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Article: Computer games aimed only at girls finally hit market.(Culture, Et Cetera)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- April 1, 1998
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Finally, a computer game for girls.
But, to the chagrin of feminists, it's designed around Barbie, the hourglass-shaped doll with measurements no mortal could match.
Still sporting her nearly invisible waist and double D bra size, Barbie plays the lead role in a number of Mattel computer games pegged as the first successful computer games for girls only.
Although computers have become increasingly popular and almost a necessity in the past decade, feminine wishes have been left out of the games, a popular initiation into the computer world. Critics say such games, typically of the shoot-em-up variety, are geared toward boys.
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