Game Devs & Others
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Game Devs & Others

Tales from the Margins

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eBook - ePub

Game Devs & Others

Tales from the Margins

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About This Book

Game Devs & Others: Tales from the Margins tell the true stories of life in the industry by people of color, LGBTQIA and other marginalized identities. This collection of essays give people a chance to tell their stories and to let others know what life on the other side of the screen is like when you're not part of the supposed "majority".

Key Features

  • This book is perfect for anyone interested in getting into the games industry who feels they have a marginalized identity
  • For those who wish to better diversify their studio or workplace who may or may not have access to individuals that could or would share their stories about the industry
  • Includes initiatives aimed at diversifying the industry that have a positive or negative impact on the ongoing discussions
  • Coverage of ajor news items about diversity, conferences aimed at or having diversity at its core of content and mission are discussed
  • Included essays are written with as little game dev specific jargon as possible, makeing it accessible to people outside the industry as well as those in the scene but that may not have all the insider lingo

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Year
2018
ISBN
9781351364140
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Editor
  9. Contributors
  10. Introduction
  11. Chapter 1: Fight-Free Fashion Agency
  12. Chapter 2: Alex Zandra Van Chestein
  13. Chapter 3: Resistance and Survival Through Community and Horror
  14. Chapter 4: Black Unicorn
  15. Chapter 5: Lauren Ashlee Comp
  16. Chapter 6: The Creative Compulsion: A Reflection
  17. Chapter 7: Laundromat vs. Pizza Place
  18. Chapter 8: The Prevailing Need to Push for Protagonists of Color
  19. Chapter 9: Game Design Is Not a Luxury
  20. Chapter 10: Hadeel al-Massari
  21. Chapter 11: Steven Spohn
  22. Chapter 12: Sunset in the Caves
  23. Chapter 13: Distraction and Reaction: On Allies and Terrible Allydom
  24. Chapter 14: First Loves and True Representation
  25. Chapter 15: Overcoming the Unicorns: Normalizing the “Other” in the Games Industry
  26. Chapter 16: The Token Trap
  27. Chapter 17: My Own Damn Game
  28. Chapter 18: Second Acts
  29. Chapter 19: Firmly Rooted and Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere: Freelancing While WOC
  30. Chapter 20: Actualization and Action
  31. Chapter 21: When Games Get Political with Me
  32. Chapter 22: A Series of Half-Baked Ideas and Quarter-Assed Memes: Why I left Gaming Stories
  33. Index