Quick Question: Are there any female devs?

Iron_Tyger · 09-16-2004 07:51 AM

I found this posted by Poz on the Ask a stupid question thread:

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Q. Isn't "Shannon" a girl's name?

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Poor Poz has probably never seen this much gender confusion since "Pat" was on SNL.

Valmith · 07-10-2005 05:19 AM

If this is the last post that WAS on page 16.. why are there 109 blank pages?

hmmm

Take a dash of Illuminati, add a sprinkle of Mafia and just a touch of Omnipresnce and a healthy helping of mob violence...

Pinnacle @Valmith

MOVE.... ALONG....

Jack_Daniels · 07-10-2005 06:12 AM

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If this is the last post that WAS on page 16.. why are there 109 blank pages?

hmmm

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... Did you just do a Vahzilok on this thread?

It was a shock to see Icarus_Factor's posts.

Boondocker · 07-10-2005 06:26 AM

Seriously, I thought he was back.

Dr. Zeus has been around a lot longer than I remembered, too.

Jack_Daniels · 07-10-2005 06:32 AM

He has indeeed. So has Taser, though he had a different forum name then.

Boondocker · 07-10-2005 06:37 AM

IF was one of those posters who could send a thread spiralling down into a flame war without even trying. His big red ' I ' was like a red cape.

Also, I switched my avatar and now it's broken.

TonyV · 02-25-2009 03:37 PM

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Ms. Pacman wasn't made to get the guys playing you know lol...it was a marketing tool to get more girls playing and it worked Personally, my favorite ole video game was Galactic (I think that was the name of it)

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True story: Shortly after I got my Atari 2600 and was engrossed in Combat, Defender, Asteroids, and the rest, my mom came home one day with Ms. Pacman. My assumption was, of course, that she had bought it for me, but she quickly informed me that that was her game. Keep in mind that this was still during a time when videogames were still considered pretty much toys for young males, much like Tonka trucks and GI Joe dolls.

So anyway, when I wasn't playing on the Atari, my mom threw down on Ms. Pacman. She could totally kick my [censored] at the game, even after I had gotten somewhat practiced on it. It was a little odd when friends came over, she could kick their [censored]s also. She never got into any video game after that, except maybe that cheesy Taipei game that came with the little Windows Entertainment Pack way back in Windows 3.1 days.

She passed away in 2001, and I sometimes wonder if she still had her mad Ms. Pacman skillz towards the end. I also sometimes wonder if she would have been a gamer if she had been born 30 or 40 years later than she was. (Well, except for the whole creepy "I wouldn't exist" aspect of thinking about it too long...)

Oh, and back on topic, the Paragon Wiki has profiles of most of the devs who don't mind info being public. Melissa "War Witch" Bianco is definitely female and an integral part of the development team. There's also Carotello, Mynx, and possibly (?) Ghost Widow, who hasn't release any public info. Here's the current development team, as it's been made public. And of course, the community reps Ex Libris and Niviene are both female.

Just in case, you know, anyone is still wondering...

We've been saving Paragon City for eight and a half years. It's time to do it one more time.
(If you love this game as much as I do, please read that post.)

Eislor · 02-25-2009 03:54 PM

Way to NecroPost Tony!

Where did you dig this thread up from?

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