In his graphic design manifesto, Frank Chimero throws down some essential design knowledge by saying “Take things away until you cry.” Antoine de Saint Exupéry, known for creating the Little Prince, declares “A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”...
Read more →Media is a heavy inspiration for my gaming ideas. Any new movie, video, comic, or whatnot that comes out I analyze as potential seeds for plot, character, pacing, and drama. Zero Dark Thirty is paving the way for female heroes in its portrayal of an American hero who is also a woman. Spoilers and...
Read more →Kira: A thoughtful post about how to navigate success and likeability as a woman on the interwebs. Brie & Kira: Earlier this week, Emerald City Comicon posted their Tales from the Con comic – and plenty of readers responded right away with their objections. ECC took the post down and apologized, but the response from...
Read more →Kira: In the world of “what might have been”, we found out that there were women fighter pilots cut from Star Wars, Return of the Jedi. Do you have a Manic Pixie Dream Girl in your life? In response to a movement by a thirteen-year-old named McKenna Pope, Hasbro will be releasing a gender neutral...
Read more →This post talks about the potential impact flexible work hours could have on women. I couldn’t help but think how this could apply to women in game design too. – Kira “I believe there’s a misconception that if you put a girl or a woman on the cover, the game will sell less....
Read more →The perfect gift is hard to find for anyone, let alone someone so awesome as the gaming women in your life. If you have a gaming woman on your list, or you are a gaming woman and just want an awesome gift for yourself, check out our top ten gifts below (in no particular order...
Read more →For more information on Mad About the Boy check out Lizzie Stark’s blog and my previous posts on Gaming as Women. It’s been about a month since I’ve played Mad About the Boy, and I’m still debriefing. I know that it’s an intended part of the process, and that makes me feel more...
Read more →The larp Mad About the Boy seems to work on many meta levels. At least, that’s my impression of it the more I think about it, having yet to experience it. I recently talked about my thoughts on my character and what I’m expecting to happen in the game on Tuesday. One of these...
Read more →There’s almost too much for me to love about the Mad About the Boy LARP that I’m going to be playing this weekend. Organized by author of Leaving Mundania Lizzie Stark and the Norwegian creators of the game, this event is strictly for women identified players, takes place in the post apocalypse, and is...
Read more →Nostalgia Chick lays down some feminist commentary in her new review of the movie Charlie’s Angels. They can’t objectify us if they can’t see us! — Kira A fun rant by J.R. Blackwell about Geek Hierarchy. — Kira Was It Fun for You? Skepchick has some great discussion on the common perception of women and...
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