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Feature: 'Event Wrap Up: Games for Women, Games by Women'

In today's main feature, Game Developer magazine writer Jill Duffy presents an account of the latest in WIGI's women in gaming event series, titled "Games for Women, Game...

Simon Carless, Blogger

March 6, 2006

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In today's main feature, Game Developer magazine writer Jill Duffy presents an account of the latest in WIGI's women in gaming event series, titled "Games for Women, Games by Women," and held at San Francisco's Fort Mason Center February 18. "Several months ago, a group of women who have been active in promoting gender equality in the game industry formed a new group that would be dedicated to the cause. The result is Women in Games International (WIGI). Since then the group—founded by Ellen Beeman (Microsoft), Sheri Graner Ray (Sony Online Entertainment), Laura Fryer (Microsoft Game Studio), and others—has been organizing one-day events to promote and further its mission... Gamasutra attended the one-day, one-room event alongside roughly 200 attendees." You can read the full Gamasutra feature on the subject, including discussions about how The Sims was marketed and whether or not World of Warcraft was designed for women. (no registration required, please feel free to link to this feature from external websites).

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Simon Carless

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Simon Carless is the founder of the GameDiscoverCo agency and creator of the popular GameDiscoverCo game discoverability newsletter. He consults with a number of PC/console publishers and developers, and was previously most known for his role helping to shape the Independent Games Festival and Game Developers Conference for many years.

He is also an investor and advisor to UK indie game publisher No More Robots (Descenders, Hypnospace Outlaw), a previous publisher and editor-in-chief at both Gamasutra and Game Developer magazine, and sits on the board of the Video Game History Foundation.

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