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    Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 15 Nov 2013

    He insisted only 5% of gamers are women. When I tried to share more accurate numbers, he said, "Well, they're not playing PROPER games."

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      2. Andrew Carman‏ @carmandrew 15 Nov 2013
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        @avantgame ugh that's frustrating. Even if he won't listen, I'd love to hear: What are the more accurate numbers?

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 15 Nov 2013
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        @carmandrew 40-43%

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      2. Rawr! I'm a Mernster!‏ @darqhunter 15 Nov 2013
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        @avantgame @_Danicia_ so what constitutes as a "proper" game?

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 15 Nov 2013
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        @darqhunter @_Danicia_ Call of Duty. apparently.

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      4. Rawr! I'm a Mernster!‏ @darqhunter 15 Nov 2013
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        @avantgame @_Danicia_ really? I'll play FPSs but CoD isn't one I'd play. Give me BF3, TF2, L4D. I'd like to see them play a MOBA sometime.

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      2. Morgan Burton‏ @morgan_kb 15 Nov 2013
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        @avantgame There's always been this...thing re: "real" games vs. "fake/baby" games. I don't know what the line is, but it's stupid.

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      3. Morgan Burton‏ @morgan_kb 15 Nov 2013
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        @avantgame Like the ONLY games in the world are FPS and/or on a computing console. Ugh. *facepalm*

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      2. Sulka Haro‏ @sulka 15 Nov 2013
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        @avantgame What a complete twat.

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      1. *inane gibberish*‏ @DarkTan 15 Nov 2013
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        @MachiPaige @avantgame what exactly is a "proper game?" O.o

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      2. Esoth‏ @Esoth 15 Nov 2013
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        @avantgame @thornmallow World of English Tea Time Online is the only 'proper' game

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      3. Jess Beasley‏ @thornmallow 15 Nov 2013
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        @Esoth @avantgame 1) I actually tried googling that. 2) now I really want some tea. Lapsang souchong, I think!

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      1. Aaron May‏ @yodamay 15 Nov 2013
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        @avantgame blech

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      1. Chris Demmons‏ @Chris_Demmons 15 Nov 2013
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        @avantgame Then we’ll take him to the school paper where I will use him as an example for our writers on “how *not* to do journalism.”

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      1. Chris Demmons‏ @Chris_Demmons 15 Nov 2013
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        @avantgame Send him by my college gaming club, the women who play there every week will show him vast quantities of “what for.”

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      1. A Bexmas Carol‏ @Nullzone42 15 Nov 2013
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        @avantgame Nope, interview over right there, he doesn't get to decide what's a "proper" game

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      1.  🅰🅳 🅰🅼 🆅 🅰🅽 🆂🅴🆁🆃🅸🅼 🅰‏ @adamvs1 15 Nov 2013
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        @avantgame "Journo asks if women play 'proper games"!!!! Was he really a 'proper' journalist?

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      1. KellarW‏ @KellarW 15 Nov 2013
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        @avantgame I think dollars of market share would redefine his "PROPER" term.

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      1. Chris Hum‏ @christinahum44 15 Nov 2013
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        @avantgame proper games? Where did he pull that research from?

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      1. tom‏ @tom_hunt 15 Nov 2013
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        @avantgame "as a game designer, I am interested in what a proper game is. Please tell me more about this theory of game design of yours."

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