A.J.Glasser at GamePro Media says the video game industry recognizes that many gamers today are girls and women.
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While EA is offering gamers who purchased SimCity a free game because of the launch issues, they stopped short of letting frustrated gamers return their game.
Nathan Grayson has a very thoughtful piece on video game violence over at Rock Paper Shotgun suggesting that the trick for both gamers and game-makers is to be more aware of the violence we encounter (or create) in video games.