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 →The Book The Retrieval Artist series, Kristine Kathryn Rusch. (A full series list can be found here. The series also includes the novellas The Retrieval Artist, an ‘origin story’ of sorts for Miles Flint; The Recovery Man’s Bargain, a countertext to Recovery Man; and The Possession of Paavo Deshin, a stand-alone story set in the same universe.) Synopsis...
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...
Read more →Welcome, dear readers, to our first GaW duel! We here at GaW have opinions and we all know what that means: pistols at dawn! Our Code Duello is quite simple: 1. The Moderator rules with an iron fist and a generous disposition. Her job is to steer the conversation if it wanders too far...
Read more →Welcome to 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 advice on playing women: Dear Gaming as Women, They say a sensible starting point when playing in a...
Read more →If you’re just coming to this series now, I suggest you read about how I got interested in the question of gender and RPG publication rates, and what I found out. For those who’ve been following along, you’re about to witness the most important step of the research process. Step eight: learn from feedback...
Read more →In my last post on gender and RPG publication, I left things on a bit of a cliffhanger. Would there be a difference between men and women when it came to publishing games? Would there be a difference with games beyond the first? Read on to find out what I learned! Step four: statistical...
Read more →Our very own Elizabeth Sampat asked a question the other day on Twitter. “Are female indie RPG designers,” she wondered, “less likely to publish a second game than male indie RPG designers?” She pointed out that several women she knew had very negative reactions to their first games, and this might be affecting their...
Read more →Fantasy is one of the classic gaming genres – and more often than not, it features all kinds of fantasy races. Elves! Dwarves! Tieflings! Dragonborn! Kender, for the Margaret-Weis-inclined! Sometimes it feels like there’s an embarrassment of riches – so many options, so little time. Today we’ll share what fantasy races we prefer to...
Read more →Do you like games? Do you have five minutes FOR SCIENCE? Then take my five-minute survey about character design in games! — Jess
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