Here’s some linkspam with a nerdy, geeky, gamy bent because it’s stuff we’re talking about, and you might want to talk about it too!

Oh Canada! Crossing between This Week in Feminism, and This Week in Gaming, I give you a happy little article about a network of video game creators hoping to help level the gendered playing field! – Filamena

Here’s a Kickstarter for you. One of many old skool mothers of gaming is setting up a studio, and wants your help funding it for a year. Jane Jensen (go ahead, look her up, woah with the cred) is Kickstarting a year of Pinkerton Road. The entry level is nice and low, and choices delicious. Seriously check this out. It’s important. – Filamena

Prose Before Blows. (Cute title aside) is a neat look at the growing importance of story over kill ‘em all in modern video games. Yay! Now if only DnDNext took ideas like that to heart…. I’m not holding my breath either. – Filamena

Ennies. Ennies. Ennies. We aren’t yet at the point where that’s all we’re hearing about in the table top world, but we’re getting pretty close. (Don’t even TALK to me about how the GoH program seems to be going. I have nothing but rumors and rage at this point.) However, one of the Ennies judges, and all around great guy is asking for PLEASE PLEASE more entries to the Ennies! What do you think? What games do you think deserve a shout out? Anyone do the numbers on female designers/writers/products? Products and blogs by PoC? Is it all just the same ENworld self gratification? What do you think? – Filamena

As Mordecai Knode writes over on Tor.com, it would be really, really easy to increase racial diversity in illustrations for the new D&D 5th Edition. And also? It would be really awesome. This is a really great take on the issue from someone who fits the “traditional” demographic of D&D (white and male) who none the less argues that increased racial diversity makes the product more appealing to everyone. – wundergeek