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Survey: There Aren’t Many Women In The Video Games Business
The Border House has posted scans of the results of last year’s Game Developer Magazine survey, which is about as thorough examination of the demographics of the video game business as you can get. It’s interesting on many levels, firstly for seeing how much developers get paid, but then for seeing how many women there are in the industry.
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.
Why Were There No Women Presenters At The PlayStation 4 Event?
Today we got a healthy dose of next-gen information, delivered to us by a bevy of excited, breathless developers and publishers. Here’s the thing: not a single one of the presenters at the PlayStation 4 event were women, and people noticed.
Attractive, Female, And They Play Games Live On The Internet
Back when Kotaku wrote about a troll that targeted women, there was one critical word that kept popping up in responses: camwhore.
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.
I Can Be Just As Capable. Let Me.
When I sit down at a computer, my left hand falls automatically into the inverted-V shape known well by all of you; middle three fingers arched across W, A, S and D. Pinky hovering over left-shift, my thumb resting lightly on the space bar. There’s a poetic comfort in this for me. I do it without thinking. These letters are the ones I always come home to.
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