3 Powerful Benefits of Working with a Diverse Language Service Provider
Working with an LSP that cares about DEI is the way to go. Discover three benefits of working with a diverse language service provider in this blog!
Black Culture and Representation in Video Games: Black History Month
Diversity matters when it comes to the video game industry. It is important to make sure each culture is represented not only accurately but fairly. Today let’s focus on culture specifically: the Black community represented in video games. With the celebration of Black History Month, let’s look at the beginnings of black culture and representation […]
Video Game Culturalization and the LGBT+ Community, Part 2.
In our previous article we analyzed how characters representative of the LGBT+ community began appearing in games. However, the issue wasn’t fully explored and there was much left to include. What happened starting in the 2000s? The 2000s There are some examples of significant changes in this decade, and although it’s hard to find any […]
Video Game Culturalization and LGBT+ Community, Part 1
Inclusion and Diversity When we talk about culturalization in video games, we can delve more deeply into the variables that involve inclusive identities. Although there is a long way to go, we can find several titles that serve as an example of a trajectory to improve this experience. In some cases, it is addressed as […]
Gender Neutrality in Video Games
Are You a Male or Female? That’s the question that everyone has seen overtly in their lives. Whether it is when one is filling out an application for a job or going into a healthcare facility for treatment, this one question has been used to determine what a person is like. Unfortunately, this can also […]
Women in Localization: Perspectives from Japanese-to-English Localizers
If you ask the average outsider to picture someone who works in tech or video games, chances are they’ll picture a man. This may be especially true in relation to content from Japan, where women struggle to have their voices heard in the male-dominated workforce. Yet more and more women are becoming involved in tech […]
An Avatar like Me: Diversity and Inclusion in the Gaming Industry
After taking a long hard look at themselves, many video game publishers have found they are coming up short. A demographic overhaul is a heavy lift in an industry historically dominated by straight white men. Yet as the faces of gamers become more diverse, so too should the faces of the games’ creators.
