According to The Journal of Communications females rule in role playing games. From Scientific American:
Scientists conducted a survey of some 7,000 players who were logged on to a game called EverQuest II. And they discovered some interesting things. First off, the average age of the gamers surveyed was 31. And that playing time tended to increase with age. Which is also where the sex differences come in. The female gamers actually logged more time online: an average of 29 hours a week, versus 25 for the males, with the top players putting in 57 hours a week on the girl’s side, and 51 for the guys. What’s more, it looks like women are more likely to lie about how much they really play. The researchers found that the gals tended to lowball how long they spend glued to the screen.
You are looking at what is probably the most expensive Wii ever. There are three in the world, one is owned by Queen Elizabeth II.
It’s the Nintendo Wii Supreme. It took six months to make, and is built from over 5.5 pounds of 22-carat gold. Its front buttons are inlaid with 78 0.25-carat flawless, conflict-free diamonds, making almost 20 carats in total. It’s the work of Liverpool, England craftsman Stuart Hughes, and it costs — are you sitting down? — 299,995.00 pounds, or just about $484,000.
I just want a black one.
2010 may be the year of the best Wii games ever. Click on the pictures to see what the author is saying.
Microsoft is challenging the PC download platform Steam with a PC game download site of it’s own through Windows Live.
Speaking of Steam, they’ve started their holiday game sale early.
And there are some great deals in the casual game section
Putting games in front of users has resulted in a billion dollar industry of consumers buying ‘virtual goods’ for their games. The explosion took off on Facebook, where gamers don’t have to go to dedicated game sites, the games come to them. PC World
Most of us are on limited budgets, right? So instead of grand best of end of year lists, here is my favorites list from 2009. Jan get’s to pick her favorites, and so do you.
PC Games
Favorite 2009: Pop Cap Zuma Deluxe. I don’t have just one reason.
Runner up:
This surprises me, not my preferred genre.
I really like this time management game.
I ‘really like’ means that I play often and play through more than once. This game cheers me up and I’d get the sequel in a squeek.
Airport Mania.
Wii
Favorite 2009: Wii Sports Resort.
Runner Up: Wii Sports Resort
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I think Ravin Rabbit’s: Go Home would be my favorite, since the first three in the series get me babbling in joy and collapsing in laughter, but I don’t have it yet. It can wait until I get my own Wii. A black one.
If I can get Jan out of surfing around the web for game sales, I’ll ask her to weigh in on her favorites.
And if Mike pokes his head in, I’d like to know what his favs for 2009 were.
