On Monday, CNN used the furor over the change in rating for GTA: San Andreas to ride one of the game industry's favorite hobbyhorses: why most women aren't interested in computer games. This is something that seems to mystify the mostly male game industry, and the IDGA even formed a Special Interest Group (SIG) called "Women in Game Development" to try and get more women in the industry. Being one of the few women developers in the game industry, this sort of thing interests me, and I've r...

The results for the PC games of 2003 are in at Gamespy.com! Galactic Civilizations came in #1 for Turn Based Strategy, with Rise of Nations being #1 for Real Time Strategy. I'm so excited that I can hardly form coherent sentences! So I'll post a few quotes from the article. "...GalCiv rescued turn-based strategy gamers from a pretty mediocre year with one of the best "4X" games on the market....The game's great blend of military strategy and diplomatic maneuvering make it a must-have...

I've always been against first person shooters for two reasons: 1) It's a game devoted to violence. There is no other purpose to play a FPS other than to wreak havoc. 2) The few times I tried playing the original Castle Wolfenstein at my cousins' house, I sucked. Not surprising, since I hadn't had any practice. The guys here at work all like to play FPSs, and they started playing them at lunch or after hours on the LAN. They asked if I wanted to play, but I wasn't really interested. Bu...