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The Real Problem With That Controversial, Sexy Video Game Sorceress
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The Better Name For 'Girlfriend Mode' Is Probably 'Co-Star Mode'
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Exposing The Hate One Woman Gets For Examining Video Games
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Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is
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Why A Video Game Blockbuster Will Finally Allow You To Be A Gay Man
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A Follow-Up With David Jaffe About That Oral Sex Remark
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How A Poster Of A Sexy Dude Helped One Game Developer Make A Point
An employee at Hawken developer Meteor Entertainment had only one real gripe about her job: Their office featured a poster of a scantily-clad lady mechanic, and it bugged her to death. She says her boss, Meteor CEO Mark Long, loved the poster. She did not.
If Video Games Are Going To Grow Up, Then The Bullying Needs To Stop
Disclaimer: I was a key creative in what is often considered one of the more “dudebro” franchises out there, Gears of War. I’d also like to remind everyone out there that I went out of my way in working with our team, the writers and Epic’s artists to make sure that female characters are represented well in that franchise.
Here’s Anita Sarkeesian’s First ‘Tropes Vs Women In Games’ Video
It’s been a long road for feminist critic Anita Sarkeesian. Last year, she ran a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for a new video series examining sexist tropes in video games — her goal was $US6000, and she raised nearly $US160,000.
Anita Sarkeesian’s First ‘Tropes Vs. Women In Games’ Video May Come Out Next Month, But Her Tumblr’s Live Now
Anitia Sarkeesian, the controversial feminist critic whose plans to produce a crowdfunded video series about female tropes in video games led to someone creating a video game all about punching her in the face, is almost ready to show her work.
EA Exec Says Industry Needs More Women But Blaming Sexism Is A Cop Out
Gabrielle Toledano, Electronic Arts’ chief talent officer, says sexism isn’t what keeps women out of the games industry. “The video game industry is being painted as more sexist than other male-dominated workforces,” she writes in a guest editorial on Forbes.com, “but the issue isn’t just in video games. And it’s not what’s holding us back.”
Feminist Game Critic On Her Attackers: They Cast Me In The Villian’s Role
The woman behind Feminist Frequency hasn’t been shy about sharing stories of the harassment she’s gotten while trying to create Tropes vs Women in Video Games. Anita Sarkeesian’s goal of examining how women get portrayed in video games won her lots of enemies but, according to her, they thought of themselves as heroes.
You Can Thank Women For Dragon Age 3′s Lack Of Creepy Sex Plot
Hearing that women make a difference in game development is one thing, seeing what it means in practice is another. Recently, David Gaider — lead writer on the Dragon Age franchise — posted a blog about how having women on his writing team affected something in Dragon Age 3.
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