Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 16, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press May 2000 a14 editor Shane Minkin 6977208 computer oscars of the internet honour 27 Dot Corn dignitaries by Alan Saracevic san Francisco Over Dot Corn dignitaries stormed Nob mixing and mingling with celebrities and Media types at the fourth annual webby Twenty seven of the coi shaped awards were handed out thursday night to the Mark ing the end of a yearlong process intended to Hon our the Best and brightest of the unlike the or any number of other awards there was no Winner that stood above the As few Sites were nominated in More than one among the big name Sites baby Cen walked away with the Commerce won in the division and Jim rom Meskos Media took the top spot in downtown food Market pharm save 3 3 1 nescafe instant coffees Blue ribbon Tea bags Brown Berry Croutons Naleway Bagel buns 340 with cashier Bassilius lasagna 907 Chicken or Dempster hot crusty breads 283 g368 with cashier Cadbury 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based International Academy of digital arts Sci a 350member internet Trade five nominees in each of 27 categories were reviewed by 10 judges in each a Peoples voice webby was also awarded in each voted on for the past month by Visi tors to the webby site the official judges Are luminaries in the various Fields of including big hitters like Francis Ford Coppola in the film David Bowie in Tina Brown in Deepak Chopra in Esther Dyson in activism and Guy Kawasaki in everyone wants to but since our voting body is fairly its hard for nominees to affect our said Maya director of the International Academy of digital arts and the actual ceremony was mercifully with the winners abiding to the webby most famous Rule acceptance speeches can Only be five words a few of the five word acceptances were better than upon receiving the award in the film a representative of atom films simply said thanks to the in the activism won by Vancouver based a representative strode onto the stage and three letters ipod in the realm of the a representative of game spy upon winning the games cat said everyone likes the Licky the invite Only webby Are fast becoming the oscars of the despite the protestations of its founders and who wish they could keep it popular without becoming san Francisco examiner a photo girls seek More than the Barbie related game Caylen Clark demonstrates at recent computer fest fails to Click with Cool games for girls by Kelly Alto los an Elesif teenage girls attended last weeks electronic entertainment they would have seen two role Barbie and Lara the first represents the major Ity of software designed for elementary school age and teen so called Pink titles such As makeover or dating the the Indiana Jones style hero of the Tomb Raider symbolizes the Type of females who populate a majority of the male designed computer games of today name a buxom babe who wears tight judging by these two video gaming is still a boys even though girls and women represent an important part of the for 52 per cent of online gamers Are women though that figure includes poker or solitaire As Well As More hardcore games such As according to the interactive digital software extravaganza As annual video game Industry extravaganza wound after three furious Days of Deal game demos and celebrity computer and video game publishers retreated to their offices to Bear Down on the slew of titles ship this autumn in time for the but will those titles include games that Appeal directly to girls not unless the Industry changes according to speakers at girl games sugar and spice or not so a panel discussion held at the most of the games out there Are designed for just dont say for boys on the said Megan manager of a Developer of Nancy Drew to think that girls Are Only interested in makeup and fashion is Short and its shortsighted to think girls Are satisfied with the current games on the Market its Only because that the Only thing that on the although the panellists said More women Are toward driving online games even some Vio Lent they insist there Arent enough diverse offerings for younger whose first introduction to technology May be video games the Industry counters that there Are plenty of games that dont Cater to either there Are countless games out there that girls play that often get lost when people talk about girl like rollercoaster who wants to be a millionaire and Sim City 3000 said Doug head of the interactive digital software theres nothing male oriented about the game Industry is constantly Mak ing products with Cross gender with the exception of whose second ver Sion was touted at e3 by Host Regis those titles didst grab much of the limelight at where publishers often strike crucial deals with much of the sprawling los Angeles convention Center was dominated by pounding heavy Metal music and action games such As Metal gear solid 2 or the pseudo sports tide ready to run ble adding insult to a fair number of women at the con Ference were dressed As cheer leaders or the so called Booth bunnies who help attract people to individual some say that reflects a simple truth in the games per cent of the developers Are internet go escape escape 11 i n it l ill and therefore 70 per cent of the titles Are geared toward boys and girls Are still considered largely a Niche according to Lowenstein and oth it Doest matter How Many great breakthroughs you said John director of marketing at Dallas Radica which makes gadgets aimed at girls through its san girl if the consumer Doest come to the store and vote with their no matter How Noble the it wont girl techs password a diary equipped with voice recognition has sold but other technologies for girls have had less last purple a Mountain firm that pioneered software for Young shut those who have studied the Industry partly credit a tight mar Ket dominated by Barbie and other stereotypical games such As cosmopolitans virtual makeover its a said girl tech founder Janese you show that Type of game to a mar Keter and they i get the problem is if they went to someone with knowledge of Gen Der they find that con temporary girls dont play that Swanson and the authors of a new study say the types of activities girls such As solving real world investigating mysteries and establishing Arent included in Many girls High not High said Pamela research director of the Ameri can association of University whats there Are few female main aside from those of Lara Crofts according to the Paauw girls need to recognize them selves in the culture of software should speak to their interests and girls should be treated As Early As possible As rather than Mere end of software and in other educators and the games and information technology industries need to reverse the trend toward fewer women graduating with computer Sci ence try Smi films to Tasnim f t ;