Barbie Is a Game Developer Now - We've come a long way from "Math class is...
Introducing the newest #Barbie career: Game Developer! #YouCanBeAnything pic.twitter.com/HE2TAH8s1U — Barbie (@Barbie) June 15, 2016 Update: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that...
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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...
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Blizzard Responds to Fan Concerns Regarding Oversexualized Overwatch...
In a move that’s spun off a surprisingly civil conversation, Blizzard has removed a controversial victory pose belonging to Tracer, one of the heroes from their upcoming first-person shooter game,...
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Nintendo Denies Harassment Factored Into Termination of Employee - Alison...
Yesterday afternoon, Alison Rapp, who had been the target for a sustained harassment campaign for several months, tweeted that her employment at Nintendo of America had been terminated. In response,...
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The Mary Sue Interview: The Ladies of Geek & Sundry’s Critical Role Explain...
Every Thursday at 7 pm PST, a group of, in their own words, “nerdy-ass” voice-actors get together to play their Dungeons & Dragons campaign live as part of Geek & Sundry’s hit series Critical...
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Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear Expansion Earns Ire of Gamers Angry at...
On March 31st, Beamdog released an expansion to the popular Baldur’s Gate II game, titled Siege of Dragonspear. As of right now, a little less than a week after its release, the aggregated reviews...
View ArticleOverwatch‘s Tracer Receives New Victory Pose, Seemingly Inspired by Pin-Up Art
I don’t know pin-up art from my elbow, but @christianmccrea deftly identified the source here pic.twitter.com/RovfwQliYO — BooDoo (@BooDooPerson) April 6, 2016 Blizzard just recently released a new...
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Forget Real Yoga, Play Jenny Jiao Hsia’s Wobble Yoga
Jenny Jiao Hsia’s game Wobble Yoga is a perfect representation of me trying to do yoga in real life. Hsia created the game as part of the Ludum Dare game jam (the theme was “shapeshift”), and it was...
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Amilia St. John Has Some Words for Her Father’s Sexist “Toddler Meltdown”...
To catch you up, Alex St. John, one of the original pioneers of Microsoft’s DirectX platform and founder of WildTanget Software, wrote an opinion piece over on VentureBeat a few days back basically...
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The “Uncensored” World of Street Fighter Mods: The Good, The Bad, The Naked -...
There are a lot of great reasons to install fan-made modifications to the character models in Street Fighter. Personally, I like to install mods made with referential cleverness in mind, like the mod...
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Gen Con’s “Industry Insiders” Guest List Has Finally Reached Gender Parity
Gen Con 2016 has just announced their list of invited “Industry Insiders,” which refers to a group of 25 Featured Presenters as well as the Industry Insider Guest of Honor, who is Michael Pondsmith....
View Article[VIDEO] Interview: Courtenay Taylor Talks Her Favorite Roles and Following...
Courtenay Taylor is one versatile actress. She’s lent her voice acting talents to Halo 5, Fallout 4, Mad Max, Resident Evil, and, of course, the role of Jack in Mass Effect 3—but voice acting wasn’t...
View ArticleBarbie Is a Game Developer Now - We've come a long way from "Math class is...
Introducing the newest #Barbie career: Game Developer! #YouCanBeAnything pic.twitter.com/HE2TAH8s1U — Barbie (@Barbie) June 15, 2016 Update: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that...
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