Today on "The Works," a newsmagazine produced by KUOW radio in Seattle, I'll join host John Moe and author / blogger / fragger Brad King for a discussion on women and gaming. "Videogames are a huge industry even though one gender is only minimally represented." If you're in Seattle, tune in at 94.9 FM between 8-9pm tonight (Tuesday 24 May). Otherwise, listen to the show's podcast — which will be available online later this evening. Link.
Reader comment: Aaron says,
Regarding "The Works" radio host who says, "Videogames are a huge industry even though one gender is only minimally represented."… Make sure you point out that older women are actually the largest demographic of online gamers, outnumbering young men. Link to data (granted, the survey's a year old.) From the article's lede: "AOL, a unit of Time Warner Inc., released a study on Tuesday showing that U.S. women over the age of 40 spend nearly 50 percent more time each week playing online games than men and are more likely to play online games daily than men or teens."
Will Humphries says,
AOL's survey was taken from active gamers (all participants played games within three months of the survey). Its only finding regarding the over-40 female demographic was that members of that demographic *who play games* play them more regularly and frequently. They did not find that women over 40 in general are playing games a lot (probably because they aren't).
