Conventions

CA-ing @ GDC 2008
This Just in: First ever “Person of gender” to be included in GDC Game Design Challenge

Conferences

Women Who Tech Telesummit announced

Gaming in Academia

Celia Pearce on Ludica research in Game Daily

Ludica Interview on Gender & Games 12/28/07

Gender Roles

‘On this one I have no Clue’

Character Related

Inevitable Femininity

Kings and Queens

Game Specific

Fire Emblem: Goddess of Radiant Dawn First Impressions

Ophelia’s top ten “hottest male avatars” in SL

Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords

Sets you on fire …sets you on fire like a girl!

BioShock by way of Objectivism (a review + bonus rant)

A Strictly Female Affliction

Retro Rail Shootin’ with Resident Evil

Mobile MMORPG for Japanese Girls

Harassment

The Jade Debate

Gaming Communities

Cerise!

Call for debaters: debating femininity in games

William gets a cookie. His commenters, not so much

XBOX’s ELLE on GGR

Celebrity Related

Wii thoughts for a slow Monday morning
QE II A Wii Fan
God Save the Queen from Nintendo

Arts & Crafts

Call for female artists in residence – Deadline is close!

Knitted companion cube

Miscellaneous

Companion Cube tee

Real Life Impact

Shove Off, MMOG Fans– You’re Not the Future of Gaming

Gaming in Academia

Digital Culture, Play and Identity – a WoW Reader

Gaming Communities

Pronoun discussion goes slightly berserk; Gamers in internalised sexism shock

Hot girl geeks!

Tracey John’s Interviews with Women in Games

Introduction to Robyn Can’t Jump

2008: The Year Of The Mind Change
Gamer Revelations

I don’t think G4 is not for me just b/c I’m a woman
Attack of the Show, ugh

Inexcusable.

I’ve been hearing a lot about “WoW widows”

Harassment

Girls threatened with rape via Xbox Live service

The Trouble with Jade

Character Related

The Problem With Peaches

Name some of your favorite female video game characters

Gender Roles

Monday Quick Hits: Comics and Christmas…

White gaming knight

Game Specific

Mass Effect

Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses

Dear Santa, More Girl Rock For Christmas Please

God Hand Is The New Final Fight

some reviews

Imagine [Insert Gender Stereotype Here]

Game of the Year – Ken Levine!

Real Live Gamers

I’m on Game Career Guide

Introduction Threads

Gaming Revolution
Hi all! I’m totally new to gaming
FINALLY! (aka, Hi!)
Newbie

Real Life Impact

Theresa Duncan, Game Designer/Filmmaker, Dead from Suicide
Suicide and Artists [digg]
Suicide and Artists

Advertising

Nintendo Shows How Greek Advertising Is Done (With Sexy Nurses)

Character Related

Eva returns in MGS4, resembles David Bowie in Labyrinth

The PS2 Haruhi Figurine
Finally, A Somewhat New Kasumi Figure

Costume/Design Related

Devil May Cry 4 Cult Leaders

Game Specific

Bony Pony!
My Thanks and a minor grumble
I moved to Argent Dawn

An open letter to Ben Bleiweiss and StarCityGames

The All-Night Nippon Retrogaming Extravaganza

Inafune On Okami For Wii

Heavenly Sword presents: Pounding on limeys and the best cutscene ever!

Mama Frank is fed up

PS3 gets an exclusive new Rockstar franchise, take that ho! <3 Chad Warden

E3 2007 Aftershocks: Jade Raymond talks Assassin’s Creed, won’t stop calling me

This One Has Soccer Balls!

Web Games
sweet cowboy girl make up [digg]
Girls Makeover >> sweet cowboy girl make up
Fight For Fashion [digg]
Fashion Games >> Fight For Fashion
Dress up game girls [digg]
Dress Up Game
makeup games [digg]
Makeup make up
Dress Up Girls [digg]
Dress Up Girls

Sex and Sexuality

LotR Online Marriage Stance Clarified

His Phallic Nose

Let boobs flounce free!

In Case You Missed It: The Lost Nintendo Sex Ed Tape

Arts & Crafts

Destructoid Interview: Flooky and her Dreamcast guitar mod

Jello Metroid [Pic] [digg]
The Metroid Jello Thing

Cosplay

Japanese Band with Girls Dressed as Mario and Luigi

Celebrity Related

Martha’s Wii Cake – The Recipe

Introduction Threads

Good morning Ladies!
Hi all!
Hello
Howdy.
WTB rp group!!!
A Friendly Hello
Hmm. Hello!
intro post! ^^
Hello
Introduction
Introducing myself finally..
Obligatory Intro Post!
New to the community!

Miscellaneous

YTMND Thursday: Blow your DS, edition
Clock Suckers: A very demented and awesome cartoon

Creating Gender Identity Through The Face

Mii So Hornii

Gaming in Academia

Avatars & Anonymity

Conferences

Women in Games International Presents

Gaming Communities

Cerise Magazine: The Making of a Gamer
Cerise: June 2007 and Call for Submissions
Cerise: June 2007 and Call for Submissions

Awesome GW Char Progress Tracker

Gaming in Academia

How To Play A Feminist

Real Live Gamers

Disapproval

Genius Female Gamer Roseraven Invents Antispam Tatic!!

Harassment

Playing Games Rather Than Reflecting on Them
A Handle By Any Other Name
The Darkmoon Faire, and An Encounter With a Sexist Pig

Advertising

Correction: SOE Did A Disgusting Thing To A Dead Goat

Gender Roles

The Thing About Girl Gamers
The thing about girl gamers

Costume/Design Related

That’s a fine coat you have there
More Version C
Genji still cranking, VF 5 I’m looking at you!
Odin Sphere anticipation
GH II Alternate Outfits
Korean MMOs
JP gets extra costumes

Game Specific

I finally beat Twilight Princess

EVE Online Walking Appeals To Girls
EVE walking appeals to girls

Mass Effect screenshots

Fun With Sims 2

Sex and Sexuality

Linden Takes a Stand on SL Taboos [NSFW]

What Was Up This Week, 6/2/07

Web Comics

D&D is evil (the comic)

Advertising

PSP: no girls allowed?
I’m Going to Need This
Um…it’s the advertising?

Art and Crafts

Super Mario princess cross-stitch
Wonderful! Better Than Mama!

Links are Like Posts for the Lazy
Dragon Magazine Covers – The Editor Responds

Celebrity Related

Jane McGonigal

Character Related

Danger Gal: Lara Croft/Male Call: Terry Sheridan

Conferences

WisCon 31: Idealizing Fantasy Bodies
Idealizing Fantasy Bodies
Sexual Dimorphism in World of Warcraft
A short Gothick was trouble, a fat Gothick homicidal
Idealizing Fantasy Bodies: Whose ideal?
Fantasy Bodies
Sexual Dimorphism
Links : Justin Lee Collins and Paedophilia [in final paragraph]

Game Design

The problem with Drow
Thoughts on Romance
Women of the Century
Women in Historical Campaigns
Five minutes in any RPG

Feature: The 11 Worst Trends in Video Games (2007 Edition)
How To Fix The Video Game Industry

Game Specific

On the Metrod Prime 3 Release and Future Console Purchases
Time To Get Beautiful!

Fox brings ‘SIMS’ to bigscreen
Fox to Bring The Sims to the Big Screen [WomenGamers]

Gaming Communities

I need some group input
Portland Gamer girls?
Kotaku Commenters Prove the Necessity of a Women’s Gaming Magazine

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

There’s a New Sherif In Town, and She’s Got a Shotgun
The IRIS Network

Gaming in Academia

ATTN: Chicks who LARP

How To Play A Feminist (1 of 2)
How To Play A Feminist (2 of 2)

Gender Roles

Barbie Does “Second Life:” Virtual Fashion, Shopping, and Lots of Pink
Second Life fashion: armpit hair
Conflict
Do you RPG? [tangential]

Harassment

We Told You So

Real Life Impact

A Response to Virtual Rape in Games
Virtual Rape Is Traumatic, but Is It a Crime?

Real Live Gamers

I Reject the ‘Big Boys’
In game character changes

Ask A Doll… (Psyche)
Ask A Doll… (Calyber)

Sex and Sexuality

COLUMN: The Aberrant Gamer – ‘Princess Maker 2: Daddy’s Little Girl’
Prostitution in the ‘Verse
Bored & No One to Screw – Self-loving in London [NWS]

LoveChess: Nonsensical Sex Fighting
LoveChess: This Means War

Nudity Delays Halo 2 Vista
Halo 2 for Vista Delayed Over a Butt

Introduction Threads

Hi
Hellos everybody!

Miscellaneous

Fun Fun Fun at Sexy Videogameland
14th Carnival of Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy Fans

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

Miscellaneous

The IRIS Network

Women Gamers’ Forum Launched
IRIS Network on Kotaku, sort of
Yes, Kotaku, you WERE the reason why we started TIN! And also, Santa is real.
I Read the Internets – 3/24/07
Your intellectual superior approves of how you’ve acted now that he’s given you permission to exist
Forums and Chatrooms
Links of interest!”

Girl Gamer Award Nominations

And The Girl Gamer Award Nominees Are…
And The Girl Gamer Award Nominees Are…

Nintendo is Wiining with Women?

The Future of Gaming

Need some help from the gamer chicks

Game Specific

Girl Power Hour – Girls Pwning Thunderhead Keep
Girl Power Hour – Girls Pwning Thunderhead Keep

Want to Be the Envy of the Guys in Your Group?

DS Teaching Japanese Women To Walk Beautifully

God of War II

Women Don’t Like Sex on Roller Coasters

‘Second Life’ Sex Business Sells On eBay For $50,000

What ‘Final Fantasy XI’ Taught Me About Being a Woman

Final Fantasy VI GBA First Impressions

Gender Roles

Creating a Misogyny-Free Zone in an MMORPG World

Cosplay on The Feed, G4.

“Lady, Get Off the Road”

Gaming in Academia

Abstract Accepted

Real Life Impact

Animal Crossing in Miyamoto’s Keynote: Miyamoto’s wife and game sales [digg]
Animal Crossing in Shigeru Miyamoto’s Keynote at GDC

Real Live Gamers

My First Meme: Video Game Covers I Want to See

An Apology to All Female Gamers

Kotaku Wants Women Bloggers
Now You Know (And Knowing is Half the Battle)

Go Ask Alice: Game Industry Enui?

Girl Power Hour–Girls Pwning Sorrow’s Furnace

Beauty and the L337:”On the influence of casuals”
Beauty and the L337: “On Gears of War”

An introduction, and a rant
A Woman of Wealth and Taste
Who am I? Why am I being followed around by this floating, wisecracking skull?
You have found…a BLOG! Set it to use with Z.

Game Specific

Silent Hill (2006)

(Wo)Man’s Best Friend: Fable 2
Fable 2 uses the improbability drive

Sexism and Zelda

Tomb Raider: Anniversary [digg]
We Put old and new Tomb Raider side-by-side
Tomb Raider: Anniversary North American retail packshot released [digg]
Tomb Raider: Anniversary North American retail packshot released

Will Bully [digg]
Wii Bully

Wherefore art thou?

Sex and Sexuality

The Stupid, It Burns
Controversial?

Photos Of The Gaygamer GDC Party Are Up!

Gaming in Academia

RR6: Fair Play

Miscellaneous

Amy Reads the Week (of March 9th 2007)

Pink PS2 Headed Down Under

Tomonobu Itagaki is working on something totally new

Real Life Impact

GDC Related
Miyamoto Mii graces Nintendo Chests
Joystiq and Engadget live at Nintendo’s 2007 GDC keynote
GDC: Miyamoto’s keynote
Ray finds her first line in a GDC women’s restroom
First women’s suffrage and now this

Real Live Gamers

Getting Girls to Play
Girls who play Guitar Hero are hot. [digg]

How to get your girlfriend to play video games
How To Get Your Girlfriend To Play Video Games [digg]
Another Not-So-Bad GF List

Gay Gaming Survey Results Released

Nuns get hooked on game therapy

Character Related

Sexism is sexy: Women leads in video games [digg]
Sexism is sexy: Women leads in video games

From a very frustrated female gamer
From a very frustrated female gamer [digg]

Gender Roles

So what?
Mr. Right or Mr. Right Now

Costume/Design Related

Bullet Witch time…or not?

Game Specific

Bullet Witch DLC Hitting Next Week
Bullet Witch DLC Hitting Next Week [digg]
Fairy Godmother Tycoon: get your magic wand ready
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey to continue in epsodic format

Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 Wallpapers
Latest Dead or Alive: Xtreme 2 Wallpapers [digg]
Dead or Alive Wii-bound?
Bouncing Boobs on Wii? [digg]
No boobs in next Itagaki game?
No boobs in next Itagaki game? [digg]

Poking around with Virtually Jenna Jameson

Gaming in Academia

RR7: It’s a Queer World
RR7: Sexual Orientation in The Sims
Fair Play: Gender

Sex and Sexuality

To 20 Gayest Video Game Characters [digg]

Second Life new low: online sex changes (scary NSFW pictures included) [digg]
Second Life Reaches New Low: Sex Changes [nws]

‘Gaymer’ Survey Results Are In! [digg]

Sony’s ‘Home’ sex haven in disguise (perhaps?)

Pornage or pwnage, dis or dat

Playing Dirty: Night Elves on their knees

Take Two posts loss, settles lawsuit

Miscellaneous

Robotic Xbox 360 girl fulfills our fanart fantasies

Celebrity Related

GDC 2007: Night at White Wolf
Actress On Blue Dragon Localization

Character Related

Game Debate to the Death! Alyx VS Jade
Game Debate to the Death!
Joanna Dark VS Jill Valentine

Game Design

Blog Against Sexism Day
Fake Game Friday: Tuition
Kuju Brighton Becomes Zoë Mode

Game Specific

Women in Troll Culture
Housewife Superstar
Breaking News!
Silent Hill Movie Sequel Confirmed?
The Longest Journey Continues Online
Resident Evil: Extinction Trailer Creeps Up On Us
Finally, Ms. Pac-Man Comes To iPod
Tekken 5 and Nancy Drew hit the PS3 [tangential]

Where, oh Where, Are the Good Clothes in Oblivion?
Obliviate!
Computer rpgs Oblivion

Designer Hopes for Love in Games
Designer Hopes for Love in Games [WomenGamers]

Gaming in Academia

Race and Player Characters

Gender Roles

Out of sheer morbid curiosity, I bring you this poll.
Marriage Is Like A Game Boy…

Real Life Impact

A Feminist Gamer’s Manifesto
Hi! I’m at GDC right now…
Happy Friday everyone!
Make a date with your Xbox 360

Real Live Gamers

Jinx, Psyche, and Rhoulette look back on the top games for 2006 [mp3]
Ok ladies (and few gents!), this has been bothering for quite some time.
At the risk of sounding like a begger…
Guilds and TBC

GDC parties FTW
Women in Gaming Party

How to Get Your Girlfriend to Play Video Games
You can do it!
Another Not-So-Bad GF List

Sex and Sexuality

Bah… wish FFXI would finish download already!!!
Man goes flacid during drunk Tetris sex
Her Name? PSP-tan
The Heavenly Sword facial
Zelda through the eyes of an Otaku