[casual_games] Games for women made by women?

[Duncan Gough]

Great point.

If I was to suggest that the Nintendo DS game Brain Age was a great
example of a casual game for women, I'd expect a slap in the face in
return.

Pink n' fluffy might be all it takes, but I'd be interested in finding
out which games appealed to women without being patronising.

On 6/7/06, Ron <lists at rzweb.com> wrote:
>  > Give us a clue then, what games should men be building for women?
>
> Or, can you point to a casual game that is currently out there that has
> all the right elements?
>
> I've been dealing with this question since I started making games in
> 1985.  It's always been a bunch of men (or boys!) trying to make games
> that appeal to women.  But, I've known a lot of women game designers and
> programmers that don't do much better.  I've sat in design meetings
> where the female game designer runs through the same list of stereotypes
> (shopping!) that the guys do.  Is there such a thing as a game for
> women?  A movie?  A TV Show?  A book?
>
> While there are Movies, Books and TV Shows that have a high "female
> demographic", I suspect that the truly successful ones have a much
> broader appeal.
>
>
> Ron
>
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