Robert Ewing said:
It's just one last desperate ploy in order to acquire male attention.
More specifically the attention of teenage boys that THINK they fall under the category of 'nerd', but all they've done is play CoD and some Final Fantasy XIII once. They are football playing, self grooming, nice smelling jocks that play video games sometimes. It's sickening -.-
Sad to say... It's successful... Men eat the gamer girl shit up.
You do realize that your post contains an implicit definition of a real gamer or real nerd as someone who doesn't smell nice and doesn't play sports and is, essentially, a loser.
That's just as absurd as "gamers are violent" or "gamers are all awkward" or any of these other nonsense stereotypes. Gamers have no defining trait except liking video games. Period. I smell some very sour grapes.
On topic...I think most "gamer girls" are asserting identity in an environment which is unfair for them. They have guys either fawning on them (which most women do NOT really want) or else being jerks. They want to game and hang out, and instead get a bunch of extra crap on top of the normal grief.
The problem is we men. You want to know how most women in a "geek" hobby want to be treated? They want you to stop being a douche, have some dignity, and show them the same respect you would anywhere else. All my female friends, exes, and gf in "guy geek" hobbies or academia have complained about the guys acting strangely. Several bitched about VG's. The MtG or RPG or Warhammer players -hated- whem guys acted differently just because someone with XX's showed up. Being on the web gives people anonymity and removes some of the social pressure which mitigates it in a face to face environment. It's the same behavior, just made worse because it's the web and lacks the norms of face-to-face interaction.
And, bro? If she wouldn't be into you outside of gamer culture, she won't be into you in it.
As for the rare exception, whatever. If she wants that environment, that's her business.