I wanted a nice and positive focus for the remainder of the week, moving away from the first article on the claims Activision has been denying about it’s ‘sale-ism’ against female game characters. My last thought when I had read that article was, we need more women in that industry, dammit, balacing out those scales [...]
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Activision has previously gone under fire for allegedly being anti-female heroes in their games. A very successful networking lunch and conference took place in Brighton yesterday at the Develop conference with over 70 women attending to hear Sheri Graner-Ray give an inspirational keynote address. The conference started with David Smith reading out a message from Lynne Featherstone MP, Minister for Equalities. In the letter the Minister warned the industry [...] Melissa Miller, Senior Producer at 2K Games and Amanda Mackay of Gametrailers are interviewed by Geoff Keighley for Spike TV on women in gaming. This original clip was made in December 2007 and has had little viewing (112 views). I have represented this as it fits well into the content that we want to show [...] Opus Artz is a dynamic creative studio providing digital art for the entertainment industry, specialising in pre-production, pre-visualisation and concept artwork for games and movies. WIG Jobs met Lisa Tse, Director of Opus Artz in Lyon, France. In collaboration with Lisa Tse Ltd, Opus Artz is in the unique position to offer an integrated art and [...] Antonia Cullum of WIG Jobs interviews Games Designer, Sophie Blakemore Sophie has been working in games for 10 years. She started as a tester but quickly rose to designer and has worked for companies such as Kuju, Creative Assembly and Ideaworks 3D. Sophie believes that opportunities for women in game design are increasing ‘As [...] |
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