Women gamers aged over 35 outnumber men

Question 1

            a) True. In Turkey, Brazil, Netherlands, US, UK, and France, there are more women over 35 gaming than men, and the report states that 73 per cent of Turkish women aged 35-44 play online games.

            b) True. Cooking games, dress-up games and pet caring games are particularly popular amongst girls, while boys prefer racing games, sports games and action games, which are more focused on competition and showing off their high scores than on creativity.

            c) False. The total number of people around the globe who play games is expected to surpass 1.2 billion by the end of 2013, according to comScore, representing 44 per cent of the world’s online population.

            d) False. "Modern gamers play everywhere and at all times. They might start on their smartphones while commuting to work or school, continue on their desktop or laptop during the day, and go on playing on their tablets at home in the evening,"

Question 2

            a) Adult women play games to escape from their everyday routine and to make their  minds work. They like games which involve pairing images or solving puzzles.

            b) When girls play games, they want to experiment how their  personal and working life  in the future will be, while boys are more interested in boasting how good they are in sports, competitions and action games

Question 3

a)       stimulation

b)       to show off / showing off

c)       appeal

            d)   surpass

            e)   to commute / commuting

Question 4

a)       Despite online gaming being extremely popular with men aged 15-24, women aged 35 outnumber their male counterparts.

b)       People expect that the total number of people around the globe who play games will surpass 1.2 billion.

c)       They said that it was inevitable that more devices would be developed to support this growing area.