by Savanja on Jun 12, 2006
I did an article a while back that talked about girls in gaming, highlighting SOE game designer, Sheri Graner Ray. So I was pretty interested when I recently came across this article on CNet News:
It's not that women don't understand video games, it's that video games don't understand women.
Or so says Sheri Graner Ray, a game designer for the last 16 years, a veteran of Sony Online Entertainment and the Cartoon Network, and a keynote speaker at the Sex in Video Games conference, held here Thursday and Friday.
In her address, Ray, author of the book "Gender Inclusive Game Design: Expanding the Market" and a longtime spokeswoman for female gamers, offered up an explanation as to why women make up less than 10 percent of the gaming population.
It's a great read, particularly for us female gamers in the MMO world, so be sure to check it out!