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A question for lady gamers
13 years ago
You don't have to be a lady to answer, but let me know so I can file your response appropriately. XD
My brother is starting his own gamer apparel line which will focus more on clever/artistic designs rather than one-liners and silly joke designs. He'd like to have a series of designs marketed to female gamers. Stuff that would really appeal to a wide range of women and not just "tee hee cutesy" type shirts. (not that there is anything wrong with that, that market just happens to be pretty full and we're trying to think a bit outside the box) They would be printed on women's style shirts (it'll be something a little different than fitted American Apparel tees you see everywhere). He's got designers of both genders working on the art.
If you're a gamer who also happens to be female, and you like wearing game-related apparel, is there anything particular that you would like to see in the shirt market or that you feel is underrepresented? It doesn't necessarily have to scream "this design is for women" or anything, we're just trying to figure out what would appeal to the different types of female gamers.
We honestly can't even decide if this is a good idea or not. There are so many different types of gamers who also happen to be female and marketing to one type would likely piss off another type. ¦D We're not trying to alienate anyone, just honestly we want to know what would appeal more to women, what type of designs they would prefer to wear.
I keep telling him that because there are different types of female gamers, there will be some that are totally fine with designs involving male video game characters and guns and junk. But at the same time I don't know if that subset would prefer unisex shirts over a specific women's style shirt. He's also thinking of using other women-specific clothing like shorts or possibly PJs (I think gamer PJs would be adorbs XD give ladies something comfy to wear while they play Mass Effect at 4am)
Anyway, it doesn't have to be just video games, we're also doing tabletop game related stuff (there's already a MTG shirt in the works, I've seen the sketch and it's awesome). So any type of game related stuff you think might be underrepresented or whathaveyou.
Thank you for helping out!
My brother is starting his own gamer apparel line which will focus more on clever/artistic designs rather than one-liners and silly joke designs. He'd like to have a series of designs marketed to female gamers. Stuff that would really appeal to a wide range of women and not just "tee hee cutesy" type shirts. (not that there is anything wrong with that, that market just happens to be pretty full and we're trying to think a bit outside the box) They would be printed on women's style shirts (it'll be something a little different than fitted American Apparel tees you see everywhere). He's got designers of both genders working on the art.
If you're a gamer who also happens to be female, and you like wearing game-related apparel, is there anything particular that you would like to see in the shirt market or that you feel is underrepresented? It doesn't necessarily have to scream "this design is for women" or anything, we're just trying to figure out what would appeal to the different types of female gamers.
We honestly can't even decide if this is a good idea or not. There are so many different types of gamers who also happen to be female and marketing to one type would likely piss off another type. ¦D We're not trying to alienate anyone, just honestly we want to know what would appeal more to women, what type of designs they would prefer to wear.
I keep telling him that because there are different types of female gamers, there will be some that are totally fine with designs involving male video game characters and guns and junk. But at the same time I don't know if that subset would prefer unisex shirts over a specific women's style shirt. He's also thinking of using other women-specific clothing like shorts or possibly PJs (I think gamer PJs would be adorbs XD give ladies something comfy to wear while they play Mass Effect at 4am)
Anyway, it doesn't have to be just video games, we're also doing tabletop game related stuff (there's already a MTG shirt in the works, I've seen the sketch and it's awesome). So any type of game related stuff you think might be underrepresented or whathaveyou.
Thank you for helping out!
I'd like to see the kind of thing that Last Exit to Nowhere has, but with games. Their designs are subtle, but people who love the film will get the reference. A lot of game shirts are too in your face - the design is cool but it's essentially just the franchise logo.
Those are some fantastic shirts. XD
As for actual designs I'm not really sure, I pretty much just play WoW and know about other games based on what my boyfriend and his friends play.
Thank you for the feedback! :3