nicolemaylovell
  • Home
  • Blog Archive
  • Connect
  • Videos

Girl Gamer - What does it mean?

6/9/2019

0 Comments

 
As the Girl Gamer Festival gets underway in Sydney, I wanted to explore what a Girl Gamer actually is. Many people have their views on the topic, how it is a term that devalues the place of women in the Gaming Industry. I believe we need more women in public spaces, particularly in the media, to give girls strong, positive role models. The more diverse, the better in my opinion.
While the stereotype of the female cooking in the kitchen is long gone in general, there are those who think females have no place playing video games. Obviously I disagree. Men can cook just as well as females (I can't cook at all, so definitely better than me!), so why can't women be competive in gaming as well?
Most of this gender inequality comes from the early days of games in general, some were seen as 'boy' games, and others as 'girl' games. This is of course ridiculous - games are for everyone, it's just a personal opinion if you like a game or not. Also, this excludes non-binary people altogether, another thing I don't like. While gender has an impact on a lot of things, the kind of games you like isn't one of them.
But I think the thing that annoys people the most about the term Girl Gamer is the use of Girl. Not Female or Woman. Me, I'm quite happy to be considered a girl. Being a girl doesn't make me weaker, or less than. Sure, I have more experience in years compared to a teenage girl, but it doesn't devalue my worth. I am female, whatever way you want to call it. While I am not a fan of shooters or other games like that, I don't feel the need to be to earn the title of Gamer. I play games and I am also a girl. So Girl Gamer is fine by me. What do you think? I'd love to hear your thoughts on this.

Nicole

0 Comments

WomANZ's First Birthday!

5/25/2019

0 Comments

 
Today marks one year since the creation of WomANZ. If you are not aware, WomANZ is a community for women in Australia and New Zealand, who are a part of content creation and esports. It started with a single Tweet by Naysy.
Picture
Tweeted on 28th March 2018, by Naysy
Since then, it has grown. The primary form of contact for the community is a private discord, which you can apply to become a member of [here]. There is a stream team on Twitch, and images for member to put in their panels under their stream, to show they are a member.
The community is not limited to Twitch streamers, however. Anyone female, whatever their experience, is welcome. It's aim to for members to support each other in their careers online. 
My only in person encounter with the members of WomANZ was at PAX Australia last year, where they had a meet up, and gave some fanastic prizes away, I admit I felt uncomfortable at first, as I hadn't streamed in ages, and felt like I didn't belong. But I could see that others felt uncomfortable too. No one was mean, or bitchy, or competitive. It was very warm and supportive, and those ladies make me so proud to be a member of the community.
In my opinion, we need more women online. All kinds of women, and particularly in games. The online world could always do with more diversity, showing that anyone can be a gamer, and have a gaming career.

Nicole

0 Comments

Cheaper Switch at E3?

5/15/2019

0 Comments

 
I was searching gaming news on Google when I came upon an article which suggests a cheaper Switch model could be launched by June this year. The article [link here] goes on to suggested the current Switch would be "upgraded" later in the year.
If this is true, I personally think it would be fantastic. I know a lot of people who would love to buy a Switch, but they just can't afford it. Apparently the cheaper model would remove things like the vibration feature as "there wouldn't be many games released using the full benefit of it", according to one of the Wall Street Journal's sources.
I'd like to point out that the sources are unnamed, and Nintendo declined to comment on the story. So we have no idea if the claims are valid or not. The sources pointed to an announcement in June, at E3, with the retail release to follow. For now, we just have to wait and see.

Nicole

0 Comments

My Convention Wish List

5/9/2019

0 Comments

 
I've decided that people like lists. So I'm going to blog about the conventions I would like to go to the most, and the reasons they interest me. The first convention I attended was PAX Australia in 2016, thanks to a three-day pass that I won on KryticZeuz's Twitch stream, I'm now one of his moderators, and have attended PAX AUS in 2017 and 2018. So here we go - 
  1. TwitchCon - I don't have a preference whether it's the traditional US one, or the one they had in Europe this year. Twitch is where I've met most of my gaming friends, and got me really into not only playing games, but sharing gameplay with others. Which in turn lead to me making this website, and writing this blog.
  2. PAX in the US - I love PAX in Australia. But I'm curious to see how different it is to the other PAXs in the United States. I'd also like to meet and network with more people. 
  3. Supanova - This is a comic con and gaming convention in Australia. It attracts some big names in pop culture are drawn to it for photos and autograph sessions. It's geared more towards the comic side than gaming, but I still think it would be interesting
  4. Gamescom - This is a trade fair for video games held in Germany each year. I'd want to attend for several reasons - the chance to visit Germany, and to see what is new in gaming before anyone else. It would make some interesting vlogs.
  5. Oz Comic-Con - This is our local equivilant of the Comic-Cons in the US. It's run by the same people who run PAX AUS (which is very promising) and has the same sort of angle as Supanova. I'd be open to go to New York Comic-Con or something like that.
  6. E3 - E3 stands for Electronic Entertainment Expo. It is the premier trade fair event, in the manner of Gamescon. The big gaming studios usually make their big announcements for upcoming games, to generate hype.
  7. EA Play - This is an event solely focused on games made by EA. Other studios have their own events, some based around a particular game that has a cult following, or their games as a whole.
So what do you think? Any conventions or events I have missed? Let me know!

Nicole

0 Comments

Borderlands 3 - Get on The Hype Train

5/1/2019

0 Comments

 
As I write this, a group of very lucky content creators and gaming influencers are getting the world's first look at the gameplay of Borderlands 3, the latest game in the Borderlands series made by 2K. I hope that I will be able to have a similar experience myself one day. You can follow the adventures of these Australians and New Zealanders on their social media accounts. To help you out, I'll list them below:-
@BonnieDollz (Twitch)
@Wyld (Twitch)
@Jenzlinger (Twitch)
@Loriipops (Twitch)
@ZiggyDStarcraft  (Twitch)
@ChinglishTV (Twitch)
@Tyr0din (Twitch)
@SubParLover (Twitch)
@Naysy (Twitch)
Note the above names are also their Twitter handles. They should also lead you to other social media accounts of these fine peeps. More people to follow on Twitter if you're looking for Borderlands 3 news:-
@2K_ANZ - The Australian and New Zealand account for 2K, who make Borderlands, but also NBA 2K, Bioshock, Civilisations VI, XCOM and WWE.
Use the #Borderlands3 hashtag for tweets and accounts associated with the event.
Special shoutout to @Pez_Bro who works for 2K, but is just a top bloke.

Nicole

0 Comments

    Archives

    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019

    Categories

    All
    Charity
    Content
    Events
    Gaming
    Loot Crate
    Movie
    Music
    Notes
    Operation Clean Desk
    PAX AUS 2019
    Personal
    QUIRK Things
    Review
    Streaming
    Sydney
    The Sims 4
    Twitter
    WomANZ
    YouTube

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly
  • Home
  • Blog Archive
  • Connect
  • Videos