Dames Making Games
Leaps and Maneuvers
Tuesday, Jan. 13 – Thursday, March 12, 2015
The Women's Studies Research Center will present Leaps and Maneuvers, an exhibition of interactive video games created by members of Toronto collective Dames Making Games (DMG). With a mission to positively influence the gaming industry and improve inclusiveness within it, DMG gives game creators agency in the expression of their identities and provides a community for women to play, critique and create games.
Kara Stone, medication meditation, interactive video game
Merrit Kopas and Anna Anthropy, space/off, interactive video game
Events
January 13, 2015
January 14, 2015
Liberman-Miller Lecture Hall
DMG member Soha Kareem will talk about the mission and activities of DMG.
Jan. 17 and 18, 2015
A two-day intensive video game design workshop; no experience required.
February 9, 2015
Shapiro Center Theater
Weather Cancellation
Anita Sarkeesian is a well-known feminist video game critic. She won the 2014 Game Developers Choice Ambassador Award and has been covered by the NY Times, New Yorker, Wired and Businessweek.
Co-sponsored by the WSRC, Women's and Gender Studies, Dean of Arts and Science, Office of the Provost, English Department, Sociology and SJSP. This is a ticketed event only.
February 23, 2015
Liberman-Miller Lecture Hall at the WSRC
"Feminist Frequency,"created by Anita Sarkeesian, is a video webseries that explores the representations of women in pop culture narratives.