'Games for girls' shelf nails the ridiculousness of gender stereotypes

Turns out females play all sorts of games. Who knew?
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Johnny Lieu
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What's a good game for a girl? Beats us.

It certainly escapes the comprehension of JB Hi-Fi employee Morris Umali from Sydney, Australia, who kept being probed with the question from customers.


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That's why Umali decided to put up a new shelf tailored to those specific enquiries, a perfect rebuttal to those silly gender stereotypes that should've been shelved ages ago.

"I'm tired of customers asking for 'Games that girls will like' so we made this," he wrote on his Facebook page last Tuesday. 

"All the women I know are playing the shooters and scary games. I'm the one playing Animal Crossing and crying at To The Moon."

The rather cheery looking "games for girls" section created by Umali feature such appropriate games as Dark Souls III, Grand Theft Auto V, Call of Duty Black Ops II and Far Cry Primal.

After all, girls, boys -- hell, everyone -- plays these games. Hopefully shoppers take note, hey?

[h/t Kotaku]

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