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Studies have shown that more women play video games than teenage boys but the culture of video games seems to be very anti-women and anti-girls. What makes it ironic is not just the fact that a huge percentage of video game players are women but also the fact that women have played a part creating the video gaming history that helped make today's video games possible. Sierra On-Line (later known as Sierre Entertainment) co-founder, Roberta Williams is considered one of the most influential PC game designers of the '80s and '90s and has been credited with creating the graphic adventure genre. Before becoming a game programmer Donna Bailey worked at General Motors training in assembly language programming and working on displays and microprocessor-based cruise control systems. When she joined Atari's coin-op division in 1980 she was the only woman. Carol Shaw is considered to have become the first woman video game designer in 1978 when she started working at Atari programming games for the company's VCS console. Afterwards she worked at Activision, a firm notable for being the first third-party video game software publisher where she made her best known game, River Raid. #carolshaw #donnabailey #robertawilliams #womenshistorymonth #videogames #atari #pepperspraymedia #sierraentertainment #centipede #generalmotors #activision #riverraid #microprocessor #videogameprogramming #kingsquest #pc #pcgamedesigners #videogamedesigners #girlsingaming #womeningaming #womenplayvideogames #sierraonline