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Video game composer, Kumi Tanioka in 2007 Robin Hunicke speaking at the 2018 Game Developers Conference Siobhan Reddy speaking at the 2019 Game Developers Conference. Women have been part of the video game industry since the 1960s. Mabel Addis of The Sumerian Game (1964) was the first writer of a video game and first female game designer. [126]
Tropes vs. Women in Video Games is a YouTube video series created by Anita Sarkeesian examining gender representation in video games.The series was financed via crowdfunding, and came to widespread attention when its Kickstarter campaign triggered a wave of online harassment against Sarkeesian, [2] causing her to flee her home at one point.
Video Resources: The Changing Face of Feminist Psychology [20] is an original documentary that uses archival material and interviews to explore the context in which feminist psychology emerged and how it has shaped the field of psychology. [3] Original interview clips from individual psychologists can also be found on PFV's YouTube channel. [21]
Women in Games, formally Women in Games WIGJ is a UK-based community interest company which aims to recruit more women into the video gaming industry and to protect the interests of women in the industry. It was founded in 2009 and originally known as Women in Games Jobs (WIGJ); the initials are still part of its legal name.
Dona Bailey. Dona Bailey - American game programmer who, along with Ed Logg in 1981, created the arcade video game Centipede. [4] [5]Laura Bailey - American voice actress.; Ellen Beeman - American fantasy and science fiction author, cofounder the industry group Women in Games International, and computer game designer/producer since the 1990s. [6]
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A 2008 Gallup poll indicated that men and women each make up half of all American video game players. [2] In 2014, women comprised 52% of video game players in the UK and 48% in Spain. [11] According to a 2008 study by the Pew Research Center, "fully 99% of boys and 94% of girls" play video games. [12]
Abigail Thorn (born 24 April 1993) is an English YouTuber, actress, and playwright. [2] [3]Thorn created the YouTube channel Philosophy Tube in 2013, when she sought to provide free lessons in philosophy in the wake of the 2012 increase in university tuition fees in England.