Very beautiful... would like to see what she wrote in her essay.

This is great for her and I congratulate her. Now if we could just get everyone, both companies and consumers, to stop thinking in terms of "girl games" and "other (i.e. male) games" since all any gamer wants is a game that is enjoyable for them regardless of specific content or mechanic.

I must say that the contest itself seems a bit confused since it's stated intention is to encourage females but claims to not exclude males. The stated intent and even the acronym doesn't seem inviting to males. I would have advised SOE to either be more neutral or simply focus on their stated intention. However, I'd also point out that SOE and others should stop viewing sexual identity as dichotomous because it is not (i.e. it isn't only female/male but rather includes a broad spectrum). We would be better off treating everyone in an inviting fashion. Of course, this tends to go against the commonly held desire to attempt to categorize everything and everyone into nice, neat, clearly delineated sections. Reality doesn't work that way, though. Everyone, especially companies, would fare better if they were inclusive of intersexed, transgendered, transexual, and all other aspects of our life spectrum rather than attempting to focus only on one segment or facet.

Way to suck the happiness out of that article, Dave.

That is great artwork for sure.

The girl's got talent. Now maybe she can afford some colours other than blue. *Titter*

In most art for cartoons and things like manga.. blue was the most expensive colour to use because of the materials to generate the colour. So i think blue is a statement to that.

I can not portray how jealous I am of this girl. Good for her!