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Games for Girls

Games for Girls:

Gaming has traditionally been male-dominated but the 2000s has shown a major increase in video games that are female-directed and played by girls. One of them is one of the most popular games of all time: The Sims! Recently, there was a game for the Game Boy DS called "Super Princess Peach" which was heavily oriented towards women, but was challenging enough for anyone.

Sites like www.gamegirladvance.com and www.womensgameconference.com have great ideas for games for women. Generally, girls enjoy the more fun and family-friendly games as opposed to the blow-em-up and have girls with massive chests going across the playfield games. There's nothing wrong with locating a copy of the original Super Mario Bros. Trilogy or even an old copy of Dig Dug. Sonic the Hedgehog is another one that most girls will love and you can pick it up anywhere for any platform for a low rate.

One game that a lot of girls play is Dance Dance Revolution or In The Groove, which is available for most platforms. On any given day, you'll see at least 4 out of 10 people playing this game are girls. This game is absolutely addictive for both genders, because anyone as young as six years old could get up there, play on the lower difficulty levels, and perfect their moves and start looking cool in the process. Dance Dance Revolution has been recently put in many schools as an effective form of exercise for kids also, because the entire concept of the game is simply to move your feet as opposed to any sort of blowing up or shooting of people. The game itself is a workout, and anyone looking to lose weight can also benefit from this game.

In conclusion, girls are a whole new market for video gamers and in the next decade, you can see more female-oriented games.