"Women love video games," Dressmaker dev says, there just aren't enough games for them: "We were definitely targeting women from the get-go"

alessandro@lemmy.ca · 6 days ago

"Women love video games," Dressmaker dev says, there just aren't enough games for them: "We were definitely targeting women from the get-go"

Nefara@lemmy.world · 5 days ago

Some women do, and making it sound belittling or something worth mocking only serves to continue the narrative that feminine things are lesser and unworthy. Women can rain hell on imperialist scum and make dresses.

TipRing@lemmy.world · 5 days ago

There are also plenty of guys who want to play Dressmaker and that is also OK.

Nefara@lemmy.world · 5 days ago

Hell yeah

Pratai@piefed.ca · 5 days ago

And making women sound like Little House on the Prarie cast offs isn’t helping either.

"Women love video games," Dressmaker dev says, there just aren't enough games for them: "We were definitely targeting women from the get-go"

"Women love video games," Dressmaker dev says, there just aren't enough games for them: "We were definitely targeting women from the get-go"

17,000 Steam reviews, 98% positive, and only a month since launch: Dressmaker is a massive hit, and the devs reckon it shows "women are such an underserved market"