I agree with your extensions, and it's actually good to see that the list CAN be extended.

One person I feel is missing, even though she is not involved with games anymore - Roberta Williams. If we are going with the most INFLUENTIAL women in games, then I think Roberta Williams takes the cake. I know that there are a TON of game developers of both genders in the industry today that were inspired by her games, and that should be enough to put her on the list.

Wow. I can't believe that most of those women you listed AREN'T on the list. I'm gonna have to go read it and see who they DID put on!

great picks.
but i disagree...i think the list should have been shorter. i felt like there was a lot of filler in there.
clan leaders?
or maybe take the filler out and put in all the hunickes and pinckards.

(atleast heather was in there!)

I totally agree the list was lacking. I just sent the following note to Next-Gen:

"Shame on Next-Gen for leaving Libe Goad, easily the most important mainstream female games journalist on the country, off your list. Libe runs the editorial side of AOL Games, and also writes the games section for Blender, one of the biggest mainstream entertainment mags on newsstands.

She is a regular TV talking head as well, most recently appearing on G4's "Attack of the Show" this week.

Before joining AOL, Libe ran the games section of Sync magazine, was an editor at HappyPuppy.com, ran the games section of Kozmo.com and co-founded the influential girls gaming site GameGal.com (one of PC Magazine's Top 100 sites of 2002)."

Maybe one of you smart people might have thought to produce your own list, assuming that you wanted to spend, literally, weeks slogging through this incredibly challenging feature. You might then find yourself "breaking into sweat". We have asked for additions and received some, and will publish them, but "shame on Next Gen"? Gimme a break.

@Dan

Pimping your GF? Tasteful.

@Colin,

FWIW, my title/"complaint" was in jest...

Alas, we need to remember that this is a good problem (ie, we've got more great women in games than can fit on a list of only 100 ;)

Jason

From what I heard, a request for bios and headshots was sent out to a large array of worthy people, and those who returned them got on the list - at least, within the CMP office, that was the case. Hopefully an addendum would include those people who are worthy but weren't contactable or able to provide information.

I did a quick numerical breakdown of the list on my blog.

What's kinda frustrating is that I mentioned several of these women in an email to Fiona when she put out her call. I know they had a deadline, and I hope it is just that they didn't get a reply so didn't feel comfortable listing people who hadn't replied to them... but damn. You'd think they could have at least done a list of names of ladies they tried to contact but didn't hear back from. I was really frustrated that Roberta Williams was missing, and Clarinda too. I think the list itself was a terrific idea, and certainly it's a big job... but I think deserving of a more thorough treatment than this. I hope they do follow up with some detail.

A quick note, to clear any confusion... Nearly 400 people were initially contacted via e-mail, either be interviewed or to provide suggestions. Anyone who did not respond was e-mailed at least 2 more times, if not more, often at alternate addresses or through 3rd parties. In certain cases, I and our researchers got on the phone to track down key people. While it would have been easy to feature the "usual suspects," it was important that the final list was both diverse AND fair in featuring people we never hear about...it was not intended to focus on cliques. A number of people, inlcuding Clarinda Merripen, chose not to be included. Regarding Roberta Williams, it is well known that she has been retired from games for nearly a decade and is not necessarily creating an immediate impact on the industry. There are numerous other women important to the evolution of games who have exited the industry for other careers, retired or are deceased, all of whom were not mentioned.