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Subject: Re: girl gamers and tampering with markets
From: Codswallop <c...@wallop.com>
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On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 17:03:42 GMT, I've Got A Loverly Bunch Of Coconuts
wrote in rec.games.video.nintendo: 

>> And a lot of women leave soap operas on while working around the
>> house. Soap operas are designed to be viewed in this way, with a lot
>> of redundancy so that you can pick up the plot even if doing
>> something else at the same time. It is very hard to do anything else
>> productive while playing a videogame.

Try playing games such as 'Rollercoaster Tycoon' or 'Sim City' or even
'The Sims'.  These games don't require constant attention (well, 'The
Sims' does to an extent) and you can go about other things whilst
playing (i.e. leave the PC and come back 20 minutes later). 

Though Sim City 4 is a bit harder!

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- Cods

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