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Going Indie: My Journe...
By Cat Musgrove. I have a confession to make. It’s not going to win me any friends amongst gamers... -
Making Games Female Fr...
By Emma Boyes. Before I started working in game development, many games used to annoy me for their c... -
Overcoming Imposter Sy...
By Rebecca Fernandez. Have you ever felt that you’re not good enough to be a game developer? ... -
Male Sexualization in ...
By Malin Lövenberg. The Elven Slave and Conan the Barbarian: In the end of 2012, I was to create a ... -
Clench Your Toes and P...
By Caitlin L. Conner. “So, are you a model for the avatars?” “Actually, I’m the Production M... -
Screen-play the Game
By Cleo Whittingham. As a screenwriter with no notable credits under my belt, I began thinking about... -
Work-Life Balance
By Amy Phillips. If you had asked me five years ago to predict what my working life would be like to... -
My Creative Processes
By Camila Fisher. Maybe the fact that I never considered game making as a career until it came to m... -
Listen and Engage
By Karin Weekes. Greetings! My name is Karin Weekes, and I’m Lead Editor for BioWare EA’s Edmon... -
Share the Knowledge, S...
By Cleo Whittingham. The world has never been more connected than it is now. More and more each day ...
Widget
Widget: One Month On
Widget is a month old! We’ve been blown away by the response so far, and so were our servers for a little bit there. We’ve had some great content ...
Resources
Resource Round Up: 3rd May...
Sup Widgetowwwn! It’s been a great week for good reads for this week’s Resource Roundup, the internets are delivering the goods! Lots revolving ar...
Different Games: A Report and a Challenge for the Future
By Alison Harvey. I had the incredible privilege of attending and presenting at the Different Games conference held at New York University’s Polytechnic Institute on April 26 and 27, 2013….
Resource Round Up: 3rd May 2013
Sup Widgetowwwn! It’s been a great week for good reads for this week’s Resource Roundup, the internets are delivering the goods! Lots revolving around the Different Games conference in NYC that…
Playthings
By Claire Hosking. Claire wrote some amazing words over on Tumblr and we thought they were absolutely worth sharing with our community. She’s graciously given us permission to republish the…
Resource Round Up: 22nd April 2013
Greetings, Widgetonians. Widgetites. Widgeons? Ok maybe not. Hey, you! Here’s the week’s roundup of interesting resources and links that we think are worth checking out, we aim to do this…
Widget: One Month On
Widget is a month old! We’ve been blown away by the response so far, and so were our servers for a little bit there. We’ve had some great content written…
Going Indie: My Journey as a Game Developer
By Cat Musgrove. I have a confession to make. It’s not going to win me any friends amongst gamers, but it’s important to my story and I hope it will be…
Resource Round Up 05/04/2013
Phew! WIDGET is nearly a month old, and what a ride it’s been so far. The blog has featured many excellent articles from women in the trenches. They covered a…
Making Games Female Friendly
By Emma Boyes. Before I started working in game development, many games used to annoy me for their casual sexism, stereotypical female characters (oh, does the Princess need saving AGAIN?…
Resource Round Up 29/03/2013
Resources: Open Tech School http://www.opentechschool.org/ “OpenTechSchool is a community initiative offering free programming workshops and meetups to technology enthusiasts of all genders, backgrounds, and experience levels.” OpenTechSchool is currently running…
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
By Rebecca Fernandez. Have you ever felt that you’re not good enough to be a game developer? That your skill level is inadequate for the job that you’ve been aiming for?…





















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