It's a question that games and Developers have wrestled with through the decades. While glitzy marketing campaigns for first-person shooters like Call of Duty amplify the message that gaming is dominated by males out for blood, a different narrative is being painted by Nintendo.
Last year, the Japanese Game maker sold millions of copies of its city-building franchise Animal Crossing: New Leaf. It helped raise Nintendo's stock this summer*after a rocky launch in 2011.
One of its directors, Aya Kyogoku, called the ****** part of its own genre: inclusionary games. Read more...