The Games We Play

Slide 1: The Games We Play Aleks Krotoski Women in Games Conference Newport, Wales Twenty-First April Two-thousand Seven

Slide 3: Sixty-six Percent of respondents were from the USA Eleven percent were from the UK. Ten percent were from Canada, Three percent were from Finland One percent was from Japan Less than One percent were from Nineteen other countries

Slide 4: By simply adding up the numbers, the winner was what you saw on the tin…

Slide 6: But what were the most popular games nominated by ALL of the countries who voted?

Slide 7: Best Game

Slide 8: •The most •The numbers countries voted for… Legend of Zelda: Gears of War Twilight Princess Okami Elder Scrolls: Elder Scrolls: Oblivion Oblivion Gears of War Legend of Zelda: Company of Heroes Twilight Princess Guitar Hero Two Wii Sports

Slide 9: Game design

Slide 10: •The most •The numbers countries voted for… Legend of Zelda: Wii Sports Twilight Princess Bully Dead Rising Okami DEFCON: Elder Scrolls: Everybody Dies Oblivion LocoRoco Viva Pinata Company of Heroes Gears of War

Slide 11: Visual Arts

Slide 12: •The most •Nominations countries voted for… Gears of War Gears of War Okami Final Fantasy XII Final Fantasy XII Okami Viva Pinata Elder Scrolls: Legend of Zelda: Oblivion Twilight Princess Viva Pinata

Slide 13: Who votes like who? Visual Arts

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Slide 15: Six common votes: USA and Canada Five common votes: USA and Japan – Eighty-three percent of Japan’s total Interesting note • One hundred percent of Germany’s votes were also USA

Slide 16: Who votes like who? Best Game

Slide 17: • One hundred percent of Switzerland’s votes were also voted for by USA Eighty percent of Germany’s votes were also voted by France

Slide 18: Ten common votes: USA and Canada Nine common votes: USA and UK –Twenty-one percent of the UK’s total Eight common votes: UK and Canada Interesting notes •Sixty percent of Germany’s votes were also USA •Fifty percent of Japan’s votes were also USA

Slide 19: Who votes like who? Game Design

Slide 20: • UK and The Netherlands share votes for two games Sixty-seven percent of Japan’s votes were also voted for by Finland

Slide 21: Nine common votes: USA and Canada –Forty-five percent of Canada’s total Five common votes: USA and UK –Twenty-one percent of the UK’s total Interesting notes •One hundred percent of the Netherlands' total votes were also USA •Twenty-nine percent of Finland's votes were also USA

Slide 22: Aleks Krotoski www.toastkid.com