I had always been intrigued by the emotional aspect of adventure gaming-the fact that people get so personally involved.

The experience of creating my adventure games was, other than marrying my husband and bringing into the world my two sons, the most fulfilling, wonderful experience I ever had.

My definition of an adventure game is an interactive story set with puzzles and obstacles to solve and worlds to explore.

I appreciate the sentiment that I am a popular woman in computer gaming circles; but I prefer being thought of as a computer game designer rather than a woman computer game designer. I don't put myself into gender mode when designing a game.

I am most proud of the development of the characters as personalities that game players could relate to and care about.

It seems we always exceed even our own expectations-after a lot of hard work, though!

If more women want to be a part of the computer industry today, they have to do more to put themselves there. Nobody is keeping them out.