As a gamer I need to speak out against the hate group known as Gamergate

[bekkilyn]

19. Women gamers everywhere

There are also a number of women who have been dedicated gamers for twice as long as many GGers have been in diapers.

There have also been many women who have hidden behind male-sounding usernames so that everyone would just assume they were male and are only recently "coming out" as females.

This article in PC Gamer about women outnumbering male gamers on the PC has been making its rounds lately as well:

http://www.pcgamer.com/researchers-find-that-female-pc-gamers-outnumber-males/

Personally, I think more variety is fantastic. My primary love is RPGs like Elder Scrolls series, Fallout, PS:T, and Baldur's Gate, but I'm often in the mood for a lot of different types of games like simulation, fps (particularly if a good story like Bioshock), MMOs like Everquest 2, adventure, and yes, even a few rounds of casual like Bejeweled.

Social media sites and phone apps have simply opened up even more ways for people to play games and it's great! (I just wish they would watch where they were going when crossing the street and turn off their phones entirely when driving, but that's a whole different issue.)