Games for Women, Games by Women
All of you ladies out there interested in game development, or just interested in women’s issues in gaming, and with access to the San Francisco area, should seriously think about adding the Women In Games International seminar “Games for Women, Games by Women” to your calendar for February 18th.
The details, from the Women In Games International website:
This half-day Women In Games International event is sponsored by Microsoft Game Studios, International Game Developers Association (IGDA), Game Developers Conference (GDC), Girls in Games, Mary-Margaret.com, ThemePark Studios, WomenGamers.com and BusinessWire. This event is part of a national U.S. series presented in cooperation with the Women in Games Conference in the United Kingdom.
Attendees will learn how to break in and advance their game industry career, in panels and round-table discussions with top experts in the field. This seminar provides useful information for women and men, as well as new and veteran game developers. Meet your fellow participants, socialize and make connections at our post-conference networking party.
Program Topics
Program topics include marketing to women, designing games that appeal to both genders, mid-career strategies, achieving a work/life balance and resolving quality of life issues. For those who are looking for work in the gaming industry, there will be a recruiter Q&A with resume and portfolio reviews.
Follow this LINK to register.
4 opinions for Games for Women, Games by Women
Laura
Jan 9, 2006 at 3:00 pm
Console games don’t interest me but I would come back here to read more about women in game design.
Also, I was watching a show (Electric Playground) where there actually is one woman on the show now but the guys were saying how no one cares about the storyline behind the game and they just skip to the action. That’s maybe true for guys (kind of dull of them, but true). I LIKE having a storyline. When there isn’t one I create my own.
There are few games I really enjoy playing, the fighting and shooting types are kind of boring. I like something that has more to offer. My favourites are city building and strategy type games that have more than just shoot here to them. I also like Carmageddon but that’s stress relief.
Anyway, wandered into your blog today and added it to the Women Gamers category at Dmoz. Hope you get a lot of readers. I liked the interviews.
Ingrid
Jan 9, 2006 at 3:57 pm
Did you forget to add a subject to this or is our template broken? O_o
Patrick
Jan 9, 2006 at 9:28 pm
Special post but it’ll be better if I can see more gers in WCG tournaments. The last WCG in Singapore, there was only 1 woman participant.
But she did make many frens there. Lol.
Tor
Jan 10, 2006 at 5:21 am
Hehe, couldn’t agree more Laura, if a game is without a story (which is being played out, because most games have some kind of story) I could might aswell just go out at smash garden gnomes with a hammer, and I’d get more exercise too… new sport? :)
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