Which games does the international community rate? Which countries vote like each other? Using data from the 2007 Game Developers Choice Awards' open nominations, this presentation uses social network analysis to describe the international community of games preferences. Presented at the Women in Games Conference (http://womeningames.com), in Newport Wales: 21 April 2007.

1. T he Games We Play Aleks Krotoski Women in Games Conference Newport, Wales Twenty-First April Two-thousand Seven

3. Sixty-six Percent of respondents were from the USA Eleven percent were from the UK. Ten percent were from Canada, Three percent were from Finland One percent was from Japan Less than One percent were from Nineteen other countries

4. B y simply adding up the numbers, the winner was what you saw on the tin…

6. B ut what were the most popular games nominated by ALL of the countries who voted?

7. B est Game

9. G ame design

11. V isual Arts

13. W ho votes like who? Visual Arts

16. W ho votes like who? Best Game

17. One hundred percent of Switzerland’s votes were also voted for by USA Eighty percent of Germany’s votes were also voted by France

19. W ho votes like who? Game Design

20. Sixty-seven percent of Japan’s votes were also voted for by Finland UK and The Netherlands share votes for two games

22. A leks Krotoski www.toastkid.com