The online RPG has always been a genre that both appealed to girl gamers and held them at arm’s length. On one side, the sense of community and the ability to hold real conversations with other players, as well as the real-life dynamics of an economy and social structure, appealed greatly to our instincts. But the teenage griefers [those who cause trouble for other players], arcane RPG rules and overwhelming geekiness of it all made the online RPG a tough sell or women.