Fri 22 Aug 2003
A short while ago, Sega promoted Mie Kumagai to serve as president of subsidiary HitMaker. She became the first female studio president in Japan… Now, Polygon has a quick interview with her.
I particularly like the last Q/A:
Question: “Do you think the number of women players is rising?”
Kumagi-san: “I never played games myself before joining Sega, and I think the image of a female player isn’t desirable in society. But games are a great form of entertainment. I learned that at Sega and I feel women need to be educated about the fun of games. The audience for games is wide and should include more women. Darts are a more conventional game, but women really enjoy it. At a local darts bar in Ikebukruo women represent 50 percent of the cliental. I want to break down the barriers around videogames the same way.”
Darts? Who knew?
August 22nd, 2003 at 12:37 pm
Hahaha.
I donot know friend to play darts around me in Tokyo. My Sega�s friend told me that studio use the darts bar for a welcome party for new biz.
My Sega�s friend told me that a studio uses the darts bar for a welcome party for new biz. It may be usual in Sega�
August 22nd, 2003 at 3:50 pm
I know a few women at work (in their fifties for the most part) who belong to a dart club, which I gather is as much about darts as it is about being a weekly social club.
September 15th, 2003 at 4:34 am
I’ve seen some newspapers say darts bars are becoming popular in Japan. There is also a site for finding darts bars(http://dartsnavi.com/ ) I’ve never been to one, but I might try some day.
Sega and Hit Maker are behind some of them. And I think below is the darts bar she talked about.
Darts Bar “Bee IKEBUKURO” Opened
http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/2003/07/25/103,1059130893,14242,0,0.html
February 8th, 2004 at 6:32 pm
I am new to the internet and I am surfing here and this is very interesting reading. I did a search in the search engines on “pub bar entertainment blog” and I found your web blog and although “local darts bar” isnot the bar I was looking for, it was very interesting reading.
I am researching blogs as I was interested in a blog for myself, that is if I can understand how to operate a blog. The different things discussed on this website found by searching for “pub bar entertainment blog” is very amusing and from seeing and understanding more of how a blog operates, it may be more than this Halifax pub guy to handle.
thanks for the insight
see you at the pub ( some call it bar! )
B. J. Johns,
A Halifax Pub Enthusiast