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Title:

Social Justice and Video Games

Your vote:
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Organizer:
Latoya Peterson, Racialicious.com
Description:
This panel would look at racism and sexism in game design from the view of those in the industry and players. It will discuss solutions to create more inclusive games and work/online environments in a fun, interactive style conversation.
Questions
Answered:
  1. Why do we need to be concerned with social justice and video games?
  2. Why do people say video games are racist?
  3. Why do people say video games are sexist?
  4. Why don't more minorities/women work in gaming?
  5. Why aren't more minorities/women playing games online?
  6. How can I diversify my work force?
  7. What should developers keep in mind when planning a game?
  8. How do marketers avoid problematic representations of race and gender?
  9. What are some examples of the problems?
  10. How do we combat stereotypes?
Level:
Intermediate
Category:
Social Issues, User Experience, Video Games
Type:
Panel
Event:
Interactive 2010
Latoya Peterson
on 21/8/09
Co-panelists for this event would include N'Gai Croal and Naomi Clark. Other possible panelists include Professor Andre Brock.
Tristin Aaron
on 21/8/09
Sounds amazing.
Deanna Zandt
on 21/8/09
Love this!
Maurice Cherry
on 21/8/09
Wow - this panel sounds awesome! Have you thought about getting Jason Ellis from microscopiq in on this? You might remember him from a couple of posts like "Blackface Goes HD? The Case of Resident Evil 5" and "Race in Games: Culture, Context, and Controversy". I am so geeked to hear about this panel, and really hope it's included in SXSWi!
Joanne Bamberger
on 21/8/09
I love this idea!
John Nguyen
on 21/8/09
This sounds like a great panel.
Tom Cross
on 21/8/09
This sounds awesome. Just about every single company making games should have to memorize every minute.
kate simpson
on 21/8/09
I'd love this to happen!
Anjuan Simmons
on 21/8/09
I'm a fan of Racialicious (both the web site and the podcast) so it's great to see you submitting such a great panel idea!
Veronica Arreola
on 21/8/09
WOO!! I can't wait to see this!
Shaping Youth
on 29/8/09
I'll blog the bejeebers out of this one!
Marjorie Kase
on 3/9/09
This sounds badass. I can't wait to see this. Long overdue!
Games Online
on 3/11/09
This panel sounds great!
M4R Converter
on 18/11/09
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