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Infographic: Difference Engine Initiative Ripple Effect
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The Difference Engine Initiative was comprised of two six-week game jams for first-time women developers. The ripple effect of the DEI has been extraordinary, with participants pursuing careers in game development, creating new community initiatives, and making more games. While some of these successes can be considered under the rubric of “Women in Games,” more have been due to the talent and dedication of the participants, the excitement generated by their games, and their leadership skills. The women of the Difference Engine continue to make awesome things happen.
Learn more about the Difference Engine and the games that came out of it:
CBC
Torontoist
Gamasutra
AV Club
Game Sugar
Indie Games
Button Mashers
All Games
Career Mash
Level Save
How to Be a Young Lady in 1939 Manhattan [via gawker]
The house that changed the opera & ballet scene in Toronto
The Four Seasons Centre puts Toronto on the world map of culture.
The techniques of fashion photography used to depict farm animals.
http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/fantastic-portraits-of-farm
Natasha VC: The Bird as Symbol in Current Culture
I first noticed the bird motif on the pro-ana sites. Girls described wanting to have bird bones, to be feather thin, ‘become frail’, to be light as air, be delicate, small, like a shimmering, (starving) sparrow.
The bird lust has seeped into other facets of culture, fashion…
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How to Make a Doll Into a Wine Glass in 23 Quick Steps (at The Hairpin)


