Index

                  Contents
Acknowledgments                                             vii
About the Authors                                           xii

Part One: The Girls' Games Movement

Chapter 1
Chess for Girls? Feminism and Computer Games 
Justine Cassell and Henry Jenkins                           2

Chapter 2
Computer Games for Girls: What Makes Them Play?
Kaveri Subrahmanyam and Patricia M. Greenfield              46

Chapter 3 
Girl Games and Technological Desire 
Cornelia Brunner, Dorothy Bennett and Margaret Honey        72

Chapter 4
Video Game Designs by Girls and Boys: Variability and 
Consistency of Gender Differences 
Yasmin B. Kafai                                             90

Part Two: Interviews 
Interviews conducted by Jennifer Glos and Shari Goldin

Chapter 5
Interview with Brenda Laurel (Purple Moon)                  118

Chapter 6 
Interview with Nancie S. Martin (Mattel)                    136

Chapter 7 
Interview with Heather Kelley (Girl Games)                  158

Chapter 8 
Interviews with Theresa Duncan and Monica Gesue (Chop Suey) 172

Chapter 9 
Interview with Lee McEnany Caraher (Sega)                   192

Chapter 10 
Interview with Marsha Kinder (Intertexts Multimedia)        214

Part three: Rethinking the Girls' Games Movement

Chapter 11
Retooling Play: Dystopia, Dysphoria, and Difference
Suzanne de Castell and Mary Bryson                          232

Chapter 12
"Complete Freedom of Movement": Video Games as 
Gendered Play Spaces
Henry Jenkins                                               262

Chapter 13
Storytelling as a Nexus of Change in the Relationship 
between Gender and Technology: A Feminist Approach 
to Software Design
Justine Cassell                                             298

Chapter 14
Voices from the Combat Zone: Game Grrlz Talk Back 328

Index                                                       342