It’s not something that crosses my mind often, but there are actually females that play games. Three of my cousins and my sister, all of whom are females, are gamers, so I know there has to be more of them out there. But women who design and even program games are rarer still. It’s still amazing to me that after all this time female programmers are virtually unheard of.
The only other prominent female video game figure I could find was Dona Bailey who was the designer for the arcade game Centipede.
There have to be more out there.
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