I regret the fact that a lot of women (my wife and daughters among them)cannot get interested in computer gaming at all. I almost get the feeling that my wife (who doesn't watch TV much) would rather I watched TV, something that I just can't be bothered with anymore. TV is just so damned UNinteractive.
Maybe NerfBlastArena (?) will be the more "nuturing" type of game that will appeal to women. In spite of what we say about violence and gore in these games (in general) being a trivial issue, I think that this is what may be the turnoff for a lot of women. Heh, heh, I just asked my wife about this and she said, ya it's partly that but also the time commitment to get any good, she said, is what would deter her from playing.
Maybe you programmers could change INF classic from "capturing the CD" to "getting the milk", and we could run around picking up stuff to take back to our "wife" instead of the "notebook".{:> /infopop/emoticons\icon_wink.gif