Sci-Fi & Squeam

25 Oct 2014

Second Breakfast goes for Diversity in Video Games

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It’s SECOND BREAKFAST time in the JOY 949 studio in Melbourne Town, it’s Thursday morning October the 16th 2014 with Sonja Hammer !

Sonja is joined in the studio live with Alice and Karma Clarke talking about PAX and the Diversity Lounge they have created and some of the amazing panels also with a bent on diversity and inclusiveness for all LGBTIQ gaymers on the weekend coming up in Melbourne where we see PAX come to town Oct 31st till Nov 2nd!

From the PAX website, this is one of the panels that Alice is involved in:

‘Play the Rainbow: Diversity in video games

Did your Femshep court Liara in Mass Effect? Did the limited relationships in Tomodachi Life cramp your style? In The Sims, are your little digital people Woohooing with male and female neighbours? Was the best thing about Saint’s Row IV the gender-blind character editor? This panel aims to talk about gaming diversity, in the players, characters, and game creators. Which games get sex and gender diversity right, and which ones could try a little harder? Join our diverse panel to discuss it!’

And what of this talk of a Xena Nintendo 64 game!??