Women's roller derby on the rise
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Updated: November 29, -0001
Women's roller derby has seen a resurgence in the past decade.
That has one local video game company making a game about the sport.
Ben Geisler is the president of Frozen Codebase, a game developer in Green Bay.
Three years ago, a trip to Milwaukee led his team to a roller derby game, which led to a an idea.
The game was designed with feedback from some local roller derby teams.
Delona Reed, founder of the Fox Cityz Foxz, is one of many woman who were a part of the creation of Jam City Rollergirls -which includes the voices and physiques of actual players in roller derby leagues.
The game is for the Nintendo Wii, down-loadable from your living room.
It's targeted for men and women of all ages.
Kirk Parker has the story.
