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She's one of, and maybe the best explainer of vintage hardware I've ever encountered. Her entire site is so, so worth reading if you're into this kind of thing.

steponlego 4y ago
I'm really impressed, you don't usually see women who are this obsessed with vintage video games. Extremely rare in my experience. EDIT: Why the downvotes? I am lauding her.
- xedrac 4y ago
  Because it's taboo to suggest that men and women tend to have different interests.
  - brnt 4y ago
    Rather, it seems taboo for a certain group to suggest there might not be any difference.
    - JohnBooty 4y ago
      Rather than talking about "taboos," which sound sort of mysterious and arbitrary, let's take a look at why commenting on her gender wasn't the best thing. First I have no doubt that the original comment up there, commenting how it's odd to see a woman involved in such a hobby, was made completely innocently! But even if something is both correct and innocent, it's not always like... the best choice. It was off topic for sure and more to the point, it winds up simply reinforcing the stereotype. Imagine a comment along the lines of, "oh -- a black valedictorian! don't see that often!" Awkward at best, and the fact that you're pointing out the perceived exception to a perceived stereotype is evidence that you're kinda bought into the stereotype.
  - 3np 4y ago
    No, but the general sentiment here seems to be that it's at best off-topic here.
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- esperent 4y ago
  Just treat her as a human being, there's no reason whatsoever to bring up gender here. I can assure you, as a guy who enjoys many traditionally feminine activities: when you're doing something contrary to gender norms and people constantly bring that up, even in a positive way, it feels extremely limiting and frustrating. Just let people enjoy stuff, especially when the result is awesome and fascinating articles like this.
- camdenlock 4y ago
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zahrc 4y ago
Seconded! Generally, retro gaming is such a fascinating ‘field’. Hardware emulation, software emulation, ROM hacking…
- JohnBooty 4y ago
  There's also a strange appeal, at least for me, in being able to play around with old games and hardware using far more powerful tools (and more time) than the original developers could have dreamt of. I also like, sometimes, that we can now own hardware that would have been exorbitantly expensive in its heyday. An arcade machine was thousands of dollars in the 80s, but you can sometimes buy the board for cheap and supply your own JAMMA connector and display. Fun.
glhaynes 4y ago
I've stayed up hours past when I'd intended to go to sleep several times reading her site. Just constantly interesting and fun to read.

steponlego 4y ago

I'm really impressed, you don't usually see women who are this obsessed with vintage video games. Extremely rare in my experience. EDIT: Why the downvotes? I am lauding her.

xedrac 4y ago
Because it's taboo to suggest that men and women tend to have different interests.
- brnt 4y ago
  Rather, it seems taboo for a certain group to suggest there might not be any difference.
  - JohnBooty 4y ago
    Rather than talking about "taboos," which sound sort of mysterious and arbitrary, let's take a look at why commenting on her gender wasn't the best thing. First I have no doubt that the original comment up there, commenting how it's odd to see a woman involved in such a hobby, was made completely innocently! But even if something is both correct and innocent, it's not always like... the best choice. It was off topic for sure and more to the point, it winds up simply reinforcing the stereotype. Imagine a comment along the lines of, "oh -- a black valedictorian! don't see that often!" Awkward at best, and the fact that you're pointing out the perceived exception to a perceived stereotype is evidence that you're kinda bought into the stereotype.
- 3np 4y ago
  No, but the general sentiment here seems to be that it's at best off-topic here.
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esperent 4y ago
Just treat her as a human being, there's no reason whatsoever to bring up gender here. I can assure you, as a guy who enjoys many traditionally feminine activities: when you're doing something contrary to gender norms and people constantly bring that up, even in a positive way, it feels extremely limiting and frustrating. Just let people enjoy stuff, especially when the result is awesome and fascinating articles like this.
camdenlock 4y ago
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zahrc 4y ago

Seconded! Generally, retro gaming is such a fascinating ‘field’. Hardware emulation, software emulation, ROM hacking…

JohnBooty 4y ago
There's also a strange appeal, at least for me, in being able to play around with old games and hardware using far more powerful tools (and more time) than the original developers could have dreamt of. I also like, sometimes, that we can now own hardware that would have been exorbitantly expensive in its heyday. An arcade machine was thousands of dollars in the 80s, but you can sometimes buy the board for cheap and supply your own JAMMA connector and display. Fun.

glhaynes 4y ago

I've stayed up hours past when I'd intended to go to sleep several times reading her site. Just constantly interesting and fun to read.