http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2005-12-24_96 Because we care about stuff Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:58:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2005-12-24_96#comment-54713 Official Shrub.com Blog » Blog Archive » “Geek Girl” Stereotype Bingo Wed, 04 Apr 2007 17:02:03 +0000 http://blog.shrub.com/?p=96#comment-54713 [...] Inspired by this post at Feminist Gamers and this post on The IRIS Network forums, I decided to take an old post of mine and turn it into a bingo scorecard. [...] [...] Inspired by this post at Feminist Gamers and this post on The IRIS Network forums, I decided to take an old post of mine and turn it into a bingo scorecard. [...]

]]> http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2005-12-24_96#comment-1844 Alas, a blog » Blog Archive » Girls don’t want pink games… they just want pink games Tue, 22 Aug 2006 08:22:27 +0000 http://blog.shrub.com/?p=96#comment-1844 [...] Marketing towards women based on stereotypes isn’t working, the “girly” games that are cited as failing are proof of that. So, please, video game companies, stop cribbing off of my Top “Geek Girl”-Friendly Rules! list and start viewing your potential female consumers as a vaired and diverse group of people — you know, how you view your male audeince (save the teenage group, who you seem to think are sex-crazed, misogynistic, annoying and stupid children; while we’re at it, stop that, too). [...] [...] Marketing towards women based on stereotypes isn’t working, the “girly” games that are cited as failing are proof of that. So, please, video game companies, stop cribbing off of my Top “Geek Girl”-Friendly Rules! list and start viewing your potential female consumers as a vaired and diverse group of people — you know, how you view your male audeince (save the teenage group, who you seem to think are sex-crazed, misogynistic, annoying and stupid children; while we’re at it, stop that, too). [...]

]]> http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2005-12-24_96#comment-426 tekanji Sun, 25 Dec 2005 02:14:54 +0000 http://blog.shrub.com/?p=96#comment-426 'Swat I get for not spell checking. It's somewhat fitting that the mistake was because I have a Sims chara of that name :P ‘Swat I get for not spell checking. It’s somewhat fitting that the mistake was because I have a Sims chara of that name

]]> http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2005-12-24_96#comment-425 Darth Sidhe Sun, 25 Dec 2005 02:06:18 +0000 http://blog.shrub.com/?p=96#comment-425 The word's "svelte," dear. ^^ The word’s “svelte,” dear. ^^

]]> http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2005-12-24_96#comment-424 joyce Sun, 25 Dec 2005 01:01:41 +0000 http://blog.shrub.com/?p=96#comment-424 *stares* *runs away* *stares*
*runs away*

]]> http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2005-12-24_96#comment-423 New Game Plus » For the Last Minute Shopper Sun, 25 Dec 2005 00:02:32 +0000 http://blog.shrub.com/?p=96#comment-423 [...] For you procrastinators, Tekanji has just written a geek-friendly gift guide. All you evolutionary biology fans will be pleased because “all women love puzzle games; it has something to do with snakes and evolution.” [...] [...] For you procrastinators, Tekanji has just written a geek-friendly gift guide. All you evolutionary biology fans will be pleased because “all women love puzzle games; it has something to do with snakes and evolution.” [...]

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