Online Gaming is a Great Way to Meet Women
Market research firm comScore has released a new report outlining how women are shaping the Internet, and yes folks, that includes gaming.
"Women's high engagement with Games and Online Gaming sites may come as a bit of a surprise," comScore writes. "However, this is indicative of the evolution of the gaming landscape, which has given rise to casual gaming -- an activity that is very popular among women. Women are much more likely to play casual games (i.e. Solitaire, Sudoku, and Scrabble) than action, adventure, and sports games, which are typically favored by young males."
According to comScore, female gamers age 55 and over spend the most time playing games online of any demographic, and other than the 15-24 age bracket, women outpaced men every time.
Casual gaming isn't the only online activity women are drawn towards. Females outpace males in social networking, instant messaging, and emailing. And would you have guessed that women are nearly as likely as men to visit gambling sites? It's true, says comScore, which also points out that over one-third of women visit sex-themed sites, compared to nearly half of all men.
Download the full report here.

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pearpandas
February 09, 2012 at 10:48am
I met my boyfriend playing a facebook game. I don't think he was trolling for women though!
This is one game so many girls play:
http://apps.facebook.com/nutsforlovesolitaire/
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Cruzg10
August 12, 2010 at 2:03am
she definately has a good grip. maybe too good for some but definately not for me and others. haha
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Biceps
August 11, 2010 at 8:34pm
Has anyone noticed the KILLER grip she's got on that joystick? Haha, I want to meet HER online, lol.
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Keith E. Whisman
August 11, 2010 at 2:07pm
I've been playing FreeCell for almost 20years on my computers and I've never met a single girl, not once while playing. No girl has ever showed any interest in me while I was playing FreeCell. I had to meet my wife the old fashioned way, I mailed away for her from Russia.
Not really, my wife and I went to school together 1st grade through 8th grade. We new each other really well when we got married. Just thought it would be funny to post what I did.
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JohnP
August 11, 2010 at 12:13pm
My 84 year old Grandmother-in-law was cursing up a storm when we came throught the door to visit. She was online playing a PopCap bejeweled game against someone online. And she beat her/him, gnarled fingers and all. What is the world coming to? LOL!
Now does anyone here want to "meet women" with my 84 year old Grandma? I can set you up!
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Elric
August 11, 2010 at 9:43am
"According to comScore, female gamers age 55 and over spend the most time playing games online of any demographic, and other than the 15-24 age bracket, women outpaced men every time.
Casual gaming isn't the only online activity women are drawn towards. Females outpace males in social networking, instant messaging, and emailing."
Translation: Your Aunt May is addicted to Farmville.
The editors at MaxPC must be pretty hard up (both for news and chicks) if they're willing to take this info and translate it into the headline of this article.
MAXPC: Captcha SUCKS!!!! YOU guys need to monitor spam on your site, not me.
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Jelson
August 11, 2010 at 2:05pm
"Translation: Your Aunt May is addicted to Farmville"............heh, yeah.
I thought this article was about MMO's, RPG's, FPS, ect. Plus, are we supposed to be surprised? that females surpase males at social networking? seriously? ..............I'm just saying.
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nedwards
August 11, 2010 at 10:28am
Suck it up, buttercup. You guys whined when we autofiltered spam and it caught your posts. When we turned it off, we got lots of spam again. If you have something to add to the conversation, a little Captcha shouldn't stop you. Sorry it's inconvenient, but it's the least inconvenient way we've found.
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JohnP
August 11, 2010 at 12:06pm
Captcha is OK, especially in comparison to the mess MPC had before! Just flip through the "challenges" until you recognize the words!
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Biceps
August 11, 2010 at 8:32pm
And if you can't recognize the words, what the heck are you doing posting in the $#@%ing FIRST PLACE anyway?
Watch, as I calmly scroll down, see the words "They kllwing", type it and have NO problem. When in doubt, copy and paste.
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Silencer
August 11, 2010 at 10:15pm
...but unlike other ones I've used, on other web sites, I've not once been rejected by MaxPC's Captcha. It's not so bad. And I've been able to read every picture so far.
However, once I wrote comments on two articles at once, and then sent them one right after the other, and the second was lost because it was bounced as spam. That pissed me off.
Oh, and on the article... It's like a glimmer of light in a very dark place! LOL! Seriously, the best place to try to meet gamer-chicks, would be LAN parties! Lots of LAN parties, and maybe you'll get a 'very rare' opportunity! Heh! Of course, she may not respect you if you don't have skillz! :O)
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