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I didn\u2019t consider myself a serious \u201cgamer\u201d until I started playing Barbie makeup games on my parents\u2019 desktop in 2003. I knew in my growing soul that I was destined to play them because their host sites, including Flash game candy store GirlsGoGames<\/span> and the official Barbie site EverythingGirl<\/span>, had \u201cgirl\u201d in their titles and hot pink in their logos. <\/p>\n

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All right, these aren\u2019t the greatest, most sensitive games of our time. But they helped me find strength in myself at a fragile age, when I started getting scared that everyone around me was out to wring girlhood\u2019s forgiving neck.<\/p>\n

I already knew about the lecherous karate instructors and social studies teachers, and the older girls encouraged me to be safe, silent, and appropriate. Barbie make-up games, from the handful preserved online (emulator site NuMuKi <\/span>has the biggest collection), didn\u2019t do anything to counter that narrative, or prod at the 19th century angel in the house<\/span> dry-heaving dust. It wasn\u2019t obvious to me, at the time, but I can say confidently now that Barbie games were uninspired cake molds for turning chubby five-year-olds into undiscerning, consumerist women. Greta Gerwig suggests the Barbie doll leaves a similar legacy in her new record-breaking movie Barbie<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Example: A fastidious round of Dazzling Nails<\/span>, one of my favorite Barbie<\/span> games, never lasted more than two minutes. There isn\u2019t anything to do in it other than make a couple of low-grade decisions\u2014should my doll\u2019s characters be long or short? Matte purple or shimmery, deep sea blue? Do I want one rhinestone ring or 10?<\/p>\n

At the end, you\u2019re encouraged to print out a paper set of the nails you designed to match your character. I mean, really. Paper nails? How useless did toy manufacturer Mattel think we were? Even little girls have worms to mash with their fists.<\/p>\n