Do you think girl gamers are hot?

[KryHeart]

My sister and I were talking about how movies depict female gamers to be "super hot" just because they are girls who play video games. Yet, here in the south, it isn't that big of a deal, and I was wondering if maybe Hollywood got the wrong idea.

I'm a fan of all the classics: Legend of Zelda, Final Fantasy, Tomb Raider, Soul Calibur, Mario Bros, etc. I've added a few more to the list, more modern, like, Halo and Mortal Kombat and Call of Duty.

But I mean...do guys really get excited when a girl plays video games? Because on one hand, the guys at Gamestop always get super flustered whenever I go inside to buy something (like when I got the new Dissidia game the other week, the cashier kept stuttering, dropping things, blushing, etc.) and my brother loves it when his girlfriend plays xBox with him. But one guy told me he didn't really care, and I heard from another that it made him uncomfortable.

Is this just a personal thing or is it generally really a big deal? And I'm talking about a younger crowd, gentlemen, nothing above the mid-twenties, obviously.

Oh, and in addition. For anyone familiar with the term, I like to "cosplay" a lot. Tifa Lockhart and Lightning Farron and Sakura Haruno being my most successful - a guy I was talking to made a point to tell me how "hot" that was. Is this a truth for the majority of men or just the hardcore geeky gamers at Gamestop?

[Anonymous]

Depends.

There's "The Gamer Girl", or the one who spends her effort flaunting herself in front of the nerds to feel attractive, and there's the female gamer, which is the girl that actually knows a damn thing about video games and can actually play them. The first one is simply attention whoring, which is always unattractive. The second one isn't necessarily attractive, but as a hobby it is one that I could enjoy with her.

Being a gamer doesn't inherently make you attractive (though if you can pull off a Tifa Lockheart cosplay, you have to have a damn good figure), but it does make you more appealing to those who share your hobby.

I sometimes played video games with my ex, and I sometimes enjoyed it (she was a REALLY bad loser, which kind of ruined it). When she wasn't being a baby about it (it was whenever she lost at something, even if it wasn't my doing), it was really fun.

[sinful1620]

Girls who know how to play decent games, and have beaten at least one NES title? I wouldn't say "hot", but cool.

Girls who played Halo or COD twice and they create profiles spamming how much of a GURRRLLLL GAMERRR they are and take every single f***ing opportunity to point out that they have a vagina? They're the most annoying ****s I know of.

[KryHeart]

Ahhh, I know the type. I agree, lol.

[b_luvedbaby]

I grew up playing games. Legend of Zelda and Final Fantasy VII were my favorites. I'm still a gamer lol. I'm more into MMO's than shooter games (halo, COD) though. It's always funny when my boyfriend's friends find out that I play. It's like they can't believe that a girl plays too and they're in awe.

[jonathonsafadi]

I LOVE FINAL FANTSY 7

[Anonymous]

I think the answer is yes and no. I think they like it when a girl has similar interests, but not too much.

I remember I beat my boyfriend when we were playing PS3 & he was shocked... He did not handle it well. Could just be him though. I didn't see what the big deal was.

[dontaskwhy]

High five for mortal kombat and call of duty :D

I'm a bit of a girl gamer myself. I grew up playing Pokemon and A LOT of Grand Theft Auto games. Guys don't mind it because it would be something you'd have in common and can enjoy talking about or play together :)

[xzinax2]

a lot of girls tend to do that for attention these days,so that guys think they're ''hot'' and ''cool'',IMO that,is VERY very lame,and it really doesn't make much of a difference to guys if a girl plays video games,that whole fantasy has been ruined by girls...''faking'' it. it really won't make a difference to a guy if you are or aren't a gamer

[Sammyness]

It's a plus, because it's always nice to meet girls with similar interests, but I think it's become pretty commonplace these days. So many of my female friends play video games, it's hard to get excited about it anymore, aha.

[KryHeart]

Really? Wow. Well, I live in a sort of rich-kid-prep town where the only thing girls do is go to the mall - which is an hour away - or the beach, which is right down the street. The few girl gamers I know are just plain psycho or pretend to be gamers to get guys attention. But it's good to know there are some other girls out there who are actual dedicated gamers like myself. :)

[jonathonsafadi]

as for me personally I don't think people will agree NO SPAM anyway as for me I like a girl gamer. I don't like girls who don't know ANYTHING about games but pretends to know them just to get guys I hate them. but I like girls who can play games and know things about them. example: a girl who plays mario and gets her ass kicked not hot. a girl who plays mario and can play and not die 20 times in the first level. hot

[Anonymous]

High fives and cheers to the gamer girls. Boos and jeers to the preppy girls who are just mall and beach things

[Anonymous]

Yes