Being a Woman and Dealing with Press and Media

28May09

A few weeks ago I was asked to give an interview for a German online gaming portal that wanted to take a closer look at the company I am doing level design for and the product we are currently working on. Since it is a casual MMO that comes from an Austrian team the game and the team working on it has become…

Filed under: Fairy Tales, game, Game Design, Game Related, Gamer Girls, Level Design, MMO, Private, target audience   |  9 Comments
Tags: austria, development, female, game, Game Design, interview, IT, Level Design, media, misinformation, MMO, press, unprofessional, vienna, woman

Female Target Audience

26Apr09

While discussing different kinds of sports today with friends following observation was shared: the male athletes tried to beat their own score each time they engaged in their chosen sport, while the female athletes focused on…

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Tags: female, Gamer Girls, gamers, games, genre, target audience

Behind the Scenes

10Feb09

The first shooting of the Gamer Girl Calendar is over, the first two pictures are up and the next shootings are already planned.

The next two concepts are …

Filed under: Game Related, Gamer Girl Pin Up Calendar, Gamer Girls, Photography   |  3 Comments
Tags: cal, calendar, computer, February, female gamers, gamer, gamer girl, gamer girl calendar, Gamer Girls, lighting, outtakes, photographer, Photography, RPG, shooting

Important Dates in the Near Future

19Jan09

In the next following weeks a few meetings and events are taking place…

Filed under: Design, game, Game Design, Game Design Get Together, Game Development, Gamer Girl Pin Up Calendar, Gamer Girls, IGDA Stammtisch   |  Leave a Comment
Tags: Design, design-wiki, developer, development, events, female gamer, friendfeed, Game Design, Game Design Get Together, Game Development, gamer girl, gamer girl calendar, Gamer Girls, igda, stammtisch, vienna, werkzeugH, wien, wiki

Gamer Girls and Nerd Boys

16Jan09

We all agree that gamer girls are a somewhat rare, but not that rare species, that is not, like the media would like to suggest, visually not…

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Tags: blog, boys, esther, female gamers, Gamer Girls, hardcore gamer, mmo couples, nerd, stereotype

Girly Geek Shopping

15Jan09

The more female geek audience on the online shopping spree!

Filed under: Design, Game Related, Gamer Girls, Vinyl Toys   |  2 Comments
Tags: Clothing, Design, female, gadgets, geek, geek girls, online, shiny shiny, shopping, sixxa dinghy store, style, think geek, toy, toys, urban, vinyl

Geek Girls Unite!

09Jan09

So the core team has come together at the headquarters to brainstorm about the upcoming new calendar and I can tell you…

Filed under: Design, game, Gamer Girl Pin Up Calendar, Gamer Girls, Hardware, Mac, PC   |  2 Comments
Tags: accessorize, brainstorming, calendar, electronics, fallout 3, female gamers, g4, game boy, gamer, Gamer Girls, geek girls, geeks, iBook, Mac, my passport, nintendo, PC, pin up, sims 3, western digital

Intelligent Artifice is 6

04Jan09

Happy Birthday Intelligent Artifice!

Filed under: game, Game Design Get Together, Game Related, Gamer Girl Pin Up Calendar, Gamer Girls, Private   |  4 Comments
Tags: anniversary, birthday, blog, calendar, Game Design, game designers, gaming girls, get together, intelligent artifice, pin up, stammtisch, vienna, wien