There are so many amazing women doing great things in the video game industry, and we’re not quiet about it! Here is a roundup of just a FEW of the awesome women game developers that you should be following on Twitter.
Note: I didn’t include anyone who has their tweets protected, and this list is by no means exhaustive. Please comment with anyone I missed, and I will certainly add them to the official Twitter list (but probably not this post, since it’s hard to edit and easier to add them to the list!)
*The easiest way to follow these women is to follow this list on Twitter*
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@Brinstar (Regina Buenaobra)
Not only is she a co-founder and editor here at The Border House, she’s also a Community Manager for ArenaNet (Guild Wars 2)! |
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@cuppy (Tami Baribeau)
This is me! Co-founder/Lead Editor of The Border House, Senior Community Manager for ZipZapPlay, writer for Inside Social Games. |
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@Domino_EQ2 (Emily Taylor)
Game Designer at Sony Online Entertainment on Everquest II |
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@missdoomcookie (Lindsay Morgan Lockhart)
Game Designer at Trion Worlds on RIFT |
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@DeirdraKiai (DeirdraKiai)
Indie Game Developer, Feminist Extraordinaire |
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@avantgame (Jane McGonigal)
Game Designer, Author, Humanitarian |
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@manojalpa (Chelsea Howe)
Director of Design at Social Chocolate, former designer at Zynga |
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@bbrathwaite (Brenda Brathwaite)
COO and Game Designer, Loot Drop (social games) |
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@laralyn (Laralyn McWilliams)
Designer, Producer, Creative Director |
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@PurrfectStorm (Maggie Krohn)
Game Designer on Sony Online Entertainment’s Planetside NEXT |
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@PoniesPonies (Kristina Drzaic)
Narrative designer for Bioshock Infinite |
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@truffle (Christina Norman)
Gameplay Designer for Mass Effect games at BioWare |
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@clarkkaren (Karen Clark)
Program Manager for Playdom |
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@rubi_
Community Manager for Massively.com |
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@mlvalentine (Monica Valentinelli)
Author, game designer, feminist. |
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@groby (Rachel Blum)
Game developer and programmer |
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@sandechen (Sande Chen)
Game designer, author, blogger |
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@mistressmousey (Michelle Larson)
Game industry recruiter |
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@annlemay (Ann Lemay)
Writer at Ubisoft Montreal |
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@sunpath (Solveig Zarubin)
Senior Producer at Mindjolt Games |
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@moarinternets (Jacque Urick)
Co-founder and CEO of SieEnt. Managing Director of Girls in Tech Minneapolis |
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@etupper (Liz Tupper)
Co-founder & COO @SieEnt creating video games for women. |
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@morriquende (Athena Anderson)
Community Manager for NYCgameindustry.com |
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@LivelyIvy (Erin Robinson)
Indie game developer |
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@auntiepixelante (Anna Anthropy)
Indie game developer |
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@ranarama (Margaret Robinson)
Development Director at Hide&Seek, game designer |
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@blademaiden (Tess Treadwell)
Producer at Obsidian Entertainment |
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@kathyfung (Kathy Fung)
Indie game developer |
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@EntropyInk (Angie Canary)
Game designer/writer |
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@EnameledKoi (Kim McAuliffe)
Game designer at Zipper |
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@cgouskos (Carrie Gouskos)
Producer at BioWare Mythic |
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@NicoleLazzaro (Nicole Lazzaro)
President of XEODesign, Inc |
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@gryphoness (Erin Hoffman)
Game designer, author |
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@_Danicia_ (Donna Prior)
Community Manager for Heatwave Interactive, working on Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising |
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@shellethkin (Shelley M)
Video game artist |
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@ghost_girl13 (Megan Sawyer)
Environment artist at Bethesda Softworks |
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@rikkusarah (Sarah Wellock)
Community Manager at Rocksteady Studios |
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@sera_brennan (Seraphina Brennan)
Community Specialist at Turbine |
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@ashelia (Rhea)
Community Manager at Wowhead |
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@Ing3nu (Kimberly Unger)
CEO at Bushi-go, Inc. (mobile gaming startup) |
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@emshort (Em Short)
IF guru & gamesmaker, games industry consultant |
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@christinelove (Christine Love)
Indie games maker, most notably, created Digital: A Love Story. |
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@clarafv (Clara Fernandez-Vara)
Creates games and teaches at GAMBIT Game Lab at MIT |
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@ChristinaCoffin (Christina Ann Coffin)
Platform Specialist – Frostbite Engine Coder @ DICE |
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@bsangel (Jessica Shea)
Community Manager for 343i |
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@danacowley (Dana Cowley)
PR for Epic Games |
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@mituk (Mitu Khandaker)
Games PhD researcher, indie developer |
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@tashascomic (Tasha Harris)
Lead Animator at Double Fine |
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@amely (Anne Toole)
Video game writer |
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@devilherdue (Nicole Leffel)
Game designer |
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@nadiaoxford (Nadia Oxford)
Video game writer |
*The easiest way to follow these women is to follow this list on Twitter*
Who did I miss? Tell me in the comments!
Hi!
Feel free to add me
rikkusarah
Community Manager at Rocksteady Studios!
Mary Flanagan tiltfactor.org
Tracy Fullerton traceyfullerton.com
Katie Salen gamersmob.com
You forgot:
Jessica Shea @bsangel
Krystalle Voecks @Krystalle
Dana Cowley @danacowley
Shannon Loftis @shannonloftis
…to name a few!
Check out my Ladies of Gaming list here for the rest:
http://twitter.com/#!/list/CrazyKinux/theladies
DICE’s Christina Coffin (@ChristinaCoffin) is tragically absent. She even won this year’s Women in Games award for Engineering! =)
Well, looks like Twitter just pulled a fast one on me and renamed my list after I made one slight change to the description.
The new URL is “twitter.com/#!/CrazyKinux/theladies-9″. Use this short URL to quickly get to it: http://bit.ly/evfn5Z
@kirbybits – Courtney Stanton.
Tragically Missed:
@emshort – Emily Short, IF guru & gamesmaker, games industry consultant. http://emshort.wordpress.com/
@christinelove – Christine Love, Indie games maker, most notably, created Digital: A Love Story. http://www.scoutshonour.com/
@clarafv – Clara Fernandez Vara, creates games and teaches at GAMBIT Game Lab at MIT. http://gambit.mit.edu/credits/index.php#cfernandezvara
There are a lot of us in the visual novel movement – the following are all on the pro-indie side, there are many more doing free games.
http://twitter.com/#!/HanakoGames
http://twitter.com/#!/zeivainc (Just released a new game today, too)
http://twitter.com/#!/sakevisual
Not from the visual novel world, but another indie:
http://twitter.com/#!/S0phieH
You can list me too
Kimberly Unger
CEO at Bushi-go, Inc. (Mobile gaming startup in San Mateo)
@Agiliste is where I tweet for the startup
@Ing3nu is where I tweet for my own fell purposes
Calthine and I!
You can add me: Theresa Wollenstein @theresa_who .. mainly a producer for kid’s virtual worlds
And Crystin Cox @crystincox – Producer of Maple Story
Belinda Van Sickle
President/CEO Women in Games International
14+ year industry vet and founder of GameDocs
@beachdolph
ME ADD ME
Add me, please
@baubert
I’m a producer at 5TH Cell and I also program indie games
You can add me!
Christy Sawyer – @aniline
Lead Artist at Powerhead Games
u can add me too!
@missharvey
GD at Ubisoft Montreal
Feel free to throw me on there
Lisa Brown – @wertle
Designer at Insomniac Games
You’ve missed @wonderlandblog & @zoewi out. (Oh and me, I guess @mink_ette)
Khris Brown
Creative & Voice Director/ KBA Voice
20 years of casting, directing & editing voice for games!
Monkey Island to Brutal Legend
@kbavoice
You can add me as well!
Elisabeth (Beth) Beinke
@ebeinke
Level Designer currently working with Demiurge Studios
Feel free to add me one and all:
Holly Green, freelancers, culture editor TheTanooki.com, creator of GamerGrrlz.net and contributor to SpriteStitch.com.
Sorry, forgot: twitter.com/winnersusedrugs