Hand over the controller, girl gamers say
By Deborah Jian Lee
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gina Sutton takes aim and deftly strikes down several targets in a row as they pop up on the screen in front of her.
A self-described girl gamer, she traveled from her home in Virginia to spend her 16th birthday at the Nintendo World Store in New York, and she can’t understand why anyone would think video games are just for boys.
“It’s like saying boys play with action figures and girls play with dolls,” she said as she used a Wii Zapper in a game called Link’s Crossbow Training. “I’m the girl who plays with action figures.”
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[Source: Video Games News]