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Friday, September 10, 2004

Women & video games

CNN.com published a story yesterday on the roles women play in the video game industry (as both players and developers). Turns out that women make up a big portion of the gaming community (as high as 40% according to the article) but make up a very small portion of game developers (around 10%).

Southern Methodist University, which has a "school of video game making," is the first to offer a scholarship for women to enroll in their program.

The article asserts that if more women become game developers, then women will see more games that appeal specifically to them. While that sounds good in theory, there are obviously a lot of games that attract women now (if they do, in fact, make up 40% of the gaming community). It will be interesting to see if the nature of games do change as more women enter the industry. "Shoe shopping with Brad Pitt 2K7" could be just around the corner.

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