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11038: RE: [MUD-Dev] Game design and gender: An interesting article
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From: "Koster, Raph" <rkoster@origin.ea.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 17:31:38 -0500
Organization: Kanga.Nu
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Caliban Tiresias Darklock [mailto:caliban@darklock.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 4:09 PM
> To: mud-dev@kanga.nu
> Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] Game design and gender: An interesting article
>
>
> Not true. A large number of companies have been formed rather
> recently with
> the specific aim of making computer games for girls. How well they are
> doing and whether they will survive is a whole different question.
My understanding is that the girl games companies actually all folded or
were bought up (in fact, I think Purple Moon went to Hasbro)... last I
heard, the industry's collective wisdom was declaring it a failed
experiment... I coul dbe wrong though.
-Raph
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