CGW: Thinking about the kind of game that Hellgate will be...it comes up a lot lately, the kinds of games girls are playing versus the kinds of games boys are playing...

Dave Brevik: I think that all along we've tried to make games that -- well, that appeal to myself; there's definitely that -- but also appeal to other people besides just myself. [I try to put] equality in all of the characters. In all the games -- we've only made pretty much role-playing games -- when you're choosing your avatar, we like to try to make it as equal as possible, so it'll open up and make for a broader audience so people can relate to it better. So we've always done those kinds of things. My wife plays games a lot -- we play [World of Warcraft] together; she's been playing games for a long time. I think that there's a lot of women that haven't necessarily been exposed to games. That's the hardest market to tap, moreso than any other thing -- race or religion or anything like that. I think that sex is probably the hardest barrier in videogames, to crossover and make a game that's fun for both women and men.