Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-amber!chabot From: chabot@amber.DEC (L 'S' Chabot) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: "Jenny of The Prairie" Message-ID: <214@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Tue, 11-Dec-84 17:05:15 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.214 Posted: Tue Dec 11 17:05:15 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 14-Dec-84 07:08:09 EST Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 12 I wonder about the sex split of these video games--boys shoot things, girls adapt to an environment. What's wrong, can boys only handle shooting? :-) I wonder: are boys reluctant to play as "Jennie"? Could video game appeal be slightly improved by being able to toggle sex, so instead of a leather loinclothed warrior we could have a leather skirted warrior, and also a choice of "Jennie" or "Jimmy" (I guess "Claire" is ambiguous?)? Also, could girls have a chance to rescue a helpless boy? L S Chabot UUCP: ...decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-amber!chabot ARPA: ...chabot%amber.DEC@decwrl.ARPA shadow: [ISSN 0018-9162 v17 #10 p7, bottom vt100, col3, next to next to last]