I hate those intro's on Harvest Moon, like every single game has this irritating intro where you have to meet everyone and name your dog and organize home insurance and all sorts of guff.
I wouldn't say Peggle was girly at all, it's a skill game more than anything. If I see a PC with it installed, I don't automatically think 'girly', I just wonder if they are better than me at it
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We should really be glad though, because I remember the 'girly' games that marketting folk came up with in the 90's - Barbie games from instance. Games are games at the end of the day, girls liked Mario and Sonic, Bubble Bobble etc. These days it's worth targetting games at women, especially casual puzzle games and sand box games.
On a side note though, what is the girliest game you've ever made?
I made a pairs game, where you have to remember and match pictures of Morrisey, Cpt Jack Sparrow and Robbie Williams... Made it for a friend - but at least I added a bloke version, that replaced the images with 'better' ones. Match the cleavage was much more fun
. I did feel unclean after making it, maybe we should feel sorry for developers who have to make those female-targetted games.
