[ACM-W] Plight of Girl Gamers in the News

[Liz Neiderman]

I debate with my male, gaming friends all the time about the gaming industry
and its bias toward young men.  Nintendo has tapped into the market and Sony
and Microsoft are going to start losing out if they don't start changing the
culture around their gaming consoles a little to open them up to the rest of
us that don't only love first person shooters.

Anyone remember that really creepy PS3 commercial with the deformed baby?
That is a perfect example of the culture they are creating around their
console.  Most people that weren't a 8-25 year old male (and some that were)
saw that commercial and were appalled, instead of just not finding it
appealing.

But, alas, there is hope:

http://www.smh.com.au/news/articles/game-girls/2008/05/07/1209839660016.html

We are making it in the news!

Liz
-- 
"Beware the lollipop of mediocrity, lick once and you suck forever."


-- 
"Beware the lollipop of mediocrity, lick once and you suck forever."
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