Recent content by jennifr

That happened to me from the other perspective a couple of years ago. I was waiting for a train and all of a sudden this guy who was waiting there as well calls "Barney! Sit! SIT!" and keeps whistling into the mic of his DS. I knew he was playing Nintendogs but the old lady next to me sure...

That image is awesome, thanks for the link. It's a difficult issue, though. Whenever I think the world out there should have gotten used to women in Games and in tech in general, someone asks me whether my DS is pink and thinks that when I say I am a Software Engineer it's my description for...

I would argue that traditionally, the word has always been used for both - at least I'd say that's the case in the German language. I'm not a native speaker so it might be different in German vocab, but I'll try to explain what I mean. The word for game, "Spiel" has exactly the same roots as...

I understand a "game" to be the concept that provides the framework, defines the rules, interactions and challenges when playing, while a "toy" is merely an instrument I use while playing. For a kid, the game might be fully constructed in his head while he battles with his toy soldiers. For...