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Game Developers Conference

Half-Naked Women at a Tech Conference Sends Some IGDA Leaders Packing

Cassie Slane | Posted 04.01.2013 | Technology
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Cassie Slane

The substance of video games and how they portray women is not likely to change overnight. But one thing that has changed is how people are reacting.

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Female Game Developers Look To Shake Up The Boys Club

Reuters | Malathi Nayak | Posted 03.16.2013 | Technology
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By Malathi Nayak SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - When video game developer Brenda Brathwaite Romero started her career in the 1980s, she coul...

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Venture Capitalist: If Tech CEOs Any Younger We'd 'Be Invested In Preschool'

Reuters | Sarah McBride | Posted 04.21.2012 | Business
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By Sarah McBride SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Josh Buckley, chief executive of an online gaming start-up, is looking forward to next month...

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'Game Development Is Drowning"

AP | DERRIK J. LANG | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
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SAN FRANCISCO — With retail video game sales smacked down by the rough economy and ever-growing competition in the crowded social and mobile gam...

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You're a Gamer, Admit It

Liz Spikol | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
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Liz Spikol

According to the Entertainment Software Association, 40 percent of all gamers are now women, and there are more women playing than teenage boys. Also, about a quarter of all people 50 and older play videogames.

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GDC 2010 LIVE: Game Developers Conference Updates, News, Photos In Real-Time

Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
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Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2010 has begun in San Francisco, as gaming enthusiasts and industry leaders converge to discuss the state of gaming. ...

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The Changing Shape of Entertainment Commerce

Theodore Bergquist | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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Theodore Bergquist

The faster these various game industry players can reconcile, the faster we'll all be able to meet consumer demand, and from there we'll be on our way to building a new economy of electronic commerce.

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