- TechZING! interviews Corrine Yu, 3D Engine Lead for XBOX HALO.
- Computer games company PopCap is advertising their new game Planets vs Zombies with ads featuring conventionally attractive… zombies, in a parody of the now notorious “what would make people want to play a civilisation MMORPG? PICTURES OF BOOBS!” Evony ads (see Jeff Atwood’s Coding Horror post from July for more on the original Evony ads)
- Plus ça change: it’s the goals not the data: “The real battle is for the hearts and minds of these teachers, to convince them that getting a broad range of students engaged with computing is important. It’s not about media computation — it’s about deciding priorities.”
- Cheryl M. Morgan writes about Women and SF: the numbers
- Petition for an apology to Alan Turing, who (in 1952) was prosecuted and convicted of gross indecency for sexual relations with another man.
- Only 13% of Wikipedia contributors are women, study says (WSJ)
- The Organization for Transformative Works’ election season begins; find out how run for office, vote, etc.
- Short (SF) stories by women published during August, at the Feminist SF blog
- Tim Bray interviews Ravelry founder Casey — as Casey pointed out on Twitter, it’s a different kind of interview for them, because it’s a techie one!
- Women aren’t vending machines: How video games perpetuate the commodity model of sex at GameCritics.com
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Yay, Casey and the rest of the Rav team! I’ve been on Rav (as my non-anon identity) for nearly two years, and it’s utterly amazing what they’ve done there. The comments on that interview are true; they really are working well with users towards great functionality and what fits the community’s needs best.
(I may be a bit biased as Casey took the time to respond to me when I wondered about his feelings regarding the GoGaRuCo Ruby/Railsfail. He was as unimpressed as we all were…)
Oh gosh, I’m glad I wasn’t ingesting liquids when I saw the Plants V Zombies ads, as I would have had to get a new keyboard. *rolls on floor*
:)