Women and Raiding
August 22nd, 2007 by Ravven

TenTonHammer had a post on Women & Raiding, a subject that is always near and dear to my heart.  :)  He doesn’t make any really strong or controversial points, but there is some good discussion about situations that can arise.  (And I must say, I’ve been in guilds with teenage guys who were MUCH bigger [...]

Strong Female Heroes
July 31st, 2007 by Ravven

I was just watching the trailer for the latest Resident Evil installment, and I was thinking about Milla Jovovich.  I enjoy her in anything, even the worst piece of crap (which the RE movies are not, actually).  I like her as a strong, gorgeous female role model, who can kick ass and still look beautiful.  [...]

SXSW: Getting Girls Into The Game
March 22nd, 2007 by Ravven

Joystiq had some nice coverage of the SXSW panel “Getting Girls Into The Game: Designing and Marketing Games for Female Players“. The point was made, and made again that girls just like good games.  I dislike pigeonholing female gamers into “casual gamers” or “Sims players”.  A good game is immersive, interesting and challenging – qualities [...]

Female Gamers
March 7th, 2007 by Ravven

Rom commented with a question about female gamers.  You know what?  If I believe most articles on women in gaming, my experience is very untypical.  (Supposedly, women like casual games that they can pick up, play for a few minutes, and walk away from.)  According to my personal experience, though, there are a lot of [...]

New Girl Guild on Moonglade EU
August 16th, 2006 by Ravven

Pursuant to the post here, I’d like to invite everyone who might be interested to check out Guilded Lilies, a new all-girls alliance guild on Moonglade EU. (Yes, I spent last night on a baby lock, working on the ten silver needed for the charter – if you have a main that seemingly has gold [...]

Misc Catch-up
August 11th, 2006 by Ravven

Well, I’ve been doing a few more raids with the guild, so that makes me happier. Here’s my BWL experience so far: Dead, View of Nefarian’s ButtI’ve started a baby warrior that I really like (yes, I’m the Queen of Alts). I really, truly, abysmally suck as a tank, but she is fun. In part, [...]