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The female game-makers

The Conversation by BBC

Jan 19, 202626:27Society & Culture

How do video and board games get from idea to reality? Ella Al-Shamahi talks to two women who invent, tweak and perfect the games that so many of us love to play. Sigurlína Ingvarsdóttir from Iceland has produced some of...

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The female game-makers is an episode from The Conversation by BBC. How do video and board games get from idea to reality? Ella Al-Shamahi talks to two women who invent, tweak and perfect the games that so many of us love to play. Sigurlína...

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