That's a great analysis video! As a woman who really enjoyed Bayonetta I feel compelled to put in a word for its defense. Along with great graphics and solid gameplay I felt like a badass playing this character. It's completely over the top in many respects, but I never felt uncomfortable with their portrayal of female strength or sexuality. Shocked, yes, but not offended.

In my opinion social pressures are more damaging to women gamers than the actual game selection currently available. When I was growing up I was criticized by many of my female friends for playing video games. Adults, both male and female, would suggest it wasn't a very feminine thing to do. I have a friend who said she felt like she had to play games in secret. This is where I see the greatest problem; trying to find everyone into a convenient gender assigned box.

I love shooters AND I love Supermarket Mania 2. I personally don't feel ignored. I understand many women don't feel this way, but now when I go into a game store I see plenty of other women. That's awesome.

One more point! If you want to encourage more women to play online shooters don't let the first words out of your mouth be, "Heheh! Are you a girl?" when a woman's voice comes across the chat. Please?

You've only made it a year? Ptth. Wuss. ;p It took me five years of tech support, a forced move and another couple years of tech support to realize there were other valid things I could be doing with my life. We're both at an age where it's in our best interest to actually settle on a career with a descent wage so be sure admin'ing is what you really want to do. Do you read books about UNIX on the weekends? Find yourself really wanting to know when a big security patch comes out? Will you actually be happy doing it or is it just the path of least resistance? I thought I was stuck on that side of computers. It was an epiphany that I could do something else with them for a living. I went back to school for 3D modeling and game development since I love sculpture, but don't actually want to be a starving artist. I had to go the community college route due to my own loan issues, but I lucked out and there's a good program in my area. I'm graduating with an AA and lots of good, focused practice soon so it's working out for me so far. I would probably rather be a stripper than go back to being afraid I'll answer my own telephone, "Thank you for calling the IT Support Center! This is X speaking."