Women Missing From Game Development Work Force

Did anyone else notice that there aren’t many women in the game development work force? Heck, now that I think about it, I can’t remember the last time I saw a woman (that I wasn’t related to) in real life. I need to get out mom’s basement more often.

According to the Entertainment Software Association, 40 percent of video and online game players in the U.S. in 2010 are female, having inched up from 38 percent in 2006. The number of women working as game developers, however, is much smaller. In a 2005 demographic survey by the International Game Developers Association, only 11.5 percent of the respondents were female.

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