - March 14, 2010.

Jesus Christ. Satirical or not, this is painfully unfunny.

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blueturtles - 6:00 pm - April 15, 2010.

This was stupid and sexist. I am a gamer. I play some boy games, and a lot of girl games, too. I have a boyfriend, so I'm not doing it for the boys. I don't cry when I lose, which is a little over half of the time. I always want to play and I don't have to bring him sandwiches! He can get his own food. I did not like it nor did I agree with it one bit.

Wifeyy - 6:10 pm - April 29, 2010.

I love the article, but it's not ALWAYS true. I'm a girl gamer before my boyfriend and I met, and I love playing video games. I beat him and every other male on xbox live and I love it! (: It's a lot of fun to hear a bunch of guys screaming "OMG a girl just beat me!! o:" or "OMG your boyfriend is playing on your account!!" lol it's a blast! But I do like the topic a hell of a lot because it's mostly true lol (; Halo 3 is FTW!

zulupanda - 5:39 am - June 8, 2010.

aww jeez c'mon people, we're running in circles here

Tha-FayMiz-Chick - 11:13 pm - June 27, 2010.

Hahahahahaa!!!!!! This is Funny LOL!! Hey but I am a gamer chick and i am actually REALLY GOOD hahaha i actually fit in with 10 hahahaha im the type of chick that can take on a 10v1 in MW 1 and 2 and woop complete ass and win =) Hey you dont find many of chicks like me around =) Dont believe me? I actually have a youtube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKZF2R8Ww6Y But if you guys play ps3 add me! My PSN is Tha-FayMiz-Chick

Da_Bill - 11:52 am - July 11, 2010.

Lol - I'm a female gamer and I found this pretty funny actually - particularly as half of these describe my ex-boyfriend! (Probably didn't help matters when I told him to man up) I can see why some girls might be offended though, prejudice against female gamers is still quite a big issue so if the tone was meant to be ironic, perhaps a disclaimer would have been a good idea.