References & Resources

Whether you have an academic or professional development inquiry, please check out our references and resources for and about women in game development.

Publications

• Identifying and Addressing the Issues - Women's Game Conference 2004 (February 2005)
  by Rebekah Tran
• Chicks and Joysticks: An Exploration of Women and Gaming (September 2004)
  by Aleks Krotoski for the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association
• Why are There so Few Women in Games? (September 2004)
  by Lizzie Haines for Media Training North West
• Women and Girls in the Game Industry - Phase 1 (April 2004)
  by Lizzie Haines for Media Training North West
• Gender Inclusive Game Design: Expanding the Market (September 2003)
  by Sheri Graner Ray, published by Charles River Media

Resource Listings

• Organizations - These organizations represent women in the technology sector, including (and especially) gaming.
• Events - Check this list of events to find out what's going on in the games and technology world, from AI to High Culture, at a venue near you!
• Institutions - Research institutions, both academic and non academic, which focus on cyberculture and gaming. If you need a social angle, some statistics or are interested in the cutting edge, it's here.
• General Gaming - Games resources in general, including recruitment, lobbying bodies, women gamers websites and industry heavyweights. These are the folks to come to when you want your voice heard.
• General Women - Lots of resources for entrepreneurial women, including business, communities and support.
• Researchers - The researchers who are thinking about gaming, from social to psychological to economical to political.