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Episode 104: Tina Burns & Dr. Amelia Herbst - Geek Girl Con - Women in Gaming - Finding Community
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Episode Episode 104: Tina Burns & Dr. Amelia Herbst - Geek Girl Con - Women in Gaming - Finding Community
Episode 104: Tina Burns & Dr. Amelia Herbst - Geek Girl Con - Women in Gaming - Finding Community
Tina and Amelia from the board of Geek Girl Con joins me to talk about the con, femme presenting designers, artist, and musicians in gaming, and how finding your community makes all the difference.
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:28 Get to know Tina Burns
00:01:48 Get to know Dr. Amelia Herbst
00:02:48 Backgrounds and Perspectives on Gaming
00:05:05 What types of games do they like to play?
00:12:59 Introduction to GeekGirlCon
00:14:19 The Importance of Safe Spaces in Geek Culture
00:15:24 What's in a name?
00:17:02 GGC - Every Geek is welcome!
00:20:27 Growing up at GGC
00:21:16 Supporting GeekGirlCon
00:22:59 Volunteer Opportunities and Roles
00:25:16 5 Femme presenting designers, artist, musicians and their work
00:25:49 Scarlet Hollow - Abby Howard
00:28:03 King's Quest - Roberta Williams
00:29:31 Sanibel - Elizabeth Hargrave
00:31:02 Wyrmspan - Connie Vogelmann
00:32:25 Wingspan - Elizabeth Hargrave
00:33:32 River Market - Roberta Taylor
00:35:06 Elder Scrolls - Christiane Meister
00:36:54 Xbox - Asha Sharma and Sarah Bond
00:38:21 Forage - Beth Sobel
00:40:25 Celeste - Maddy Thorson, Gabby DaRienzo, and Lena Raine
00:41:41 Magic the Gathering: Secret Lair cards
00:44:52 Knitting Circle - Emily Vincent
00:46:18 Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus, and Ghosts of Saltmarsh, - Kate Welch
00:47:42 BioShock - Alyssa Finley
00:48:55 Menagerie: Unlock the Wonders of a Miniature World- Fertessa Allyse
00:51:57 Honorable Mention: Qwirkle - Susan McKinley Ross
00:52:43 Moment of Positivity
00:59:28 Where can you find Tina and Amelia?
• Geek Girl Con Website (Linktr.ee, Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, Twitch, Youtube) • Email: info@geekgirlcon.com
01:02:08 Outro
(Please note that these time stamps might not be accurate due to the use of dynamic ads.)
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Links in the notes 20
- https://blacktabbygames.itch.io/scarlet-hollow
- https://abbyhowardart.myportfolio.com/
- https://robertawilliams.com/
- https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/home
- https://en.uesp.net/wiki/General:Christiane_Meister
- https://news.xbox.com/en-us/leadership/asha-sharma/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Bond_(executive)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celeste_(video_game)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maddy_Thorson
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabby_DaRienzo
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lena_Raine
- https://secretlair.wizards.com/us/en
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldur%27s_Gate:_Descent_into_Avernus
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghosts_of_Saltmarsh
- https://linktr.ee/katewelchhhh
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioShock
- https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7467829/
- https://geekgirlcon.com/
- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brotherwise/war-for-roshar
- https://boardgamegeek.com/
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