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Nathalie De Los Santos

Nathalie De Los Santos works at Electronic Arts and on the side produces short films, animations and help program festivals such as Vancouver Short Film Festival and, previously, the Women in Film Festival 2013.

Upcoming GaymerX convention addresses sexual orientation in video games

An upcoming LGBT convention, GaymerX starts discussion of the importance and inclusion of sexual orientation in video games.

I Am a Gamer: Jamming to develop a video game with a strong female lead

An inside look at the iamagamer 48hr game jam that challenged developers to make strong female leads. I was a jammer and our team won a prize.

Iamagamer organizer Kimberly Voll rallies support for strong female leads in video games

Independent game developers will join together and create games that feature strong female leads at a 48-hr game jam at the Centre of Digital Media in Vancouver.

Can Princess Zelda Speak?: Anita Sarkeesian and the Damsel in Distress

What potential lies within video game narratives? We will only know when we allow the damsel to speak.