The mailbox of MMO Couples has been empty for months. A bit sad for me, but on the other hand, love stories cannot be forced. They come when they are ready to come. The consequence is a serious lack of activity on MMO Couples, though. But do not despair: I am working on a MMO Couples project. Patience, patience.
A few days ago, totally unexpected, I did find a new message in the mailbox. Not the shortest one, I might add, and filled with quite an amount of questions. Apparently, CCP Games – EVE Online – is wondering how they can attract a higher percentage of female players to the game. CCP Games threw this burning question into the community, hoping for ideas. And that’s how Arrhidaeus came to me.
Not ever having played EVE Online, I felt I was not quite the right person to come to for suggestions. Still, I could not leave Arrhidaeus drifting helplessly and alone in this unknown, hostile territory, and decided to give it a shot. My contemplations can be read further down his article. It is quite a read, but worth your time if you are interested in the topic ‘games and gender’.
There is a good article about women and games by Hannah Crosby, called ‘Putting Women in Games’, in Filament Magazine issue nr. four, which is an erotic magazine for women who do not only like male nudity, but fancy a smart read as well. And I can warmly recommend a blog of a dear friend of mine, Bezerk Raccoon, for related gamer girl topics – and gamer girl pictures…
I like Arrhidaeus’ solution 
I can foresee a growing demand for female co-pilots in World of Warcraft too… Sokaris would certainly have enjoyed some company in his rolfcopter
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at 7:26 pm
Thank you very much for your help again! I’m pretty pleased with how the article turned out, though it became so long that I maybe edited too much in the end, and it maybe came off a little frantic. I maybe wasn’t clear with some of my statements too, and hope I didn’t come off as a misogynistic ass, because most things were meant to be satire.
Anyways, I loved, “I could not leave Arrhidaeus drifting helplessly and alone in this unknown, hostile territory.” Indeed, my understanding of female gaming psychology was significantly more intimidating than being alone in the depths of EVE.
By: Arrhidaeus on April 27, 2010
at 2:01 pm
EVE online is one of the best MMO’s out there to be honest and yes i am one of the few female games i have ran into on that game, but there is a whole corp (their form of guild) on the game so there are some. just thought id add my input. i like your blog btw
By: Nyx on February 8, 2011
at 6:25 am