> At 00:55 13.03.96 -0400, Deb wrote:
>
> >I am so sick and fucking tired of people (read: "men") who are
> >involved in the computer end-user market assuming that women (read:
> >"me" :) don't know anything about computers. When they began
> >talking to Paul, they didn't treat him like an idiot. Why the
> >hell would they do so with me? Hmm??
> >
> >*Argh!*
>
> another interesting question: why is it that the vast majority of
> computer games are obviously "male"? why is it that so few games
> have any appeal at all to girls? apart from the serious fact that this means
> one entry point less for females to the world of computers, can't the idiots
> making games see that they miss a lot of bucks by only making hack'n'slash
> software for testosterone-packed young males? i mean, face it, there's
> a huge market out there! half the population, yet to be drawn into the world
of
> computer games! aren't the creators of games interested in this huge,
> yet unexploited market segment?! ;-)
>
In contrast - several games out in the internet for free of a kind always
allow you to choose, if you want to be a male or a female - Nethack and
Moria are just two of these... How many people still play games like
these is another question
> have a nice day :-)
>
> tb
>
>
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