Conferences

“Games-Simulation-Conflict”

Real Live Gamers

How Does A Working Mom Find Time To Be An Uber WoW Geek, Anyhow?
WebWire Looks at how parents game
Mom and Dads Got Video Games

Character Related

Beauty and Female Game Characters

Princess Peach – Feminist?
Princess Shokora, Revealed

Gaming Communities

Welcome, Eternal Dreamers
Girl Power Hour – Girls Pwning Eternal Grove

Zach proves why nobody doesn’t like Molten Boron

Gender Roles

Window to WoW Busts Through Notions Of The “Girl Gamer”[Killer Betties]
Windows to WoW busts through notions of the “girl gamer” [Games Radar]

PSP: Cheaper than a girlfriend

Stupid Gamer Sexism of the Day
Sexist Gamer of the Day Award goes to…
Sexist Gamer Comment of the Day
I’mma Gonna…

Game Specific

Second Life fashion guide
And now, a Second Life short

More on Neverwinter Nights 2

Feminism and Final Fantasy

Sex and Sexuality

Really? Self respect any games-company?

Click Me: Bonnie’s virtual sex column
Sex Advice for the Digital Age
What Counts As Cybersex?
Dan Savage on Second Life

Playing With Tera Patrick
Come with us as we play with Tera Patrick![NSFW]
5 Questions with Brad Abram
A Thumbs Down for Hentai Games

Regina Lynn on Virtual Rape

Gender Discrimination in Second Life Escort Club [NSFW]

Abusing Virtual Children?

What Was Up This Week, 5/18/07
What Was Up This Week, 5/11/07

Heroine Content is hosting the 14th Carnival of Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy Fans, which will be published on May 30th. The deadline for submissions is May 27th!
Please submit via email to skyekilaen[at]gmail[dot]com. They are looking for posts, web comics, and art with a feminist perspective on science fiction and fantasy. This can include TV, Movies, Books, Comics, Games, etc. For more information, see the Guidelines.

Also be sure to check out the new People of Colour SF Carnival. The first edition is scheduled for June 15th, see their site for more details.

Real Life Impact

Japanese Marketers Target Gamer Girls, Mom

Gaming Communities

More reasons for a magazine for gaming women
On women-oriented gaming communities
Invitation Only
Requisite Backlash
“STFU” and GTFO”
Cerise Magazine Launches

Forcing all spaces to be privilege-oriented spaces

Real Live Gamers

50 Things I Love About Video Games

The Power of Alpha Moms [Women Gamers]
The Power of Alpha Moms[Killer Betties]
The Powers of Alpha Mom

Young Women Dominate UK Inet

Ask a Doll… [Killer Betties] [Seppuku]
Ask a Doll… [Seppuku's Blog]
Ask a Doll… [Killer Betties] [Brookelyn]
Ask a Doll… [Brookelyn's Blog]

Character Related

Back to the Future for Lara Croft

Game Specific

World of Warcraft

Resident Evil’s Second Sex

Korean MMO Drives Girls To Sex, Smoking
Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor: Korean MMO Drives Girls to Sex, Smoking

Sex and Sexuality

Playing Dirty: Going Head to Head in Bed
Playing Dirty: Going head to head in bed

‘Second Life’ Can Now Add Rampant Pedophilia To Its Hall of Sexual Dysfunction
‘Second Life’ Can Now Add Rampant Pedophilia To Its Hall of Sexual Dysfunction

Miscellaneous

I Read the Internets – 5/19/07
I Read the Internets – 5/12/07

For The Horde!

Art and Crafts

The winning Threadless BioShock tee

Conferences

Ludica @ Philosophy of Computer Games

Women In Games 2007: Opening keynote, Sharon Knight, EA
Women In Games 2007: Opening Keynote, Sharon Knight, EA [KillerBetties]

Women In Gaming International Event in Los Angeles was a success!
Women In Gaming International Event in Los Angeles Was A Success! [KillerBetties]

Game Design

It’s All About Teh Fun
Bards, Bombs, and Gaming

The Most Ridiculous Gender and Game Design Story Challenge
An Excellent Panel with a Serious Flaw

Making Video Games Desirable for Women
Making Video Games Desirable for Women (for Dummies)

Focus on Development Diversity [WomenGamers]
Focus on Development Diversity [KillerBetties]

Game Specific

Women in World of Warcraft
Tomb Raider: Anniversary
Super Paper Mario and a Controversial Post

Gaming in Academia

Sexism in the gaming industry
Sexism In The Gaming Industry[Killer Betties]

Cerise Magazine
‘Cerise’ Magazine: By and For Women Gamers
Cerise, The Mag For Women Gamers

First issue of Cerise is out
Cerise Magazine Released Today
Check Out Cerise #1
Cerise: May 2007 and Call for Submissions
Cerise Magazine Launches
May 2007 issue of Cerise is out
Anti-oppression Links Round-up
Cerise Magazine
the 13th carnival is up
Cerise Magazine, May 2007
Links for the day: Wednesday, May 02 2007
SURPRISE ITS 1 AM [how did this happen]
Correction: SOE Did A Disgusting Thing To A Dead Goat
New webzine for feminist gamers
Webzines
Don’t mess with their LARP, or they’ll break (your) character.
Launch of Cerise

Gender Roles

DS Witch Touching Game #1 on Amazon Pre-Orders
How To Tell If You’re a Fanboy
Gay Marriage Flap Around New Lord of the Rings MMO
GTA V: Mommy Drive-By
How does a working mom find time to be an uber WoW geek, anyhow?

How to Get Your Girl into Gaming!
How To Get Your Girl Into Gaming! [KillerBetties]

Harassment

Gamers Against Violence Week ’07
Gamers Against Violence Week ’07 [KillerBetties]

Real Life Impact

Tweety Has Left The Building
WomenGamers.Com – National Computer Camp Scholarship for Girls
Speaking of action games…
Sony marketing continues to think it’s clever to be vile
The intersection of murder, videogames, and media

College Recruits Female Game Students [WomenGamers]
College Recruits Female Game Students [KillerBetties]

The Impact of Virtual Rape Online
Virtual Rape Is Traumatic, but Is It a Crime?
The Impact of Virtual Rape Online [WomenGamers]
The Impact of Virtual Rape Online [KillerBetties]
Virtual rape and real-world reactions

Real Live Gamers

On being the token “girl gamer”
Girls in like with girls?
Killer Women: Theresa Pudenz
Friday Open Thread: Whatcha playin’? That? Oh, I kick your ass.

Girl Power Hour
Girl Power Hour – Girls Pwning Gyala Hatchery
Girl Power Hour – Girls Pwnt Rotscale
Girl Power Hour – Girls Pwning The Black Curtain (HM)

Sex and Sexuality

Point Prostitution (and “Selling Sex”)
Squeeze Her Boobies To Go Pew!
Whoring For ‘World of Warcraft’ Gold?

Introduction Threads

Girls Who Play
Girls Who Play [KillerBetties]

Miscellaneous

I Read the Internets – 5/5/07
I Read the Internets – 4/28/07
13th Carnival of Feminist Science Fiction & Fantasy Fans
The 37th Carnival of Feminists

As you can see, Jade Reporting has officially joined the Iris Gaming Network and is undergoing a site overhaul to commemorate the change.

I’ll be working on the site over the next little while to try to get everything nice and pretty, so please bear with things going wonky every so often.