Are you interested in wargaming, but are daunted by the time commitment? Games that can go for hours, weeks, months, even years if you play by email? Is it too much trouble to find more than one person to play with you and make the same commitment? Is a tome of rules too overwhelming...
Read more →I’ve been meaning to write up a summary of my experiences as the Gamer Wife for a while now. But between one thing and the next, I’ve never quite had the time or the energy. And the reason is fairly simple. I get push back whenever I talk about these things. I also get...
Read more →I love to draw sexy images. I’m upset by sexist art. The two statements above can be totally non contradictory as I hope to prove with some of my artwork. I recently had to illustrate 2 games which had an atmosphere of sensuality. As usual, my first care is toward transmitting the atmosphere and...
Read more →wundergeek - This is an awesome take on the hate for the “Fake” Geek Girls from oxboxer on Tumblr. Brie - David Gaider, lead writer for Bioware’s Dragon Age video game, comics, and novels wrote a Tumblr post about how valuable it is to have women on your development team. Sunita Williams is returning to Earth...
Read more →I have been married for 6 years. For a 24 year old, that’s actually a while. Most of my friends near my age are just now, or within the past two years, getting married. It’s exciting and great – the change from single gamers to engaged to partnered (or satisfied relationships, whatever they might...
Read more →Welcome to the latest installment of Dear Gaming As Women! We invite our readers to asks us anything – and we’ll do our best to offer informative, thought-provoking, and entertaining answers. In today’s letter, a reader wonders about interpreting blindess: Dear GAW, A friend of mine was talking about a character he created for a...
Read more →I was rereading Melissa McEwan’s terrible bargain piece1, and I started to think abut the terrible bargains I have made as a woman in role playing. And I returned again to the thought I keep having, that’s been sharpened through conversations with others. The deals I make to game, the ones I never talk about because...
Read more →Brie - With the recent elections in the U.S., women’s rights have been in many minds. This gender income inequality map of the U.S. is pretty striking, but not nearly as much as these postcards from the era of the Suffragists. We’ve come a long way ladies – don’t stop now! This history of MMORPGS is...
Read more →Let’s talk about props. In this article I use ”props” to mean not just funny hats, but music, pictures, maps and even food. Something outside the game mechanics that adds to the content or mood of the game. Why use props? Have you ever tasted something and suddenly half-forgotten memories flooded your mind? Listened...
Read more →Welcome to the latest installment of Dear Gaming As Women! We invite our readers to asks us anything – and we’ll do our best to offer informative, thought-provoking, and entertaining answers. In today’s letter, a reader asks for insight on gender representation in MtG: Dear Gaming as Women, The central characters in Magic: the Gathering...
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