Ms. Erickson recalled being told by the young, male head of a successful Berlin start-up that women "just don't get tech" and that he "can't hire a female developer because they will distract all the male developers".
You are just as good as the male developers around you, maybe even better.
The developers created ten male characters and ten female characters, a nicely symmetrical field of potential romantic interest.
While it was not the intent of the developers to exclude the male perspective, it was beneficial that cognitive interviews uncovered this issue.
When Abe's Oddysee was in production, the developers found that a male executive at publisher GT Interactive tried to sabotage production because he didn't like the game being made.
It's not like adding male characters would be a ton of extra work for the developers, either.
The developers include Larry Gluck.
The developers added one.
The developers seem to agree.
The park planners outpaced the developers.
