Nicole Carpenter is a senior reporter specializing in investigative features about labor issues in the game industry, as well as the business and culture of games. Girls don’t play video games ...

Gender is not simply pink or blue, and neither are the games children of all genders play. Mattel and Barbie were not the first to consider making software that appealed to little girls.

Barbie Fashion Designer was the first video game to target girls, letting them design and print clothes for their Barbie dolls. It quickly took off, selling more than 500,000 copies in two months ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The first commercial video game and the first one marketed to girls are headed to the World Video Game Hall of Fame, alongside a post-apocalyptic nail-biter and a system that ...