Games For Girls

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Mean Girls Game Capitalises On Film’s Popularity, Lohan’s Career

9:20AM April 13, 2010 | Owen Good

Six years, three arrests and three rehab stints after Lindsay Lohan starred in Mean Girls, its video game adaptation is being released. Without LiLo on the box. This, folks, is what the suits call “leveraging a hot property”. More »


In Real Life

The Trouble With Girls’ Games

7:00AM July 16, 2009 | Stephen Totilo

If anyone is worried about what Grand Theft Auto games might do to boys, then, my former colleague Tracey John, writes for Wired, you might want to worry how a different set of games influences girls. More »


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Mean Girls: The Video Game Reworks Puzzle Quest Into Girl-Friendly Matching, Manipulation

8:40AM July 30, 2008 | Michael McWhertor

The announcement that Legacy Interactive and Paramount would be collaborating on games based on female-led films Mean Girls, Clueless and Pretty In Pink left us… dismayed? Don’t get me wrong, I loved both Clueless and Pretty In Pink (shut up) — they’re fine films. But after the thing that was The Princess Bride video game, it’s hard to dislodge this chip forming a groove in our shoulders.

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