“Playstation” Symbols :: Japanese Translator .co.uk
This finally explains why all Japanese games on the PS like to use circle to mean ok and X to mean go back - while all us games do the opposite.
Here’s a quick review of the new sequel for Katamari Demacy! No due date (And no ESRB either which makes me think it’s going to be a little bit) but once I have the chance I’m totally pre-ordering.
spoonerisms » women in games… what’s the question again?
Spoon wrote about girls in gaming. I figured I’d relate my own experience on the subject since I play a lot of them.
When I moved in with my girlfriend (now fiance) I had to undertake a campaign to make sure that there wouldn’t be an issue when I needed playstation/counter strike/etc time - or as I usually call it now
“I’m going to go kill some people - I’ll be done in an hour”
I’ve tried to show her the joy of the FPS - but it’s not really her bag. I though she would like Prince of Persia - which is just amazing - but I think she found it more confusing than fun.
I was really really hoping that she would get into and enjoy GTA:San Andreas - but no luck (based on comment below I’ll be trying this again this holiday weekend)
There are a number of games that I used to rehabilitate my fiance’s view of the ps2 from intense time/space waster to cherished member of the family.
1. Tetris - Must have all girls will play this - especially because I suck at it
2. Bust-A-Move - See above
3. Katamari Demacy - she likes the puzzle fun time - I enjoy reaking havoc on villages.
The next two are not only fun, non-threating, but useful at parties if you need to make your guests look ridiculous
4. Eye Toy - I like killing ninjas - she likes washing windows
5. Kareoke - yes - girls like to sing - I’m crap - but people enjoy my rendetion of Toxic by Britney Spears.
We ended up getting into poker and I found a cheap app that you can run on the lan and play against each other as well as AI opponets
6. Something you can play together - in this case poker.
Why don’t girls game? Well - I suppose part of it is that it just isn’t as much a part of their growing up as it is for boys. That’s probably changing but I don’t know how fast.
Also, I think it’s kind of silly to beat up on an entire industry because they haven’t figured it out yet. I mean you don’t hear the NFL complaining because a majority of their fans, players, and owners are all men.
Which is pretty much my parallel for the gaming world. Except they would like to get more girls since that would mean a heck of a lot more money - (Sims is a perfect example).
Personally I think it’s going to take more girls getting more involved on the production side to improve the number of girls on the play side. So often the “girl games” produced by male programmers try to cater to the worst stereotypes of female attitudes. So my advice is if you have a daughter encourage her to become a software developer…..
I have no idea when this is going to come to US - but I have to admit I’m excited. Katamari Damacy was a terrible addiction which was only survivable because I was about to beat it in a few weeks.