Am I the only one who noticed that the author of the book is posting on here? (See Parent;)) Nice to see you on slashdot Jessica, hope things work out with AC2. I just might have to go pick up your book so I can understand some more of where you're coming from while working on AC2.
And as far as women programmers/gamers go, I think that while they are a small percentage of the whole, I've often found them to be all the more dedicated to gaming than the general gaming population.
I agree that it Could happen again that a game develops the perfect mishmash of all kinds of players living in a world peaceably together, but I think in general developers would rather take the lazy way out and cater to whatever select group they think is the current "flavor of the month."
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You could write to Rick Perry and ask him to executive order it into policy. (Except where religious or personal reasons prevent.)
Am I the only one who noticed that the author of the book is posting on here? (See Parent ;)) Nice to see you on slashdot Jessica, hope things work out with AC2. I just might have to go pick up your book so I can understand some more of where you're coming from while working on AC2.
And as far as women programmers/gamers go, I think that while they are a small percentage of the whole, I've often found them to be all the more dedicated to gaming than the general gaming population.
I agree that it Could happen again that a game develops the perfect mishmash of all kinds of players living in a world peaceably together, but I think in general developers would rather take the lazy way out and cater to whatever select group they think is the current "flavor of the month."