I've been gaming in every form except LARPing* for thirty years and the misogynist attitudes in the community and the industry have always been painful to me. I feel like feminism in gaming is vital, finding a way to infect the industry with anti-misogyny, at least... because I think that gaming can be a gateway to social consciousness without being preachy or restrictive. I think you can develop mores in a game that allows you to blow people's heads off. Really. And if I can get the money to go back to school for my MFA in Game Design, I'll find out if I'm right or not.

*can't do it—first LARP session I was ever in someone backed me into a corner and made a sexual advance "in character" and I kneed him in the groin out of sheer panic and never went back.. wasn't welcome back either d/t "no physical contact" rule. It freaks me out to this day. Sorry LARPers.