A Better Gaming Industry

In the last decade, we've seen story after story of harassment in the gaming industry, and instances that made it even more clear that the gaming industry has a workers rights issue. For those of us who face these kinds of issues in our career and daily lives, listening to news stories about it can make us feel removed from the problem, but the risk of being impacted still looms. Open conversation on the issues of workplace harassment in the gaming industry can be hard to come across. Even though these stories are well-known, there is a lot of silence around the issue, for fear of losing our reputation in the industry, by participating in discussion.  The Giigi community decided it was time to make the conversation more accessible. There has to be a way to create constructive, positive conversation around these issues. Unfortunately, in some instances, it's a must to protect our identities, due to the threat of retaliation we are all aware of.  We reached out to many industry ...

   Tell us about yourself and what topics you would like to share in this discussion.  Catie:  Hello all! Thank you so much for being here! I’m Catie, moderator of the Giigi community and Discord server. I got into gaming at a young age, being attracted to puzzles, adventures and stories, as well as audio and music. I studied Interactive Design and Game Dev at SCAD and started working at EA in 2016. I’m currently at Ubisoft as a Dev Tester on Rocksmith. I founded Giigibyte because as I move up in the world of games, it doesn’t feel right to ignore the issues around us. I try to help people break through the barriers of getting into the gaming industry because I believe that’s how diversity will grow. I also have worked with different ways to bring people together and build a system of mutual support in our community. I am more of an activist than a public relations or business person. So I bring a unique perspective to the gaming industry community. One of the things...