Complex sentence: Though video games have been seen as a masculine activity, in recent years there has been an increase in female players in the FPS population, so females who find video games a favorable pastime deviate from traditional gender roles and activities.
Split into simpler sentences: Though video games have been seen as a masculine activity, in recent years there has been an increase in female players in the FPS population. So females who find video games a favorable pastime deviate from traditional gender roles and activities.