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Month: April 2010

Girl vs. Geek – Part I

I’m on a quest to prove that girls can be geeky, and geeks can be girly. (Just if you’re wondering, it’s a side quest only, but I find it worthwhile.) For myself, I’m not sure what the final score will be.

My personal counts so far:

I own more computer games than pairs of shoes, even if I counted each pair as two pieces! My mother probably doesn’t approve of either obsession. 😀

I’ve been a subscriber of the German game mag GameStar for years, yet have never subscribed to a girl mag, even if I read some from time to time. One of my favorite findings in them is that no matter how rich you are, you can’t buy style.

For me, “Prada” has as nice a ring to it as “BioWare”.

I would never never never buy, or even play for free, a mere dress-up “game”, but I love face customization in games (such as Dragon Age or Fallout 3) and I absolutely hate it when games don’t show changing clothing/armor and equipment on your avatar.

TBC and always looking for comments and additions!

Posted on 10. April 2010Categories Geek Stuff, Gender Studies, On my own accountTags shoes3 Comments on Girl vs. Geek – Part I
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