Comments on: Our game is female friendly, we have wonderwoman!!!

By: A holiday, a holiday, the first one of the year! Best of 2009. « Welcome to Spinksville!

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:06:17 +0000

[...] Our game is female friendly, we have wonderwoman [...]

By: Girl IRL » Girl IRL v. Board of WAAAGH!

Girl IRL » Girl IRL v. Board of WAAAGH! — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:33:45 +0000

[...] I love WAR. I won’t stop playing it over this. But I desperately wish the developers would consider that “separate but equal”, or in this case “restricted but equal”, is not a philosophy to base a game on. World of Warcraft has millions of subscribers. WAR has 300k. World of Warcraft is accessible to new players, female players, casual players. WAR has gender restrictions. World of Warcraft offers both male and female options for all manner of archetypes, from healers and casters to melee DPSers and tanks. WAR has all that…but only if you play Order or a Dark Elf, otherwise you’re stuck with a caster and a healer, you know, the archetypes girls like to play. [...]

By: Tarsus

Tarsus — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:26:37 +0000

WoW certainly does better at attracting female gamers than previous MMOs. It’s hard for me to put a finger on why, however.

It may be more of an evolution of gaming culture than anything else. Video games themselves have come a long way in terms of “acceptability” in the past ten years, especially as a past-time for girls. It wouldn’t be the first time Blizzard has managed to be in the right place at the right time.

Taken in that context, however, I think DC Universe is going to be challenged to attract anyone that doesn’t have a serious emotional attachment to their “intellectual property” regardless of gender. Competing with WoW is not a winning scenario – as Warhammer Online (as good as competitor as any) found out.

By: Ysharros

Ysharros — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:13:41 +0000

“and they usually like to play the stuff that’s not so up-front combat-wise; they like to do the healing, the support, the buffing, and that sort of group management”

Aaaargh! Froth, twitch, twitch.

I like the smell of DPS in the morning as much as the next Col. Kilgore, dammit.

So much for progress. 18 years ago at EuroGenCon I was automatically handed the priest. “Oh good, a girl, you can play the healer.”

Must…. restrain…. fist of dooom!

By: esri

esri — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:48:17 +0000

What does a woman want?

Big boobs and skimpy clothing, of course!

By: Werit

Werit — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:48:06 +0000

Heh, so many jokes. Dare I take a guess at the female power sets?

By: She’s A Small Wonder (Woman) « Bio Break

She’s A Small Wonder (Woman) « Bio Break — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:38:14 +0000

[...] 10, 2009 by Syp This article over at Spinksville is worth your time, discussing how DC Universe Online is trying to court female [...]

By: Syp

Syp — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:36:09 +0000

Okay that last sentence had me rolling… Monty Python/DC crossover FTW!

By: vlad

*vlad* — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:54:24 +0000

In my experience, women are as likely to have dps characters as men.
Yes, women may prefer to play healers more than men do, but they like to top the damage meters just the same, and they are every bit as ruthless as men at pvp (those that pvp, of course).

By: arbitrary

arbitrary — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:39:40 +0000

I’m sure it leaves the same general impression