Article: JUST FOR GIRLS BORED BY GORE, GIRLS FIND WIDE ARRAY OF NEW COMPUTER GAMES GEARED SPECIFICALLY TOWARD THEM.(Business)(SoftWARE page)

Byline: Rachel Beck Associated Press

NEW YORK -- Those slash 'em, shoot 'em and kill 'em computer games simply won't do for 11-year-old Susan Grossman.

``They're boring and gross, and I don't like playing them,'' she said.

So Susan, a sixth-grader in Westport, Conn., is excited about the new computer games now on the market that pair her interests - fashion, friends and fun - with adventurous computer play.

Behind these new girl games are industry giant Mattel and multimedia upstarts like Her Interactive, Girl Games and Purple Moon.

``Finally, the computer industry has awakened to the fact that girls have lots of money to ...

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