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<LI><em>From</em>: Albert <<A HREF="mailto:artfulbob#mindspring,com">artfulbob#mindspring,com</A>></LI>
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At 12:21 PM 9/4/99 -0700, Caliban wrote:
>On 05:37 PM 9/2/1999 -0400, I personally witnessed Laurel Fan jumping up to
>say:
>>Excerpts from muddev: 31-Aug-99 Re: [MUD-Dev] Game design a.. by Caliban
>>T. Darklock@dark
>>> It must be cheap.
>>>
>>> Boys will not blink at a sixty dollar price tag. Girls will.
>>
>>Not really. My sister (who I would consider a more "typical" girl than
>>I) would think nothing of paying more than $60 for a dress, which is
>>arguably no less frivolous than a game.
>
>Needs rather than wants, I'd say. You *have* to have clothes. It only makes
>sense to buy nice ones. If you never in your life bought or owned a single
>game, no one would care. If you never bought or owned clothes, you would
>have something of a problem.
But if you already own ten dresses, you really don't need another one,
do you?
>>> It must be flawless.
>>> It must be pretty.
>>
>>I think this is true to some extent for both boys and girls...
>
>Certainly. However, a good game with bad graphics will usually be just fine
>with boys, and boys tend to be more accepting of technical flaws.
I'd say this is arguable. Perhaps the self-titled "hardcore" gamers would
disregard graphics, but for the majority of male players, beauty is a very
high priority. Games with good gameplay but poor graphics rarely do as
well as games with poor gameplay but state of the art graphics.
--
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00182" HREF="msg00182.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Game design and gender: An interesting article</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00188" HREF="msg00188.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Game design and gender: An interesting article</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00186" HREF="msg00186.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Game design and gender: An interesting article</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00207" HREF="msg00207.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Game design and gender: An interesting article</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Sat 04 Sep 1999, 19:24 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00190" HREF="msg00190.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Game design and gender: An interesting article</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00156" HREF="msg00156.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Game design and gender: An interesting article</A></strong>,
Cynbe ru Taren <a href="mailto:cynbe#muq,org">cynbe#muq,org</a>, Tue 31 Aug 1999, 17:51 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00163" HREF="msg00163.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Game design and gender: An interesting article</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Tue 31 Aug 1999, 19:24 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00165" HREF="msg00165.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Game design and gender: An interesting article</A></strong>,
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