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24 alternatives to From Barbie to Mortal Kombat

Explores the complicated issue of gender in computer games­

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. From Barbie to Mortal Kombat launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Game Writing▲73

   Narrative Skills for Videogames

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Tampon Run▲81

   a game that's trying to close the gender gap in coding

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   How Games Move Us: Emotion by Design ▲70

   A look at how games make us feel

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Humani: Jessie’s Story▲76

   A conversation-based narrative game

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Games People Play▲65

   The basic handbook of transactional analysis

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Naked & Inside Out: The Gender Book▲55

   ,Mel Reiff Hill, Jay Mars and Robin Mack

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Confessions of a Teenage Gamer▲65

   The TRUTH behind competitive gaming

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Anagram▲84

   A modern take on a classic game.

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   TidePool▲63

   Personality insights via scientific games

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Happy Mitten - 37: Board Games, Business, and Protospiel Ann Arbor▲51

    Interviews and play testing with designers and publishers

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Shape▲81

    A letter shaping game

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Technobabylon▲86

    A cyberpunk point-and-click adventure with a mid-90s style

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World▲61

    How wonder drives tech innovation

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Hamlet on the Holodeck▲67

    The future of narrative in cyberspace

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses▲72

    Ryan Hoover's fave book on The Twenty Minute VC

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    MC Lars: The Video Game▲63

    A beat-driven platformer

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Feminist Fight Club: An Office Survival Manual for a Sexist Workplace▲58

    Practical strategies, stealthy hacks, & camaraderie

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Gamewheel▲73

    Empowering creators in the digital world

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Margana▲60

    A beautifully-designed word game

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Gridland ▲87

    An adictive roleplaying stacking puzzle

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Storium▲69

    Online Storytelling Game

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Man V. Nature▲148

    Stories that illuminate the complexity of human behavior

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Jungle Rumble▲80

    A New Genre of Rhythm Game

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Tom Clancy's The Division: New York Collapse▲58

    An interactive field guide to expand the popular video game

    2016 · its alternatives →

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