In this blog I would like to talk about how communication is used in all different type of video games.
The first topic I would like talk about is; Why do male players play female characters?
In many online games players create a character and adventure into far off worlds. When starting out, you are given the option to choose your appearance and your gender. You would assume that, since your character is supposed to be a virtual avatar of yourself, that one would at very least choose the same gender as oneself.
That however, is not always the case. A vast number of male players from all different online games choose instead to play as female characters. I have heard many simple reasons for this, one mainly being "if I have to stare at the back of this character for the better part of the next 3 months, I would prefer to be staring at a nice looking backside". There are however, many people that get into the role playing aspects of the games, people who get into character so much that they may even start to have a relationship with someone else in game, masquerading as someone of the opposite gender. A strange world we live in. Thoughts?
~Chris
