Obviously, Sexism in games is kind of a deal around here, and we’re always looking to up the signal, broaden the conversation, and keep talking about the issues until they improve. (And they can and DO improve!) So when GaW’s own Professor Jessica Hammer turned me on to GTFO, a documentary in the making...
Read more →Guess what my least favorite part of my job is. Go on, guess. Nope. It is not being broke from time to time waiting between publisher checks and book sales. And no, it isn’t dealing with angry fans or angrier trolls. Hell, it isn’t even the occasionally hostile environment I’m treated to within the...
Read more →Job Hunters is a web series about mortal combat and after college hopefuls ready to kill for the job of their dreams. What I didn’t realize when I first took a look at their Season 2 Kickstarter is that three of the four brains behind the show are women! And they are some serious...
Read more →Gillian Fraser is the lead designer for Wicked Fantasy. Wicked Fantasy, currently KSing here, is a project where she and veteran designer John Wick are re-imagining fantasy races from scratch. As soon as I saw this Pathfinder supplemental had a woman as lead, I knew I had to talk to Gillian, and I was not disappointed! Here’s her fantastic...
Read more →JR Blackwell is the sort of woman who returns good to evil. If she were to be stabbed in the side by a mugger, after she was done dismembering the mugger, she could be heard to say, ‘Huh. Well. I’m bleeding and I have a hole in my side. What sort of good could...
Read more →I believe that there are games that bring totally new setting, systems and experiences that are entirely new and based on nothing else but perhaps genre. I’m not currently writing any of those games. I’m writing a genre emulator for a pre existing system. And what’s more? I am SHAMELESSLY plundering fan fiction, fandom...
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 →Filamena: So a thing happened on the intertubes a few days ago, and I guess it’s important I talk about it here. The short version is, someone asked ‘why are there so few lady developers?’ I answered him. Actually, and I want this to be very very clear, a LOT of women answered him. The...
Read more →Joanna: Recently on G+, I saw some comments on a post that struck me. Women were saying how they feel unwelcome at gaming conventions. That was a surprising word to see, unwelcome, and something I want to explore. Instead of derailing that particular thread, I thought I’d start a separate discussion. I have never felt...
Read more →It kind of comes back to the Joan of Arc thing for me. Joan is a well known Unicorn. When you talk about war and combat and battles and being epic and awesome in that way, people talk about heroes of war and they talk about men. (There are a LOT of games that...
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