Saturday, February 23rd.
Bento Miso | 3pm
Panel Discussion
While marginalization and exclusion within the production and play of games has been a recognized issue for some time, over the past year (2012-13) attention and action has reached a fever pitch, much of it aiming to shift/challenge/reorient what has been called ‘toxic game culture’. This conversation considered feminism(s) in theory and in practice within game-based and game art-based production, highlighting different local approaches to creating, organizing, and intervening in hegemonic game culture to create new and challenging spaces, artefacts, and communities. The intention of such a discussion is to highlight the variety of practices and viewpoints that comprise of feminism in games and game art in order to indicate its multifaceted and wide-reaching potential. The discussion was followed by Dames Making Games’ February Social and Feb-Fatale Arcade.
Moderated by Alison Harvey.
Panellists:
Cecily Carver
Sandra Danilovic
Cindy Poremba
PartyTime! Hexcellent! (Rachel Weil)
Emma Westecott
