art, plants & maine coon cats (cailleuch) wrote,
art, plants & maine coon cats
cailleuch
  • Mood: enraged

#EAFail

Under the mistaken impression that the game industry was at least trying to get it's act together regarding women working in the industry & being consumers, along comes EA at ComiCCon. The call to harrass EA employees and any other women who might resemble a "booth babe" goes way past anything anyone should be promoting

And it isn't the first problem for woman at this event. The LA Times came out with "The Girl's Guide to Comic Con 2009" that claimed that girls only liked to attend to squee over the boys.


EA’s Big Success at Comic-Con This Year? Alienating Women Gamers @ Technology News


While !Finished » #EAFail Link Roundup

Links for women gamers:


Sequential Tart: A Comics Industry Web Zine (vol /iss 7/July 2009)


Girl-Wonder.org
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