Female MMORPG Developers On Influences

Posted by simoniker on Thursday October 23, 2003 @06:43PM from the are-there-any-girls-there? dept.

Thanks to Warcry for their discussion with a number of female MMOG developers, asking whether "the reason so many MMOGs follow the same paths... is that they were designed, built, and maintained by men." Of the respondents, Judith at Turbine Entertainment points out that "an audience that skews towards immature males will very likely have exaggeratedly female avatars for them to play with", and Srand at Turbine doesn't see any particular male-patterned design trap, suggesting: "the reason so many MMOGs follow the same paths... is that they were designed, built, and maintained by people. And people, as the mantra goes, are stupid."

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Exaggerated? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-23 19:14 · Score: 0, Troll

What about the exaggerated male avatars? Are they there because immature females were driving their design?

Step back and figure out exactly what you're trying to say by these kinds of studies. Are you just upset that you can't get a job developing games, or are you actually concerned about a gender disparity in gaming?

And if there is a disparity, will whining and producing statistics do anything contructive about it?

I believe the answer is no.