GOW was 2006!? wow my memory is worst thna I thought. I thought it was 2007 too.

Assassins Creed is like Splinter Cell on speed. Definately worth a mention, especialy with the lovely Elle from Heroes in it......*drifts off*

Rangers supporter? boo ;) (jk) No...I'm not a Celtic woman.Liverpool..so um I should actually be booed.they're pootastic. :(

Have you guys played F.E.A.R Files. On 360 or PC? It was amazing!

Can't wait for the next vlog.

Great job this week.

Ok so here's my attempt at a cool sims character.

A lesbian in a white tank top and cargo pants with a skinny black tie.

accessories: 27 cats, an acoustic guitar and a copy of melissa etheridge's greatest hits.

Looking forward to the wii week I've just finnished Tombraider anniversary which I really enjoyed.

 I wouldn't say the dogs were an interference just cute sound effects lol.

Aimi :O)

I'll still like you either way - but I just hope you enjoy it. If not, hey, different strokes for different folks.

No, really, that wasn't a metaphore. Honest.

Great vlog to follow up the first.

I'm updating the PS2 I have. Which console would you reccomend out of the latest turnout? I've heard many different reviews when it comes to the frontrunners.

There's nothing wrong with Britney Spears! Well, apart from the obvious.

You guys have no idea how happy I was when the first vlog was posted! And this one's even better...It's refreshing to hear about games from a strictly female perspective after 15ish years of hearing mostly men talk about it.

PC gaming is too expensive for me, so I generally avoid it. Though I'm definitely getting Starcraft 2 when it comes out! I have a major soft spot for RTS games.

Oh, and your collection of games in the background makes me jealous :(

I just bought my 360 about a month ago and have had my Wii for a year. Love it all > Gears is the is. I am just playing F.E.A.R. I hate to admit but it scares me too much. This is such a great thing to see on here. Girls do game. I belonged to a forum where basically all the boys said girl gamers suck. Meh, I am no hardcore gamer, but I love to play. They were talking about respect for the game...blah blah. I stated and stand by my statement I only have respect for human beings and animals.

girlgamers.co.uk

check it out if you like talking about games.  

Woohoo!!!

I blushed. I won't lie.

Wii Week next week?! I can't wait!

World of Warcraft Virginity taker?? RIGHT HERE! Go to the Bronzebeard server ... we have a lot of Aussies and Kiwi's in my guild. We'll treat you right! 

And let me say, that because of you, I received a PSP for Christmas ... after talking incessantly about your first vlog to my partner, I went to Best Buy (Electronics store) and started playing the PSP Demo (which was the ATV vs. Motocross game, btw). So now I have my very own PSP, the Simpson's game, and Atari Arcade. Awesome.

Dance Dance Revolution - SO WEIRD. My cousin is really good at it, I just watch him in horror.

You grrrls are just so cool.

My Sims Character (even though I'm an ineligible US gamer): female, with cut off canvas trousers, calf high leather boots, Red bucchaneer coat, with a black bandana.

Accessories: Pirate Cutlass sword, revolver (tucked in belt), PS2 wireless gaming controller, Wii Nunchucks, monkey on shoulder.

House: Pirate ship.

Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates. [Mark Twain]

Aye the female vamp you get to sleep with is Jeanette but there is also some flirtation with another female vamp, Vivi. Plus your ghoul Heather is totally devoted to you but it probably doesn't count since its practically thralldom (is that a word?)

Great episode! I'm a newcomer to consoles (got my Xbox 360 in November) and its good to know which titles to get and which to pass.

OMG!

Tracy, your shelf looks just like mine with all that White Wolf goodness <3 As a fan of Vampire (and Changeling and Mage and Werewolf...), I give you hugs!

*bonecrushinghugs*

Ahem, and thanks for the Bloodlines reference. Yes, it's Jeanette you can hook up with and it can be a hell more interesting if you're playing with a Malkavian female character ;D

Thanks for the tip about BSG RPG, I'll hunt for the corebook. Even if I'll not find anyone here to play with (that sounded geek and looser-ish sad >_>) they always have cool infos and stuff in those things. Like Star Wars RPG pen & paper RPG game.

I'll wait till Assassin's Creed is released for PC, so I guess it'll turn up into my Must Have 2008 Game List. ^^

Just a curiosity... The blond girl on Dancing Stage Universe looks a hell lot like one of the characters on DDR for PS1. How do I know that? Well... I'm a pervy gamers maybe /o\ She was the hottest 3D chick on DDR 4 and 5 (or was it 3 and 5? anyways... she was there, I know it!). It's such a shame to see her going downhill in a crappy dance game.

Last but not least... thanks for the vlog girls ^^ This is one of my favorite vlogs here.

Great vlog again! Very entertaining, though I was surprised to hear you guys don't do much PC gaming. PC gaming is pretty significant to me for any FPS games. Everything else I play on console including, UNCHARTED!! I loved Uncharted and was so happy to hear you review it! I loved the graphics and I thought it was reminiscent of Indiana Jones.

I wanted to ask, do you guys play much of the Horror/Survival genre? I know you mentioned Bioshock on 360, which is great, but I was thinking more along the lines of Silent Hill and the Resident Evil series. The latest Resident Evil I played was RE: 4 (Gamecube), and Silent Hill Origins for PSP was also really impressive in terms of the feel and graphics of the game. Just wondering if you were interested in those games...

And w00t! Assassin's Creed! Played that over the holidays and was blown away! It was sooo good, though I think it ended too abruptly.

..actually made me go out and get an Xbox Live supscription about a year after actually getting a 360. I'm sucking so bad at it,and everyone online in the game is convinced I'm a guy..but apart from that, most fun I've had in a while :D Been spending so much time on the console now I've got XBL, before I'd just pick it up eveery once in a while and play until I got stuck on a bit, then not pick it up for another few weeks.

Drakes Fortune looks amazing, 'm hoping it gets released on the 360 sometime. Either that or I'mma be spending a lot more time with the friends who have a PS3, cos I can't quite justify buying one just for it. Yet.

Great Vlog btw, nice to see women talking about games instead of guys for once. Lookin forward to the next week's episode :) 

*goes to add Tracy on XBL* 

fantastic vlog ladies. just out of curiosity.. will get ever see Tracy's mom gueststar? cause im trying to imagine what it would look like with her playing video games and its making me giggle with glee lol

also.. as far as PC games go.. i still adore Need for speed underground.. fantastically fun game if you are into racing

I don't have a lot of PC games I play anymore, due to the fact that I am still using my grandmother's rejected piece-o-crap comp. Mostly it's the following:

Backyard Baseball/Football/Soccer (Humongous Entertainment)
Neverwinter Nights Diamond Edition (Bioware)
The Movies (Lionhead)
SimAnt/SimFarm (Maxis)
The Sims 1 & 2 (Maxis)
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Bioware)
The Typing of the Dead (Sega)

It's gonna kill me when Spore comes out (shut up) and I'm totally unable to play it.

Still think y'all should grab a copy of Misadventures of Tron Bonne. Okay, she wears a lot of pink. Still, Tron is one of not-so-many female main characters in video games, and she has a subtexty relationship with a rookie cop named Denise Marmalade that I recognized even when I was first playing the game as an iddle biddle kid.

Things that depress/infuriate me as a grrl gamer:

20. Capturing Carmen Sandiego. She is too cool to be stuck behind bars!
19. Pink Xbox 360 and matching controller
18. Only woman in "Gears of War" is talking through a robot or some crap.
17. Seth Green isn't a (gay) woman... has nothing to do with gaming except that Seth Green is a voice actor for Mass Effect.
16. Super Princess Peach sucked. I mean, GAWD!
15. I can only play Dead Rising as a really gross hairy guy.
14. No Nintendcats
13. No Misadventures of Tron Bonne 2
12. My brother owns the 360 but not Assasin's Creed... and I can only play Mass Effect on his terms.
11. Heavenly Sword is PS3 only
10. What happened to Sadness?!
9. Bloodrayne (Both the movie and the game!)
8. Bloodrayne 2 (Both the movie and the game!)
7. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds
6. Dark Angel video game
5. "Girls of Gaming" magazine has nothing to do with girl gamers/female programmers/any real life women whatsoever.
4. Ubisoft "Imagine" game series-LG readers already know why.
3. DOA games, esp. Beach Volleyball... according to my brother, it has an option where you can set "jiggle speed"
2. Psuedolesbian TV spots that (A) look like bad porn and (B) have nothing to do with the game being sold
1. Even in video games, no gay marriages, just "civil unions".

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Thanks for the shout out to the us PC girls. I use to be a console person but I really only like 2-d rpg's and side scrollers. I mean lets be real here.... old school Playstation and the 2-d, it was beautiful. Remember Valkrie Profile? It was such a beautiful game!

Anyway IF you ever decide to play WoW, and if you play on a US server and that server just so happens to be pvp... because real wow-ers pvp. That is play - Player verses Player. You should pick Burning Blade serve ^.~ I'll hook you up. lol

I have to say that this was very entertaining and informative. I am quite the luddite when it comes to gaming.  I still have my Sega, but I also have PS2 (Ooooh!!!, Sassy!  Not.)   ; )

So much to learn! As for game genres, will you address driving/racing games? As much as I love FPS games, I really love the racing games (think WRC & Le Mans).  Thanks for taking the time to do these vlogs.

Whoopee, yay for the shout-out-ness. Lucky for you this is a cyclical thing as you mentioning me will totally get me to agree with everything you say- which I will also do now, because you are in fact right about everything. I nparticular this week Fifa 08! love love love it! Forced my mate who has no interest in sports games whatsoever to by it for just so I could play it- and woot! for the Glasgow Rangers, also my team of choice. My sis lives in Kilmarnock, and her guest bedroom is my planned launching pad for my new Glaswegian lifestyle-hopefully with lovely Glasgow girl included:)

Now as for World of warcraft- it is literally the only game in my gaming world, mainly because I can't afford a system+TV, and also because IT ROCKS!! I will most definitely be your afterellen member lesbian gamer guide into the fabulous world of Azeroth(and the Outlands etc. etc.) If you want to get started, there are some great glbt friendly guilds on the proudmoore server- search for the stonewall champions for more info.

Also, a hint for keeping WoW from swallowing your soul- play it on a real crap Dell laptop that will only alllow you to play for fifteen minutes at a time before you lag so much you can barely move- it works like a charm.

Gosh Im a loser- ah well.

Your vlog rocked and made me feel less alone in my geeky lesbianism.

Small/simple games I like:

Geometry Wars. That game is ridiculously addictive... and it makes my friends laugh when I get frustrated because the blue diamonds won't die dammit!

Typing of The Dead... simply because of the hillarity factor. Plus, I conned my teachers into letting me play it at school because it's 'educational'.

Defcon. Because you get 2 points for every million people you kill.

"Aperture Science.
We do what we must
Because we can.
For the good of all of us.
Except the ones who are dead" - Portal

Growing up as a GGWG, I didn't really find any others like me. I was always left to talk shop with my boy pals. I'm really glad I found you guys, as I can see that I am, in fact, far from alone. Three cheers for Gay Girls Who Game!

Great Vlog. I love gaming though I've been a bit lax lately. I had to put my xbox console into storage because I knew that if I had easy access I would never finish my thesis. 

Question for gamers, I was just wondering whether you thought Jade Empire or Fable is the better RPG? I prefer Fable but that's probably because I prefer the look of Fable and the addictive storyline. I don't like the fact that you can only be a guy and there doesn't seem to be as many options at each stage as in Jade Empire. But still, If I had an xbox 360 (which I don't cause I'm broke) I'd be looking forward to the release of Fable 2 more than Jade Empire 2. 

 Peace out xxx 

Very nice vlog :) ...

It's nice to hear about gaming and games from people I can identify with :p

On your recomendation I'm going to check out Vampire Masquerade. Having read very little about it before I was under the impression it maybe wasn't as good as I would hope, but given your enthusiasm for it...I'm going to have to check it out :D

Also, just a quick suggestion...leave WoW on the shelf and get yourself a copy of Guild Wars (I'd go for the Nightfall version at least first). No ridiculous monthly fee, great gaming and graphics, everything you'd expect from an MMO but without the ennnndless leveling of WoW (that you'll spend half your life grinding away at). WoW is far too time consuming, and playing in a guild can be stressful - raiding being the main culprit, the pressure to have 'leet' gear the second - whereas GW is very relaxed and I only ever have fun with my guild, whether it be in PvE or PvP. It's more of a skill game than a gear and grind game (though I have no doubt a few WoW gamers will disagree :p).

I've played both, and enjoy my time on GW much more then I did on WoW. I say did...cos those fees just don't really allow you to be a casual gamer in WoW if you're not that well off...lol

Anyways, great vlog, thanks for giving me even more to keep me hooked on this site :p

I love games but have not been able to really play in a while.  Most always PC games like Deltaforce and other shoot 'em up ones.

Only game now playing is web-based RUNESCAPE.  Anyone?

Call of duty would be my speed, might try world of warcraft if I can only find the time!

Birth Of The Federation! Best game ever!

 
( Joking..... Kinda... I was addict at some point in my life.... It was tragic)

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I own fifa 06 and played fifa 07, both for the nds and both of which I really enjoyed but I just can't get to grips with fifa 08. I find the controls a lot more difficult this time round and I don't think the graphics are as good as the 07 version either. The addition of the Eircom league is a plus though as is the ability to release and transfer players but other than that I don't really rate it.

Can anyone tell me if the PS2 or Wii version are any good?

By the way, I really love the vlog, especially the Mario dolls in the background.

oooh i'd like to play uncharted - i havn't played a good adventure game for ages since Dreamfall. Do you know if its just exclusive for ps3?

Hey zonker I know runescape, it reminded me a bit of ultima online (one of the very early MMORPGS!). Though i got distracted before i really got into it.. Guild wars came out! to whomever mentioned guild wars earlier - it is a pretty damn good game - the no fee to play is great!– me personally I found it a bit easy, and population on the servers was a bit lacklustre, but all in all with friends its lots of fun. I can’t wait for Age of conan – Its gonna be a great MMORPG (i *think* it might be coming out on xbox 360 as well as pc?) – fun fun fun!

Aeris! Starcraft 2 is going to be sick! i am a huge fan of strategy.. the original starcraft was the bomb! i might have had a slight crush on Kerrigan... :P

Caption reads : Agreeing with Tracy will always get you mentioned. LOL.

And, give me a shout out in your vlog will always get you a comment from me, not that I have anything interesting to say tonight. ;-)

I have yet played the games you mentioned this time, except I played the Sim2 a lot couple years ago. I don’t know if there are many differences.

Excitedly waiting for next week’s Wii vlog. Keep up the good work, gals, you two are funny !!

I feel as though I'm excluded from this for being Bi-Sexual :-(

I've always been a gamer-girl. I just got offered a job at a video-game shop! LOL. Of course i've taken it :-P

Hmm

35 years old? Check! (At least until this Saturday!)

Gamer? Check! (Been gaming since the mid 80s!)

My mother plays, which just goes to show you can never be too old for gaming! I got her hooked on World of Warcraft, which I still have an active account for but don't play - been playing Pirates of the Burning Sea this last month - open beta and now prelaunch... You can even play a lesbian pirate! How cool is that?!

We're also about to welcome a Wii into our house - a Christmas gift to my other half, which I couldn't get in time for Christmas... Soo... if I were a MySims character, I'd be an arty/geeky type (I'm a writer and a gamer), pudgy (if that's possible), and wearing glasses... I should win because... well because it's my birthday on the 12th! :P (j/k)

Oh... yeah, and I just wanted to say about Bioware. Bioware has an all right track record. I remember on the Neverwinter Nights forums kind of talking with David Gaider about same sex relationships in NWN (and in the Baldur's Gate series before it) ... He basically didn't recommend fixing the games to allow same sex romances (which essentially involves making the romance dialogues not dependant on your character's sex), because that wouldn't be handling things right... His point was basically that a same sex relationship would be different (subtly, I think, but enough), and wouldn't develop the same way as the "standard" relationships. Which I think is a fair point. Then along comes Knights of the Old Republic and the character Juhani... And since then, a variety (three total to date, I think?) of Bioware titles have included same sex relationships - KotOR 1, Jade Empire, and Mass Effect.... Obsidian (responsible for KotOR2 and NWN2) have not been able to live up to it, though. I hope we see more RP titles that have more inclusive romances. (Though it would be nice to see a true lesbian character, not just bisexuals - Juhani's romance was only half finished, Silk Fox was bisexual, and aparently the romance from Mass Effect (which I'm hoping will come out for PC some time in the future) is from a monosexual race... Oh yeah, and having more male/male romances for our gay brothers wouldn't hurt either!!)

  Lastly, your White Wolf collection is pretty darned good! Definitely eclipeses mine, but then again I am more of a Dungeons and Dragons fan and have the collection to prove it. ;)

Zandilar

audaces fortuna iuvat

*adds Gamertag*

 hee hee

 Call of Duty 4 is my new best friend. Sadly, I've abandoned most of my other games in favor of it. The multiplayer's only downfall is that you cannot do a co-op campaign over XBL, and that is why no matter what, Halo 3 will forever be my love.

I love a PC game myself though...it is expensive. I cried when I bought Age of Empires 3 the day it came out lol

Great vlog though, I enjoy it immensely.

"A Shot of Love with Silk Fox". Oh c'mon, that's funny (okay, maybe only if you're a total geek).

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You may want to consider trying the Serenity Role Playing Game. Based on the short-lived television show Firefly, The rule systems are the same (both games use the Cortex system and are published by Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd)

I love the vlog, and appreciate the rounded coverage. Don't fret about trying to cover everything, I mean, some people might get offended because you aren't covering board games either! How else will we know if Scrabble is lesbian friendly?

My last question, since this site is big on supporting entertainment products created by lesbians, do you know if any games are being produced by lesbians? I must admit I am curious.

Thanks for covering all those games!