[casual_games] Why We Need Women

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45% of the team on Sims2 was women. Also many of the producers were women. Factor that in!

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From: "Vinny Carrella" <vCarrella at iwin.com>

> Will Wright is a man? That's your rebuttal? The point is not that you

> should invest time and money in unproven talent, but that we should try

> harder to help groom that talent so that it will, one day, BE proven.

> 

>   _____  

> 

> From: Robert Headley [mailto:Rheadley at op-games.com] 

> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 4:00 PM

> To: IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List

> Subject: Re: [casual_games] Why We Need Women

> 

> 

> 

> A lot of big budget game developers like Epic Games (gears of War,

> Unreal series) and HumanHead (Prey, Rune) have profited well from

> recruiting from their fanbase, lets not rule the idea out, but I guess

> that depends on your fanbase. 

> 

> 

> On 1/11/07, Lennard Feddersen <Lennard at rustyaxe.com> wrote: 

> 

>    I was a huge fan of The Police - I knew all of the words - but I

>    don't

>    think it would have gone well for Stewart and Andy if I had filled in

>    for Sting when he left.

>    

>    My last corporate gig had a quote on the wall attributed to one of

>    the 

>    bigs (think herd of sheep if you are curious) at one of the online

>    companies that said, in colorful terms, what we want to know from our

>    fan base is their credit card number.  A little callous but it got a

>    real lol from me. 

>    

>    Let's say I have a 200K budget for my next opus.  Should I spend 50K

>    of

>    that on an unproven person with no credentials or background?  You

>    can

>    recruit people out of your fan base if you want.   Sometimes it is

>    going 

>    to work out.  I would suggest that using somebody more experienced to

>    make a good bet and then using a focus group on the result is a more

>    efficient use of money.

>    

>    BTW, Will Wright is a man.

>    

>    Peace,

>    

>    Lennard Feddersen

>    CEO, Rusty Axe Games, Inc.

>    www.RustyAxe.com

>    

>    Lennard at RustyAxe.com

>    P. 250-635-7623 F. 1-309-422-2466

>    P. July & August 518-863-2317 

>    5014 Walsh, Terrace, BC, Canada, V8G-4H2

>    

>    

>    

>    Robert Headley wrote:

>    > I agree, to a certain extent. Liking or being good at gaming.. does

>    > not particularly lend itself well to game design. It can tho. 

>    >

>    > Game designers that don't actually play theirs or anyone elses

>    games,

>    > is probably a singularly male trait.

>    >

>    > Whats the figure....60% of all casual games purchased are purchased

>    by 

>    > women, might actually be higher, we certainly need more female

>    input

>    > on game design. Sims is the highest selling game of all time,

>    because

>    > it appealed to women.

>    >

>    > On 1/11/07, *Lennard Feddersen* < Lennard at rustyaxe.com

>    > <mailto:Lennard at rustyaxe.com>> wrote:

>    >

>    >     What happened to Jinx?

>    >

>    >     Lennard Feddersen 

>    >     CEO, Rusty Axe Games, Inc.

>    >     www.RustyAxe.com <http://www.RustyAxe.com>

>    >

>    >     Lennard at RustyAxe.com <mailto:Lennard at RustyAxe.com>

>    >     P. 250-635-7623 F. 1-309-422-2466

>    >     P. July & August 518-863-2317

>    >     5014 Walsh, Terrace, BC, Canada, V8G-4H2 

>    >

>    >

>    >

>    >     Brian Robbins wrote:

>    >     > There's a great editorial by Vinny Carella up on Gamezebo

>    today

>    >     > entitled "Why We Need Women"

>    >     > http://www.gamezebo.com/2007/01/why_we_need_women.html

>    >     >

>    >     > I'd love to know what people think of this. Is Vinny right,

>    or

>    >     is he

>    >     > way off target?

>    >     > 

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