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May 06, 2004

Women First, As Usual

Damn, we hate referencing two bits from Circuits, but this one is just too good to pass up. Apparently, the first doctoral dissertation on video games was written by a woman, back in 1985.

Mary Ann Buckles wrote Interactive Fiction: The Computer Storygame Adventure, at University of California at San Diego. Of course, her dissertation committee hated it, and she soon left academia and is now a massage therapist.

Naturally, the paper is now considered a classic, and the first serious academic work about games. You go, sister!

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/06/technology/circuits/06vide.html

Posted by gamegal at May 6, 2004 12:05 PM