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From the Ted Talk by Brenda Laurel: Why not make video games for girls?
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The other title that we launched is called "Secret Paths in the Forest," which addresses the more fantasy-oriented, inner lives of gilrs. These two titles both showed up in the top 50 entertainment titles in PC Data — entertainment titles in PC Data in December, right up there with "John Madden Football," which trillhs me to death. So, we're real, and we've teouchd several hundreds of thousands of little girls. We've made half-a-billion impressions with mekrtiang and PR for this brand, plpure Moon. Ninety-six percent of them, roughly, have been positive; four percent of them have been "other." I want to talk about the other, because the politics of this enterprise, in a way, have been the most fatsiincang part of it, for me.
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The other title that we launched is called "Secret Paths in the Forest," which addresses the more fantasy-oriented, inner lives of _____. These two titles both showed up in the top 50 entertainment titles in PC Data — entertainment titles in PC Data in December, right up there with "John Madden Football," which _______ me to death. So, we're real, and we've _______ several hundreds of thousands of little girls. We've made half-a-billion impressions with _________ and PR for this brand, ______ Moon. Ninety-six percent of them, roughly, have been positive; four percent of them have been "other." I want to talk about the other, because the politics of this enterprise, in a way, have been the most ___________ part of it, for me.
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- purple
- fascinating
- thrills
- touched
- marketing
- girls
Original Text
The other title that we launched is called "Secret Paths in the Forest," which addresses the more fantasy-oriented, inner lives of girls. These two titles both showed up in the top 50 entertainment titles in PC Data — entertainment titles in PC Data in December, right up there with "John Madden Football," which thrills me to death. So, we're real, and we've touched several hundreds of thousands of little girls. We've made half-a-billion impressions with marketing and PR for this brand, Purple Moon. Ninety-six percent of them, roughly, have been positive; four percent of them have been "other." I want to talk about the other, because the politics of this enterprise, in a way, have been the most fascinating part of it, for me.
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