After years of focusing on PC games for boys, developers have figured out that girls, too, just wanna have fun. As parents of girls, we've been concerned with the trends. Sure, boys and girls both use the Internet and e-mail, but girls spend less time overall on computers. Less time spent playing on the family PC translates into fewer girls going into high-tech careers.
Parents can help change that, particularly now that more girl-friendly programs are on the market.
The programs below show that there is hope for girl-oriented software. Players, acting as Nancy, move through the mansion and see things from her perspective, as they try to piece clues together. Agent Archer must use her espionage training to find a way to stop the HARM terrorist group. By selecting a series of historical questions, players can determine how each character tells her own story. To do so, she must travel from France to Switzerland, Italy and Turkey, exchanging money for local currency at each of her stops.