From Wuake Grrls to Desperate Housewives: A Decade of Gender and Computer Games
by Henry Jenkins and justine Cassell
Based on two Conferences
- From Barbie to mortal kombat, Gender and computer Games,
- conference held by Yasmin Kafai, Carrie Heeter and Jill Denner at UCLA 2006.
The Girls Game Movement, Took shaped by five factors,
- Economic , Political , Technology, Entrepreneurial, Aesthetic
How Computer Games Construct a Gender Divide.
- From first wave of girls' games to The Sims
- From the Sims to Desperate Housewives
I think Nik did quite well in his presentation. He gave quite clear explanation of most of the main points and his summary of the presentation matched what he said.Also, when asked by Wesley of the clarification of some of the points, he gave quite clear and logical explanation.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I think there are some points he needs to explore and discuess more on it such as how the technology,entrepreneurial and asthetic factors shaping the Girls Game Movement. Furthermore, the duration of his presentation was beyond the original time within three minutes.