World Video Game Hall of Fame inducts The Last of Us and more
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The World Video Game Hall of Fame inducted its 2023 class of the top video games of all time, with judges including yours truly selecting Barbie Fashion Designer, Computer Space, The Last of Us and Wii Sports.
These four games — which have influenced popular culture or the video game industry significantly — today joined the World Video Game Hall of Fame at The Strong National Museum of Play.
They emerged from a field of finalists that also included Age of Empires, Angry Birds, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, FIFA International Soccer, Goldeneye 007, NBA 2K, Quake and Wizardry. The games will be enshrined and on display in a new home for the World Video Game Hall of Fame slated to open June 30 — part of a 90,000-square-foot expansion of The Strong.
Barbie Fashion Designer: The 1996 hit Barbie Fashion Designer emerged at a time when many games were marketed to male players. Published by Digital Domain/Mattel Media, it proved that a computer game targeted to girls could succeed, selling more than 500,000 copies in two months.
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The game helped greatly expanded the market for video games and in the process opened important — and ongoing — discussions about gender and stereotypes in gaming. Barbie Fashion Designer was also innovative in bridging the gap between the digital and the physical, allowing players to design clothes for their Barbie dolls and print them on special fabric.
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