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Game Designer’s Solution to Lack of Black Game Developer Barbie Highlights...
One game designer found that there was something missing with the brand new Game Developer Barbie doll that was just recently released: color. Marcus Montgomery, the game designer who founded the site...
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Stereotype Threat & Gaming’s Gender Gap: Research Shows Women Players Are...
A recent University of California study tracked player performance and skill in online multiplayer games along gender lines, attempting to figure out whether men or women are better at games. Cuihua...
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Super Smash Bros. Pro Accused of Sexual Assault Released From Team, Banned...
(cw: description of molestation and sexual assault) “VikkiKitty,” a Super Smash Bros. pro player, has accused Cristian Medina, aka “Hyuga,” of sexual harassment, alleging that he molested her in her...
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Die, Anxiety, Die! How Violent Video Games Aid My Mental Health - Ah, the...
At a young age I knew I was different, but always just hid behind a theatre kid exterior and chalked all my anxiety up to “budding creativity” that just needed an outlet. Surprise! Turns out my...
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Interview: Rhianna Pratchett Talks Tomb Raider and How to Make Video Games...
When Tomb Raider was rebooted back in 2013, many were surprised and confused when Square Enix deemed its sales figures—3.4 million copies sold in its first month—to be a disappointment. For most...
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Steam-y Censorship: How Christine Love’s Ladykiller in a Bind Exposes Valve’s...
Christine Love’s Ladykiller in a Bind has been in development for quite some time. According to Love Conquers All Games’ official press kit, production began in 2012 after the team felt “burnt out on...
View ArticleThings We Saw Today: The Rock and Lin-Manuel Miranda Take Us Behind the...
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Lin-Manuel Miranda were pretty busy with Moana, but they decided to put their producing chops to the test by releasing a mockumentary short coming to YouTube....
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We Need to Talk About the Brilliance of Telltale Games’ Catwoman
Batman: The Telltale Series is already up to its fourth and penultimate episode, and has firmly established itself as a unique take on the Batman universe. Whether it’s rewriting the Wayne family...
View ArticleEverything You Knew About Catching Pokémon Was Wrong
Do you want to catch a Pokémon? Great! The first thing you want to do is knock it down as low as possible in HP, right? Then, you probably want to throw an Ultra Ball for your best chance—except, in...
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Help Tell a Story That Needs to Be Told: Missing Explores the Cruel Realities...
Far too often, games that delve into the real-life experiences of people from non-U.S. countries are given short shrift. They’re dismissed as preachy, or worse, uninteresting. With that in mind, it’s...
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How Women Are Driving the Dungeons & Dragons Renaissance
More than 40 years into its existence, 2017 was Dungeons & Dragons’ biggest year ever, and not by a small margin. 12–15 million people played D&D in North America in 2017. The company behind...
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What It’s Like to Be a Woman Playing Dungeons & Dragons on the Internet
Sirens of the Realms via Tyler Curtis/ @tyliner Earlier this year, I was lucky enough to visit with the staff of Wizards of the Coast about the incredible success of Dungeons and Dragons and just how...
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Fortnite Superstar Ninja Defends His Awful Decision Not to Stream With Female...
Tyler “Ninja” Blevins is a Fortnite superstar. With over 10,000,000 subscribers, the 27-year-old is the most popular streamer on all of Twitch. And in a new interview with Polygon, he’s defended his...
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Dungeons & Dragons Streamers & Creators Discuss the Game’s Evolution of...
In recent years, Dungeons and Dragons has made incredible strides when it comes to making sure women feel included and represented in the game. More than a year ago, I wrote about how women were...
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Activision Blizzard Employees Hold Walkout Today Over Publisher’s Abysmal...
Today, Activision Blizzard employees are staging a walkout in protest of the publisher’s “abhorrent and insulting” response to the huge sexual harassment lawsuit they’re currently facing.
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Blizzard President J. Allen Brack Steps Down After Sexual Harassment Suit and...
J. Allen Brack, the president of game development company Blizzard, has stepped down from the company “to pursue new opportunities.” according to The Verge, though everyone immediately guessed it’s...
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Not to Be Confused With the Current Lawsuit, but Activision Blizzard Is Now...
Whenever I see a headline about Activision Blizzard these days I assume it’s another layer to the sexual harassment lawsuit filed by California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing. Recent...
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Things We Saw Today: Christina Aguilera Rereleases Her Most Popular Song on...
In December of 2002, pop star Christina Aguilera released her music video for the self-acceptance anthem Beautiful, and still today, it is one of her most famous tracks ever. Even the official version...
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The Best Femme-Centric Video Games
Video games are a funny medium. You technically have limitless potential to be whoever you want to be, yet somehow it’s a tall order to deliver the following in one fell swoop: a game where you play...
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‘PC Gamer’ Celebrated 30 Years of Video Game History Without Naming a Single...
Women are used to being excluded in male-dominated professions and spaces, and the gaming industry has been particularly harsh, with so few in competitive teams and game development companies. Perhaps...
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