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Kenney, Mary.
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Women video game designers -- Biography.
Video game designers -- Biography.
Video games -- Design -- History.
Women -- Biography.
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Kenney, Mary.
Women video game designers -- Biography.
Video game designers -- Biography.
Video games -- Design -- History.
Women -- Biography.
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Gamer
girls
:
25
women
who
built
the
video
game
industry
/ written by Mary Kenney ; illustrated by Salini Perera.
by
Kenney, Mary.
Running Press Teens, c2022.
Call #:
794.80922 K36gg
Subjects
Women
video
game
designers -- Biography.
Video
game
designers -- Biography.
Video
games -- Design -- History.
Women
-- Biography.
ISBN:
9780762474561
0762474564
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
xii, 148 pages : color illustrations ;
25
cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-147).
Contents:
Roberta Williams -- Muriel Tramis -- Dona Bailey -- Kazuko Shibuya -- Robin Hunicke -- Keiko Erikawa -- Brenda Laurel -- Auriea Harvey -- Amy Hennig -- Carol Shaw -- Mabel Addis Mergardt -- Danielle Bunten Berry -- Corrinne Yu -- Rebecca Heineman -- Amy Briggs -- Yoko Shimomura -- Jade Raymond -- Joyce Weisbecker -- Laura Nikolich -- Brenda Romero -- Megan Gaiser -- Jane Jensen -- Linda Currie -- Sheri Graner Ray -- Elonka Dunin -- Epilogue.
Summary:
Discover the
women
behind the
video
games we love--from the iconic games they created, the genres they invented, the studios and companies they built--and how they changed the
industry
forever. From classic games like Centipede and Solitaire to popular modern games like Final Fantasy, Uncharted, and Halo, this book explores the work and history of
25
influential
women
in the
video
game
industry
and how their contributions ultimately
built
and transformed the medium that we know today.
Gamer
Girls
explores each woman's contributions to the
industry
, but also their inspirations and hardships as they worked to create the games that they wanted to play. Including smaller sidebars about other influential
women
, a glossary, additional resources page, and stunning profile and spot illustrations of influential pixel queens such as: Roberta Williams (creator of the adventure genre) * Mabel Addis Mergardt (the first person to write a
video
game
) * Muriel Tramis (the French "knight" of
video
games) * Keiko Erikawa (the creator of the otome genre) * Yoko Shimomura (the composer for Street Fighter, Final Fantasy, and Kingdom Hearts) * Rebecca Heineman (first national
video
game
tournament champion) * Jade Raymond (builder of the modern
game
engine) * and many more.
Audience:
Ages 12-18 Running Press Kids.
Grades 7-9 Running Press Kids.
Genre:
Biographies.
Other authors:
Perera, Salini, 1986-
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