Gamer Girls

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The release of Grand Theft Auto IV has brought a lot of attention to the gaming industry and the women who dominate it. Around the world, the number of women gamers online is starting to overtake the number of men. A report by Gamesdog outlines the statistics.

Morgan Webb is a geek who built a sustainable career in gaming. She launched Webb Alert in August 2007 and interacts with her fans and audience on MySpace.

Becky "Aktrez" Young is a pro gamer who has built a big brand around her activity on social networks. She does live broadcasts with her friends on Justin.tv. She is a recurring guest on G4's The Loop and creator of the Girls Entertainment Network.

One up and coming gamer girl to keep an eye on is Katharine Fletcher. She's a video blogger from London who can be found on the Channel Flip Network. Fletcher's the host of Play:Digital.

Photograph credits:
Marmot Chaser
Ian Muttoo

*You see Link in the video, not Zelda.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• gamer
• girls

[nandee1fuery]

Any "gamer" would know that girl wasn't dressed as ZELDA she was dressed as LINK! How could you guys not catch that?! And yes. I'm a girl -_-

[CAP4ml]

that was link she dressed as link not zelda, zelda is the name of he princes that link (the elf looking hero in the green tunic) saves from e evil ganon, a lot of people get that rong

[90apies]

fuck

[2lethalinjections]

Y u sound so boring D:

[SlurpeeQueen21]

im one of that 38 % of gamer girls xD"

[nandee1fuery]

@hellclan10011 I'm a nintendo girl. Sorry. =)

[hellclan10011]

@nandee1fuery can i add you on xbox

[gummibearslayer]

I actually wrote a research paper on Gamer Girls as a subculture for a Sociology class and presented it at Research Day. I actually had the highest turn out.

[WTF2332]

@nandee1fuery Not even a GAMER. Just anybody with a freaking mind! I have friends that barely know the franchise and can say that off the top of their head!

[assassin6851]

@progamergal you could be a game tester

[assassin6851]

that was link not zelda. zelda is a girl. link is a boy. get it right

[Girlyshoots]

I play counterstrike! :)