Gender Inclusive Game Design Reviewed

Posted by CowboyNeal on Monday December 1, 2003 @09:04AM from the girl-gamers-get-their-due dept.

BWJones writes "iDevGames has posted a book review on Gender Inclusive Game Design that should prove an interesting read not only for game design, but also for the sociological perspective. I've long wondered why the game design community has not paid more attention to gender issues given that the gaming industry has now eclipsed the movie industry in terms of overall sales. While I am not a gamer per se, I am on the beta test teams for a couple big Mac development/porting houses. I have wondered how some of these games would appeal to different demographics and what the gender demographics were. I am sure that given the financial motives, this data is available somewhere."

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Re:Doom 3 will have this! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-01 10:04 · Score: 5, Funny

As opposed to the current state of things?

"You have encountered a level 7 Succubus. Press A to attack. Press F to post to a dozen online gaming forums looking for a code to make the succubus naked. Press M to enable the one-handed gameplay mode for 30 seconds. Press C to solicit cybersex from the succubus."