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Initially, Girls Make Games was a program run by LearnDistrict, delaying the development of their own video game projects, only later becoming a distinct organisation. [2] [6] Shabir says her ultimate aim with the organization is to make itself obsolete, with the games industry containing a significant proportion of women. [1]
Games and toys, or types of play, in many cultures are gender (and age) neutral, but some are given a gender role (masculine or feminine).Games given a gender role are exclusive or segregationist, and a game labelled as such is often considered by both children and adults as appropriate for boys or girls but not both.
Pinkstinks is a campaign founded in London in May 2008 [1] by twin sisters Emma Moore and Abi Moore [2] [3] [4] (born 1971, London) [5] to raise awareness of what they claim is damage caused by gender stereotyping of children.
Tropes vs. Women in Video Games is a YouTube video series created by Anita Sarkeesian examining gender representation in video games.The series was financed via crowdfunding, and came to widespread attention when its Kickstarter campaign triggered a wave of online harassment against Sarkeesian, [2] causing her to flee her home at one point.
Purple Moon was an American developer of girls' video games based in Mountain View, California. Its games were targeted at girls between the ages of 8 and 14. The company was founded by Brenda Laurel and others, and supported by Interval Research. [5] They debuted their first two games, Rockett's New School and Secret Paths in the Forest, in 1997
Girls' video games are a genre of video games developed for young girls, mainly in the 1990s. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The attempts in this period by several developers to specifically target girls, which they considered underserved by a video games industry mainly attempting to cater to boys' tastes, are also referred to as the "girls' games movement."
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Articles related to girls' toys and games, toys and games specifically targeted at girls by the toy industry. They may be traditionally associated either exclusively or primarily with girls by adults and used by girls as an expression of identity.