BBC Radio 4 Women's Hour Women and Gaming

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Fancy taking your rage at the patriarchy out on a computer game? Well a developer in Plymouth has come up with The Glass Ceiling Games, where you fire slingshots back against catcalls, slice machetes at unsolicited nude photos, and point a ray-gun against mansplaining. So does it make a difference when women write computer games? Emma is joined by Hannah Wood creative director of The Glass Ceiling Games, and Karla Reyes, a game designer and Head of Business Development at Code Coven - an award-winning game development accelerator for underrepresented talent. 

Period14 Jun 2022

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  • TitleWomen and Gaming
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media name/outletBBC Radio 4 Women's Hour
    Media typeRadio
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date14/06/22
    DescriptionFancy taking your rage at the patriarchy out on a computer game? Well a developer in Plymouth has come up with The Glass Ceiling Games, where you fire slingshots back against catcalls, slice machetes at unsolicited nude photos, and point a ray-gun against mansplaining. So does it make a difference when women write computer games? Emma is joined by Hannah Wood creative director of The Glass Ceiling Games, and Karla Reyes, a game designer and Head of Business Development at Code Coven - an award-winning game development accelerator for underrepresented talent.
    URLhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00187qv
    PersonsHannah Wood
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Keywords

  • glass ceiling games
  • games
  • augmented reality
  • women in games
  • feminism
  • radio 4
  • women's hour

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