 | Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Collector's Edition (DVD-ROM)
Buy new: $39.99 / Used from: $21.39 Yes, it's a role-playing fantasy game where you defeat evil via magic and big swords. But you can do so as a female character just as easily, and the female characters are as powerful as the male. Other characters, good guys, bad guys, and scenery, are also evenly divided into male and female. Nice to have a medieval world without women relegated to the kitchen!
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 | Syberia
Buy used from: $6.85 |
 | Syberia 2
Buy used from: $9.79 Two games that are rich in character and story, with enough challenge to keep you riveted. Get them both and save having to come back later.
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 | Nancy Drew: Danger by Design
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $6.45 Intelligent, positive, challenging, fun and funny, without being patronizing or boring. A must for girls from 10 to ... well, however old I am. And they keep making more! Glorious. Stick to the last six game or so, though; the earlier ones are clumsy and can be condescending.
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 | Grim Fandango
Buy new: $64.49 / Used from: $25.94 Requires a patch from LucasArts to play on an XP machine, but well worth it. Funny and moving character-driven silliness without blood or ugliness. Lots of cigarettes, but hey, they *are* dead.
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 | Escape from Monkey Island (Jewel Case)
Buy used from: $3.98 Am I the only woman in love with Guybrush Threepwood? Well, me and Elaine, I guess. Cartoony fun that makes fun of mall culture via pirates -- look, don't ask, just buy it. Trust me.
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 | The Longest Journey: Adventure Game of the Year Edition
Buy used from: $47.85 For older girls only because of all the cussing. By the end, you'll be so wrapped up in these people you won't notice it anymore. The sequel isn't quite as satisfying, sadly.
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 | The Sims 2
Buy used from: $12.95 Tired of people who won't do what you want? Now you can run everybody's life, including bathroom time! You don't really need all the add-ons to have fun with it.
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 | Return To Mysterious Island
Buy used from: $8.98 A young woman surviving on a desert island by using the materials at hand. It makes a surprisingly nice change to have a game where you get points by building things rather than blowing them apart.
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 | Tomb Raider Chronicles
Buy new: $14.49 / Used from: $0.99 For older girls who just need to kick some butt. Lara's dimensions are ridiculous, but it's fun watching her take out burly guards.
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 | Saddle Up With Pippa Funnell
Buy new: $18.99 / Used from: $13.00 For the horse-mad. One of the more playable of the riding games.
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 | Temujin: A Supernatural Adventure
Buy used from: $0.10 For the ghost-story fan who can take a little spookiness. Lovely rich characters in a brilliant story. And it plays happily under XP, regardless of the specs.
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