A couple of interesting points here.... Yes, women over 35 DO play video games (Tracy raises her hand frantically) - all sorts actually - and there is also a stereotype that the only kind of games women like are these 'casual' games. Not the case for all women of course. But - research has shown that women play these 'casual' games more so then men. Why? As noted here, they only take about 30 minutes - and there's a plethora of literature regarding the lack of time people have (women in particular - call it the double day, triple day or whatever). Some of these casual games are sometimes played in the cracks & crevices of the day - whether at work - or at home (and sometimes during children's naps). I digress... I would suggest posting to some Women's Studies lists, women gamers lists and so forth. If you (and the same for you Casey for Shira) contact me off list with some more info/detail about the research - I can post to them. Tracy ******************************************** Tracy L. M. Kennedy PhD Candidate - Department of Sociology Graduate Fellow - Knowledge Media Design Institute Research Coordinator - NetLab - Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 725 Spadina Ave. Toronto, ON M5S 2J4 tkennedy@netwomen.ca www.netwomen.ca www.kmdi.utoronto.ca/collaborative Virtual Research Assistant - Centre for Digital Media Great Northern Way Campus 555 Great Northern Way Vancouver, BC V5T 1E2 Research Director Netwomen Consulting ******************************************** Dear All, One of my undergraduate students is studying women 35+ who play casual games such as poker and Bejeweled. She needs some more people to interview through email or in chat. Does anyone know anyone who plays these games in this demographic and if so, how the student could contact them? Or any listservs or whatever that might have such players? She has found several players on MySpace and Facebook who are willing to talk but they are too young for her study. The student has been playing herself but people are reluctant to give interviews when they have no idea who they are talking to. The games are only 30 minutes or so so it's difficult to establish rapport. I think this is an interesting area of research as apparently a lot of women in this age group play, subverting the stereotype that games are for young(ish) males. Thanks for any help. Bonnie A. Nardi