It has been almost a year since I wrote anything game-related on this blog. Although this blog hasn’t been active, I have been doing things.
Category: Events
Speaking at PAX 2013
I’ll be speaking at a panel at the upcoming Penny Arcade Expo. The convention is happening from 30 August – 2 September in Seattle. This panel has a lot of super smart industry professionals on it, and they will be primarily be focusing on things that people can do in the creative process to create compelling content without blindly falling…
Looking Past the Target Audience: The Never-Ending Panel and Blog
At my recent panel at Emerald City Comicon, called “Looking Past the Target Audience: Gender, Race, and Geek Identity Politics,” we as a group of panelists were fully aware that we would not be able to cover a topic this huge in scope and complexity in the short amount of time allotted. This is, briefly, what we discussed in the panel:…
Speaking at Emerald City Comicon 2013
I will be speaking on a panel at Emerald City Comicon, which is taking place in Seattle from 1 – 3 March: Looking Past the Target Audience: Gender, Race, and Geek Identity Politics Sunday, March 3 Room: 2AB Start: 1:00 PM End: 1:55 PM This year, the geek community’s strained relationship with diversity came to a head. Conflicts over exclusion, and…
Speaking at GeekGirlCon 2012
I’ll be speaking on a panel at GeekGirlCon in Seattle, taking place from 11- 12 August: Saturday, 11 August 2012, 1:30 PM – 2:20 PM “Go Make Me A Sandwich”: Barriers to Women’s Participation in Online and Fan Spaces – RM301/302 How many times have you read “get back in the kitchen” or “go make me a sandwich” in comments on a YouTube…