While the achievements of the games industry as a whole receives attentive coverage, the individual careers of women in the industry does not. Industry Spotlight is a four part series, profiling multiple women across table-top and video games, offering a candid look at their work and experiences. Tabby Lulham is the Creative Director at the indie company Axon Digital Arts in Toronto, Canada. Lulham’s entry into the industry was spurred by her love of games, with a particular drive to … [Read more...]

While the achievements of the games industry as a whole receives attentive coverage, the individual careers of women in the industry does not. Industry Spotlight is a four part series, profiling multiple women across table-top and video games, offering a candid look at their work and experiences. Erin Hoffman is a lead designer at Loot Drop; a 13 year veteran of the games industry, Hoffman’s entry into games was accidental. “A member of my online writing group told me that … [Read more...]

While the achievements of the games industry as a whole receives attentive coverage, the individual careers of women in the industry does not. Industry Spotlight is a four part series, profiling multiple women across table-top and video games, offering a candid look at their work and experiences. Jackie Fiest spent three years at Ubisoft as a forum moderator, getting her feet wet in video games after a lifetime as a gamer and spending her student time at UTEP in Radio/TV. Fiest was still … [Read more...]

While the achievements of the games industry as a whole receives attentive coverage, the individual careers of women in the industry does not. Industry Spotlight is a four part series, profiling multiple women across table-top and video games, offering a candid look at their work and experiences. Brandy Shaul is a freelance journalist six years into working the games journalism beat; she currently appears at AOL’s Games.com, Gamezebo and Gamer’s Intuition. Shaul’s draw to games … [Read more...]

By day, Richard Dansky is the Central Clancy Writer at Ubisoft, Manager of Design for Red Storm Entertainment in Morrisville, North Carolina, and a prolific writer of all things spooky, weird, and creepy by night. Contributing in one respect or another to over one hundred books during his tenure at White Wolf, Dansky learned the ropes of professional writing as a line developer for the White Wolf game Wraith: The Oblivion.     GDG: How did you become the line developer for … [Read more...]