What Do Sex Chats And Online Bingo Have In Common?
from the less-embarrassing dept
For years, we've heard stories about how guys playing various online multiplayer games often pretend to be female. In many cases, it's a gaming strategy -- using the theory that male players treat female players differently, and it gives the fake female players an advantage. However, when it comes to online bingo, it seems the excuse is a bit different. For male online bingo players, it's about avoiding embarrassment. Over the last few years, there's finally been a recognition that the video game market isn't just first person shooters played by young men. Instead, people have begun to recognize that the so-called "casual gaming" market is huge -- even if it's often referred to as the "bored housewife" market. However, that connotation has men playing under female names, so as to avoid questions about why they're playing "a girly game" like bingo.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Of course my real name is Gertrude.
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Or Vice Versa
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i usely use my real name when playing games.. or my nick name.. with numbers for some one els took it >.
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Sex Chats And Online Bingo
Except I usually pretend to be a man to avoid all the rude come ons from other male players.
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Lara Croft was very successful for young men.
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Topic for Springer
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My Motives
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It depends on perspective
But if I have to stare at the character for hours and hours of gameplay, I would MUCH rather look at a skinny little hotty things body than some strapping male.
I'm just not gay enough to want to play a guy.
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uh-oh
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I do it all the time
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gaming
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World of Warcraft
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