Staring At Screens.

Last week, the #1reasonwhy hash tags prompted the team to discuss some very important issues and problems with the gaming industry. Thus begins the first in our ongoing series of special episodes on gender and games. Here are some of what we talked about: - the #1reasonwhy hashtag - being a girl gamer, and gaming aggression (Vick) - 'intersectionality' - on being a girl tech writer (Vick) - on dismissing sexism because you don't see it. (Lisa) - Katie Williams, Aussie Journo at E3 (Joel and Lisa) - Ashly Burch's tweet (Joel) - Singapore - MIT GAMBIT game lab video (Joel) - fatuglyorslutty.com (Dave) - Xbox Live trolls (Dave and Joel) Further reading: http://borderhouseblog.com/?p=9702 http://borderhouseblog.com/?p=9712 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/11/29/1reasonwhy-we-are-all-responsible/ http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/06/513794/ http://www.gamerswithjobs.com/node/113776 http://gambit.mit.edu/projects/hatespeech.php [NSFW] We want to hear from you if you have any feedback or comments, especially if y