The Escapist on Women In Games

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday November 1, 2005 @10:24AM from the not-background-characters dept.

The ever interesting Escapist has an entire issue concentrating on women in gaming this week. Particularly informative is a Chris Crawford penned piece on the subject. From the article: "I have long since given up participating in discussions on women in gaming. The games industry is so out of touch, such discussions are a waste of perfectly good electrons. When Microsoft wanted to publicize an event for women at a Game Developers' Conference a few years back, they splashed around banners showing a woman in a low-cut dress. Some people just don't get it."

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Reinvent by Deliveranc3 · 2005-11-01 14:27 · Score: 2, Funny

The novel as a genre reinvented women giving us what can be considered the modern western woman with the works of Jane Austin.

Perhaps if we wait long enough this medium will show some teeth, female teeth.
Re:What's your point? by rhandir · 2005-11-02 06:59 · Score: 2, Funny

Holy buckets! This is the most insightful comment I've seen on slashdot...ever. Is the world ending? Is this really Slashdot?!?

Wait... the poster's name is ... screwballicus
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Yup, it's slashdot.