Portal Creator Tells Female Developers To Be Visible

<p>Kim Swift&comma; who is currently a designer at Airtight Games&comma; recently made a blog post regarding the state of sexism in the video game industry&period; She’s been one of the minds behind Portal and Quantum Conundrum so knows her stuff when it comes to games development but is shocked with the behaviour&sol;things which are said to her within the industry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The link to the exact post is in the source at the bottom of this post and whilst it doesn’t insult her male co-workers&comma; Kim Swift gives advice to those who are or wish to be part of the industry in the future&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Below is an extract&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Be visible&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Be outspoken&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Be strong&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Be smart&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Be kind&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Be everything that the younger versions of us could&&num;8217&semi;ve pointed to and proudly said&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Girls make games too&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We couldn’t agree more Kim Swift and we hope that many girl-gamers take note of your success and realise that they too can make a difference within the games industry and be just as good &lpar;heck&comma; be better than&rpar; as their male co-workers&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;inthebasecase&period;com&sol;&quest;p&equals;17">InTheBaseCase&period;com<&sol;a> via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;oxm&period;co&period;uk&sol;48865&sol;portal-creator-calls-on-female-devs-to-be-visible-be-outspoken-be-strong&sol;">Official Xbox Magazine UK<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;bb44fb01-3d22-46b5-b21a-b81c13544269" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;