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EXCLUSIVE: Women in Games International & Girl Scouts Creating Video Game Patch

By GG-AngelThanatos 1 month ago.

The Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles (SCGLA) and Women in Games International (WIGI) have teamed up to encourage female video game developers with a new patch!

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Women in Gaming: Jackson Maynard's Betsy Aoki Talks Linear

By GG-CammyKoopa 1 month, 1 week ago.

Jackson Maynard, the company behind sci-fi puzzler Linear, teamed up with students on the game's latest build. See what they had to say!

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Webseries “The Skyrim Parodies” is Nominated for a Shorty Award

By GG-jackie879 3 months, 3 weeks ago.

Show your support and vote for the hilarious web series!

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Women in Gaming: Composer, Penka Kouneva Embarks On a "Warrior's Odyssey"

By GG-AngelThanatos 6 months, 2 weeks ago.

Penka Kouneva is a talented, Bulgarian composer whose works include Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands and Gears of War 3. She has just released her first solo album entitled, A Warrior's Odyssey; a powerful and moving collection of instrumental tracks. I caught up with Penka to talk about this amazing album, as well as her real-life Odyssey in progress.

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Women In Gaming: Meet Halo 4's Cortana a.k.a. Mackenzie Mason!

By GG-CrixLee 6 months, 2 weeks ago.

I hung out in Will Rogers Park with new bff Mackenzie Mason to enjoy the weather and learn about Halo 4 and being Cortana!

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Women in Gaming: Lori Ann Cole and Her new RPG, Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption

By GG-jackie879 6 months, 3 weeks ago.

The creators of the classic Quest for Glory games are back with Hero-U, an RPG that has all the ingredients to be a hit.

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Women in Gaming: Industry Vet Laura Fryer To Manage Epic Games Seattle

By GG-AngelThanatos 7 months ago.

Fryer has been listed as one of The Hollywood Reporter’s “Top 12 Most Influential Women in Gaming,” Next Generation’s “Game Industry’s 100 Most Influential Women,” and Gamasutra’s “Top 20 Women in Games.”

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Geeky Girls Closing the Gender Gap

By GG-CammyKoopa 7 months, 2 weeks ago.

Just as you can’t judge a book by its cover, you can’t judge a girl by her looks. Women are taking the tech industry by storm and new research shows companies with female leadership posting stronger numbers than many of those without.

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One Of Our Own Wants To Be A Frag Doll!

By GG-CrixLee 8 months, 2 weeks ago.

Tha's right darlings, our very own Emily Zimmer aka gg-Kaboom wants to be a Frag Doll and here's how you can help!

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Help a Girl Gamer in Need!

By GG-AngelThanatos 1 year, 1 month ago.

Katy Boyd, aka “bunnyxablaze” is a Frag Doll Cadette and one of the nicest gamers you'll ever meet. While at PAX East, her house burned to the ground, losing everything but (thank God) her two dogs. Now, the gaming community is banding together to help her - and you can, too!

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GDC '12 - Women in Gaming Luncheon & Awards

By GG-AngelThanatos 1 year, 2 months ago.

Food, fun, networking and lots and lots of support make up the Women in Gaming luncheon from Microsoft! We celebrated our role in the video game industry and awarded some ladies in particular who definitely earned it.

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Women in Gaming: Next Island's Meg Stivison

By GG-AngelThanatos 1 year, 2 months ago.

Next Island just recently entered my radar and I was delighted to find a woman behind the scenes developing the missions. Meet Meg Stivison, Game Content Designer for Next Island!

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Sony's GIRL Game Design Competition Accepting Entries

By GG-AngelThanatos 1 year, 3 months ago.

Gamers In Real Life (GIRL) is a yearly competition in which Sony Online Entertainment offers one lucky female student a $10,000 scholarship and internship at their San Diego office.

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SKYRIM: To Lydia with Love

By GG-CrixLee 1 year, 3 months ago.

What happens when you're saddled with an in-game companion who is great (most of the time) in battle but more often than not gets in your way AND you can't live (literally) without them? Make a fan film!

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Women in Gaming: Helana Santos

By Kaboom 1 year, 3 months ago.

Meet Helana Santos, one of the programmers behind “The Cat That Got the Milk.”

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