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02966aam a2200385 i 4500 001 A319CABEE9E711E69A6025A3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170203020341 008 160505s2017 fluac 001 0 eng 010 $a 2016013699 020 $a 113894792X (alk. paper) 020 $a 9781138947924 (alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)948878487 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BDX $d OCLCF $d YDXCP $d AKR $d BTCTA $d IAD $d YUS $d VP@ $d HF9 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a HD9993 E452 H47 2017 100 1 $a Hepler, Jennifer Brandes, $e author. 245 10 $a Women in game development : $b breaking the glass level-cap / $c edited by Jennifer Brandes Hepler. 264 1 $a Boca Raton, FL : $b CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, $c 2017. 300 $a xiii, 223 pages : $b illustrations, portraits ; $c 23 cm 500 $a Includes index. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Brenda Romero -- Rebecca Ann Heineman -- From the Beginning -- Judy Tyrer -- Brianna Wu -- Karisma Williams -- It Starts in the Classroom: Women and Computer Science -- Jane Ng -- Kimberly Unger -- "You Must Be an Artist": Stereotypes and Realities about Female Game Artists -- Laralyn McWilliams -- Elizabeth LaPensee -- Elizabeth Sampat -- Erin Hoffman-John -- Don't Girls Hate Combat?: Variety in Game Design -- Jennifer Brandes Hepler -- Sheri Graner Ray -- Write What You Know: How Female Writers Expand a Game's Audience -- Megan Gaiser -- Kari Toyama -- Good, Fast, or Cheap: What Does a Game Producer Do, Anyway? -- Postma -- Donna Prior -- "Just a CMÌÅ": Why Community Management Is Judged So Harshly -- Sheri Rubin -- The "Average Player": How Game Testing Departments Can Bias Their Results -- Leigh Alexander -- Mattie Brice -- Anita Sarkeesian and Laura Hudson -- Conclusion 520 $a Videogame development is usually seen as a male dominated field; even playing videogames is often wrongly viewed as a pastime for men only. But behind the curtain, women have always played myriad important roles in gaming. From programmers to artists, designers to producers, female videogame developers endure not only the pressures of their jobs but also epic levels of harassment and hostility. Jennifer Brandes Hepler's Women in Game Development: Breaking the Glass Level-Cap gives voice to talented and experienced female game developers from a variety of backgrounds, letting them share the passion that drives them to keep making games. -- Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Video games industry. 650 0 $a Computer software developers. 650 0 $a Women in computer science. 650 0 $a Sex discrimination in employment. 941 $a 4 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718092733.0 952 $l PMAX975 $d 20191119044721.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20180426011419.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170503023824.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A319CABEE9E711E69A6025A3DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search