General

• Be a Better Ally https://hbr.org/2020/11/be-a-better-ally

• Colour Coded: Race, Gender, and Representation in Video Games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGl4kWJWdI0

• Coping with impostor syndrome https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-04-14-coping-with-impostor-syndrome

• Creating Safe Spaces https://medium.com/wondershop/creating-safe-spaces-7788b28ecfda

• Diversity in Esports (The Wide World Of Esports) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-UHt7FvPig

• Diversity is key to our industry's success https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-04-07-diversity-is-key-to-our-industrys-success-opinion

• Esports Day: Diversity and Inclusion in Esports: Where It Is, Where It's Going, and How It's Being Done https://gdcvault.com/play/1026343/Esports-Day-Diversity-and-Inclusion

• The esports stars changing gamer culture from within https://www.huckmag.com/perspectives/reportage-2/esports-stars-diversity-gaming-culture/

• Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Esports https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELmuJ1yTwWk

• Game Devs & Others: Tales From The Margins https://vdoc.pub/documents/game-devs-others-tales-from-the-margins-4vagdjq787k0

• Gaming Privilege Checklist https://caniplaythat.com/2021/03/29/gaming-privilege-checklist-screen-reader-friendly-version/

• Here Is Why Organisations Need to be Conscious Of Unconscious Bias https://www.forbes.com/sites/pragyaagarwaleurope/2018/08/26/here-is-why-organisations-need-to-be-conscious-of-unconscious-bias/?sh=3b32aaec726b

• Hiring (and Retaining) a Diverse Engineering Team https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/hiring-a-diverse-engineering-team/

• How marketing to a broader audience will help the esports industry’s international growth https://newdigitalage.co/2020/11/23/how-marketing-to-a-broader-audience-will-help-the-esports-industrys-international-growth/

• How the games industry can put its diversity pledges into action https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-06-22-how-the-games-industry-can-put-its-diversity-pledges-into-action-opinion

• How The Games Industry Hurts People https://chhopsky.substack.com/p/how-the-games-industry-hurts-people?s=r

• How to Recruit and Retain a Diverse Game Development Team https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/JoriHamilton/20190705/346052/How_to_Recruit_and_Retain_a_Diverse_Game_Development_Team.php

• How to Recruit Diversely Within the Games Industry https://raisethegame.com/news/how-to-recruit-diversely-within-the-games-industry

• How To Work With Unconscious Bias In Your Organization https://www.forbes.com/sites/christinecomaford/2016/06/25/how-leaders-bust-unconscious-biases-in-business/?sh=6508b9262c66

• Let’s stop calling ourselves the “PC Master Race” https://www.pcgamer.com/lets-stop-calling-ourselves-the-pc-master-race/

• Organising Inclusive Informal Events in the Games Industry, Best Practice Guide https://ukie.org.uk/resources/organising-inclusive-informal-events-in-the-games-industry-best-practice-guide

• The Problem of Visibility https://transsafety.network/posts/the-problem-of-visibility/

• Reduce Unconscious Bias — and Expand Your Talent Pipeline — with the Second Look Rule https://www.linkedin.com/business/talent/blog/talent-acquisition/reduce-unconscious-bias-expand-talent-pipeline-with-second-look-rule

• Unbiasing https://rework.withgoogle.com/subjects/unbiasing/

• Select Your Character | Why Representation in Games Matters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EoHPCFnheE

• Skullz on Integrity & Diversity in Esports https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Raw7-wkCHYo

• Tackling Diversity in Esports https://cheddar.com/media/tackling-diversity-in-esports

• What to do if you are harassed in the workplace https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-08-13-what-to-do-if-you-harassed-in-the-workplace

Accessibility

• 16 People With Disabilities Shared How They Get Treated Differently At Work https://www.buzzfeed.com/meganeliscomb/disability-and-discrimination-at-work

• Accessible Game Design https://accessiblegamedesign.com/about.html

• Accessible Player Experiences: A New Approach to Data Informed Design for Accessible Games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa6fsPMqAmU

• Accessibility Best Practices: In-Game Communication https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buofGNw88rc

• The Accessibility Conundrum https://uncannyvivek.com/2022/01/04/the-accessibility-conundrum/

• Accessibility Design: Color Blindness https://www.alanzucconi.com/2015/12/16/color-blindness/

• Accessibility Fundamentals with Rob Dodson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8xUCzToff8

• Accessibility in Videogames https://www.alanzucconi.com/2021/05/24/accessibility-in-videogames/

• Accessibility Is Not a "Trending" Topic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxfAQ1SOs-0

• Accessibility on a Shoestring https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiCsvZZh5-k

• The accessibility of last night's opening ceremony, why more events should really be taking note of what LB did https://twitter.com/leonkillin/status/1521833605743452162

• Accessibility Options for The Last of Us Part II https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/the-last-of-us-part-ii-ps4/accessibility/

• Accessibility should be part of our culture, not just part of our process https://twitter.com/xanderashwell/status/1460934791340175367

• Accessibility - The Curb Cut Effect - Extra Credits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJoax1Z1x4Y

• Addressing Accessibility: A look behind the curtain https://youtu.be/xgFjaBkMIMU

• Approachable theory: Meta Accessibility Tools https://briebeau.com/thoughty/approachable-theory-meta-accessibility-tools/

• A thread with some pointers on things you can do to make your games more accessible https://twitter.com/ImKatastrophe/status/1514324680752218119

• Audio Descriptions In Games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2B3jBu0ZqY

• Autism, and High End Simulator Games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSmT5FMSfyY

• Big Brain Plays: Gaming with Cognitive Differences https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IT-HjlTIFCo

• Character before condition - looking at gaming and autism representation https://www.eurogamer.net/character-before-condition-looking-at-gaming-and-autism-representation

• ‘Clients say it feels like we’ve always known each other’: the mental health experts who believe their autism has turbocharged their work https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/feb/03/clients-say-it-feels-like-weve-always-known-each-other-the-mental-health-experts-who-believe-their-autism-has-turbocharged-their-work

• Colorblind Gaming 101: The Basics https://colorblindgames.com/2021/03/29/colorblind-gaming-101-the-basics/

• Colour me better: fixing figures for colour blindness https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02696-z?utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-2c68711076-45627750.

• Color Universal Design (CUD) - How to make figures and presentations that are friendly to Colorblind people https://jfly.uni-koeln.de/color/

• A Complete Guide To Accessible Front-End Components https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2021/03/complete-guide-accessible-front-end-components/#accessible-color-systems

• Deafness/HoH: The State of Accessibility, Culture and Community. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmCxR8Lcvb8

• Designing for Disability https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NGe4dzlukc&list=PLc38fcMFcV_vvWOhMDriBlVocTZ8mKQzR

• DysTrophy gaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AoJYFhi40A

• Event Accessibility Guidelines https://weingames.fi/event-accessibility-guidelines/

• The Fight for Video Game Accessibility https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJm3uwTaYng

• Fifteen things you've got wrong about autistic people https://twitter.com/commaficionado/status/1553732283189891072

• For travelers with disabilities, video games are windows to the world https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/for-travelers-with-disabilities-video-games-are-windows-to-the-world

• Game Accessibility Guidelines http://gameaccessibilityguidelines.com/

• Gaming accessibility fundamentals https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/paths/gaming-accessibility-fundamentals/?WT.mc_id=onedevquestion-c9-niner

• Gaming and Disability Boot Camp: Myths and Reasons https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/shows/level-up/gaming-and-disability-boot-camp-myths-and-reasons

• Guide For Captions and Subtitles https://www.derek-lieu.com/blog/2019/10/27/guide-for-captions-and-subtitles

• HAND - A reflective essay on living with young onset Parkinson's disease https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXyL08Vw5m0

• How Accessible Is Esports For Disabled and Neurodiverse Gamers? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv1tyAvVfxU

• How a decade of playing Candy Crush helped me control autistic overwhelm https://www.inputmag.com/features/candy-crush-anxiety-autism-coping-mental-health

• "How are you?" are social nightmares for many autistics https://twitter.com/autienelle/status/1439034194651492357

• "How To Be An Ally": People With Disabilities And Disability Advocates Are Sharing How We Can Make Work More Inclusive https://www.buzzfeed.com/meganeliscomb/disability-employment-awareness

• I LOATHE how people treat me while I use my wheelchair. Here's some tips on how to do better https://twitter.com/AdamHubrig/status/1496165464036286466

• Inclusive [Interior/Enviroment] Design https://twitter.com/LunarRoot/status/1381233806347231239

• Indie accessibility https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVEo4bPIUOsmq2kV0Wjay7A5yhvLfSpYh

• The Last Of Us Part II - MOST ACCESSIBLE GAME EVER! - Accessibility Impressions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWJhxsZb81U

• Lived experience https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVEo4bPIUOslLk8LZKdn8zf1f-3mrIe5-

• Making Room for people with chronic illnesses https://v21.io/blog/gdc-chronic-illness-talk

• Mental Maps and the Mind’s Eye – Gaming with Aphantasia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5_qYAKvtjs

• Microaggressions against deaf/hard of hearing people https://twitter.com/blesstherain13/status/1377325008154984448

• No More Excuses: Your Guide to Accessible Design https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5mD1l6miZA

• Playing videogames carefully https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-11-29-playing-videogames-carefully

• PS Remote Play x reWASD | Play PS5 Games with Alternative Controllers https://gameaccess.info/ps-remote-play-x-rewasd-play-ps5-games-with-alternative-controllers/

• Ridding Your Monsters of Ableism https://mythcreants.com/blog/ridding-your-monsters-of-ableism/

• Quality of life: small things making games better in 2022 https://www.nme.com/features/gaming-features/quality-of-life-small-things-making-games-better-in-2022-3151108

• The Sims™ 4 and Neurodiversity https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/the-sims-4-and-neurodiversity

• Solving an Invisible Problem: Designing for Color-Blindness in Games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbFs9ghIIEI

• Video games and disability: Looking back at a challenging decade https://www.polygon.com/2020/1/8/21056713/disabilities-video-game-characters-inclusion-accessibility-decade-in-review

• Want to make your event autism friendly? https://twitter.com/zoe_dels/status/1465306281527459844

• What role does game difficulty play? https://caniplaythat.com/2021/04/02/what-role-does-game-difficulty-play/

• Xbox Accessibility Guidelines https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/gaming/accessibility/guidelines

Gender & Sexuality

• 10 transmasc athletes with amazing stories https://twitter.com/EliErlick/status/1494789941502615553

• Adam Ruins Everything - Why People Think Video Games Are Just for Boys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i08CVkBxvBM

• A Guide To Gender Identity Terms https://www.npr.org/2021/06/02/996319297/gender-identity-pronouns-expression-guide-lgbtq

• Asexuality - what it means https://twitter.com/MimiMerlot/status/1379421241220681733

• Being LGBTQIA in Video Games & Esports | CheckpointAFK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j6IxCfYGAw

• Body diversity in character design: ‘We need to represent our audience better’ https://www.mcvuk.com/development-news/body-diversity-in-character-design-we-need-to-represent-our-audience-better/

• Body positive women in video games https://www.destructoid.com/stories/body-positive-women-in-video-games-386596.phtml

• British #LGBTQ+ pioneers you should know https://twitter.com/Openly/status/1488494122902118407

• Building a Fair Playing Field https://www.womeningames.org/the-women-in-games-guide-building-a-fair-playing-field/

• Can Archaeologists Really “Disprove” a Transgender Person’s Gender Using Their Skeleton? https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2022/03/26/can-archaeologists-really-disprove-a-transgender-persons-gender-using-their-skeleton/

• Creating a Trans-Inclusive Workplace https://hbr.org/2020/03/creating-a-trans-inclusive-workplace

• Changing the Game for Women in Esports https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIKAWwnRmIo

• The Details of Running a Gaymer Clan - Interview with Nick Gossett of Gold Fruit Gaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h0E5OPTDXQ

• The Effect of Video Game Play on Male Body Image https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLITHg9IhwQ

• The Furry Who Beat Everyone: The Story of SonicFox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R77ZNA5n-Ok

• Frequently Asked Questions about Transgender People https://transequality.org/issues/resources/frequently-asked-questions-about-transgender-people

• Gaming is for girls: How gaming can empower young women https://eraseallkittens.medium.com/gaming-is-for-girls-how-gaming-can-empower-young-women-1ada5a5abd38

• Gaymer Guys: Black Representation in Video Games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXwBklYJyeA

• Girl-gamers group Asterisk* on sexism, money and careers in e-sports https://www.cnbc.com/2016/06/09/girl-gamers-group-asterisk-on-sexism-money-and-careers-in-e-sports.html

• How Toxic Online Culture is Affecting Women in Games https://www.cgmagonline.com/2020/12/10/how-toxic-online-culture-is-affecting-women-in-games/

• Human Angle: Queer Games: The Secret Avant Garde of Videogames https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQB5snyJfXk

• I Am A Transwoman. I Am In The Closet. I Am Not Coming Out. https://medium.com/@jencoates/i-am-a-transwoman-i-am-in-the-closet-i-am-not-coming-out-4c2dd1907e42

• INCLUSIVE DESCRIPTIONS FOR GENDER-DIVERSE GROUPS https://twitter.com/teaberryblue/status/1366819189705605124

• Is Madeline Canonically Trans? https://maddythorson.medium.com/is-madeline-canonically-trans-4277ece02e40

• Jacob Tobia Explains the History of the Word 'Genderqueer' https://youtu.be/Yo6_8LhHJa4

• Katie as Queer: Character development for The Mitchells vs the Machines https://twitter.com/DeXIII_Plushies/status/1488601576197406723

• Level up on diversity: Three changes to get more women into games https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-09-14-level-up-on-diversity-three-changes-to-get-more-women-into-games

• LGBTQ Games Coming Out in 2021 https://gaymingmag.com/2021/01/lgbt-games-2021/

• LGBT In Gaming | Missing the Point https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NegQaqL_3Vk

• LGBT Representation In Videogames - Analysis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=309uFF11I5w

• Nonbinary Inclusion in the Games Industry https://twitter.com/seasaltpopsicle/status/1507107608905363466

• Our Favorite LGBTQ+ Characters in Games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKf3_gq69vM

• Queer People Talk About Impactful Video Games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrFxOaOP6cA

• Queerness Through History https://twitter.com/ProudOwlCrafts/status/1487448655779053569

• Return to work following maternity leave https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/return-work-following-maternity-leave-sophie-bryan/

• The remarkable story of Berel-Beyle, a Jewish man who transitioned in the shtetel in Ukraine in the 1800s https://twitter.com/RavBogard/status/1491537996084035588

• Talk about the double edged sword of visibility, and how my relationship to Trans Visibility has changed https://twitter.com/LaurakBuzz/status/1509467943737962497

• What Does "Two-Spirit" Mean? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4lBibGzUnE

• Representation in Video Games - The Last of Us Part II Controversy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOM4kCcxhoQ

• Returnal and Why Games Need More Badass Middle-Aged Women https://www.wired.com/story/returnal-why-games-need-more-badass-middle-aged-women/

• Shamir Explains the History of the Word 'Agender' https://youtu.be/TxtEeHGfSpQ

• Sounding out Sexism in Video Games | Milena Droumeva | TEDxSFU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbpOmz2XQfc

• What Does Intersex Mean? https://youtu.be/n_5l2fwWGco

• What Girl Gamers REALLY Have To Deal With https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL0aVqVslSE

• What Happened To The All Female League of Legends Team? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbH8BhgKXbM

• What Professional Fortnite Looks Like for Women https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmAqdL9gQLA

• Why do video games have such a problem representing positive mothers and motherhood? https://www.gamesradar.com/why-do-video-games-have-such-a-problem-representing-mothers-and-motherhood/

• Why Do We Care About Character Gender In Video Games? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U60c52IZJc

• Why Fashion in (Most) Games Sucks, and Why You Should Care https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr7rzcwOz_g

• Women in the Gaming Industry https://www.owayo.co.uk/magazine/esports-women-en.htm

• You Don’t Look Gay: Queer Women in Esports https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru1KK7OmfD8

Mental Health

• The Complex Problems with Mental Illness in Fiction | a video essay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c8o68ghGBM

• The effectiveness of gaming interventions for depression and anxiety in young people https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bjpsych-open/article/effectiveness-of-gaming-interventions-for-depression-and-anxiety-in-young-people-systematic-review-and-metaanalysis/7206B6C2FCB40355582267D37A9B7231

• 4 Video Games That Help You Understand And Deal With Your Depression https://kotaku.com/4-video-games-that-help-you-understand-and-deal-with-yo-473476131

• Gaming With Stigma: Analysis of Messages About Mental Illnesses in Video Games https://mental.jmir.org/2019/5/e12418

• Games, Depression and Escapism https://youtu.be/zzIFEUmVZ_Q

• Games that do mental health right https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU7YLkTQuJU

• How a Video Game Could Change the Way We Think About Mental Health https://www.mhanational.org/blog/how-video-game-could-change-way-we-think-about-mental-health

• How Far We’ve Come With Mental Illness In Video Games https://comicsverse.com/mental-illness-video-games/

• How Video Games Explore Mental Illness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jzhJKCDGts

• Light in the Darkness: Dealing With Depression in Games https://www.gamespot.com/articles/light-in-the-darkness-dealing-with-depression-in-games/1100-6403693/

• Mental Health in Games - How We Can Do Better - Extra Credits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hht0MtPZ_Ng

• Mental Health and Esports: Panel Discussion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBdjID9CHNU

• Mental Health & Video Games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDBrm1qClEU

• Mental Health in Video Games // HeavyEyed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BQ76kPsrpI

• Mental Health Representation in Games https://checkpointorg.com/mental-health-representation/

• Mind games: How gaming can play a positive role in mental health https://news.microsoft.com/features/mind-games-how-gaming-can-play-a-positive-role-in-mental-health/

• Nobody Wins When Horror Games Stigmatize Mental Illness https://kotaku.com/nobody-wins-when-horror-games-stigmatize-mental-illness-912462538

• ‘Psychonauts 2’ deals with mental health in a tender and respectful way https://www.nme.com/features/gaming-features/pyschonauts-2-deals-with-mental-health-in-a-tender-and-respectful-way-3034016

• Seeking alternatives to revenge narratives in games https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-04-24-seeking-alternatives-to-revenge-narratives-in-games

• They Made a Game That Understands Me https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/they-made-a-game-that-understands-me/1100-4619/

• You are Enough: Imposter syndrome, resilience and finding your people https://youtu.be/WArhd0IryZ0

Race

• '1870' Reclaims a Cyberpunk Future from Colonial WreckageYou are Enough: Imposter syndrome, resilience and finding your people https://www.vice.com/en/article/qva8p7/1870-reclaims-a-cyberpunk-future-from-colonial-wreckage

• Arab Clothing: The Ultimate Guide https://istizada.com/arab-clothing-the-ultimate-guide/

• Are Games Racist? | Game/Show | PBS Digital Studios https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brnpRhjJl8w

• Are We Automating Racism? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok5sKLXqynQ

• Black Hair in Video Games Is Terrible. These 3D Artists Are Changing That https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dgdwz/black-hair-in-video-games

• Black Panther is a wake-up call for video games https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/feb/26/black-panther-is-a-wake-up-call-for-video-games

• Black Representation In Video Games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQCn7GUWTiw

• Black Representation In Video Games: Hairstyles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEo6lqHObxs

• Bright: The Apotheosis of Lazy Worldbuilding | Video Essay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLOxQxMnEz8

• Cowboys, Indians, Controversy, and Videogames http://www.darrenreidhistory.co.uk/cowboys-indians-controversy-and-videogames/

• Dear Video Game Character Creators: You Still Need Work https://jrous001.medium.com/dear-video-games-character-creators-you-still-need-work-1ac27ffa2820

• Deathloop's brilliant diversity is the future of gaming that I want to see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNnkysqyCpk

• Designing Zora from In the Valley of Gods https://blog.camposanto.com/post/171638832704/zora-is-one-of-the-two-main-characters-in-our

• The Difference Between Cultural Appropriation And Appreciation Is Tricky https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/cultural-appropriation-vs-appreciation_n_5a78d13ee4b0164659c72fb3

• Diversity in Esports: People of Color in Gaming https://www.stropse.com/diversity-in-esports-people-of-color-in-gaming/

• Diversity - Why Do Games Lack Diverse Characters? - Extra Credits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slJIiUTVXds

• eSports Have a Race Problem, This HBCU Program Could Help | NowThis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icTRmSp-ap8

• The forgotten queer and Black foundations that built electronic house music https://thetempest.co/2021/06/07/entertainment/foundations-electronic-house-music/

• Get Out — A New Perspective in Horror https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJLHsXw-LFI

• ‘God of War: Ragnarok’ Shows How Games Can Get Black Hair Right https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx534n/god-of-war-ragnarok-shows-how-games-can-get-black-hair-right

• "Good" Black Hair in games https://www.artstation.com/blogs/jerycedia/y6XA/good-black-hair-in-games-appreciation-blog

• Hidden in Plain Sight: The Ghosts of Segregation https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/30/travel/ghosts-of-segregation.html

• The History of Black Video Game Characters | NowThis Nerd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-xEABBIk_8

• How does Spider-Man's hair get made? | Miles Morales https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MWfWwiedOg

• How film finally learned to light black skin https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/sep/21/its-lit-how-film-finally-learned-how-to-light-black-skin

• How The Award-Winning Creator Of Cube And Tākaro Is Bringing Māori Culture To Video Games https://www.forbes.com/sites/hnewman/2018/12/12/how-the-award-winning-creator-of-cube-and-takaro-is-bringing-maori-culture-to-video-games-new-zeland-tech-scene/#18776539f2f6

• How the West gets Muslims wrong in video games https://venturebeat.com/2016/03/28/how-the-west-fails-to-represent-muslims-correctly-in-video-games/

• How to check your unconscious bias - Dr Jennifer Eberhardt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egw-iheD1Mc

• How to Draw African American Hair/4C hair types https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxPVgRjaPK8

• In Europe, Romas are visibly brown, which is what led to a history of persecution, that started off with 500 years of slavery and led to the Holocaust. https://twitter.com/madeline_cct/status/1489927935570157573

• The Invisible Girls of Pokémon Go https://jezebel.com/the-invisible-girls-of-pokemon-go-1784845462

• ‘I’ve Lost My Identity’: On the Mysteries of Foreign Accent Syndrome https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/mysteries-of-foreign-accent-syndrome/

• Jamil Khoury's Not Quite White: Arabs, Slavs, and the Contours of Contested Whiteness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHmbI2mnuwU

• Job interview questions for PoC who can afford to be picky https://twitter.com/JesNx/status/1529530523487543299

• Keeping ‘Insecure’ lit: HBO cinematographer Ava Berkofsky on properly lighting black faces https://www.mic.com/articles/184244/keeping-insecure-lit-hbo-cinematographer-ava-berkofsky-on-properly-lighting-black-faces#.PnFIdFwSm

• Learn how to pronounce Asian names https://twitter.com/KungLab/status/1372365521019138049

• March Of The Gods: Botswana Metalheads https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXucripcAgc

• Maru Nihoniho discusses Māori culture, New Zealand’s gaming industry, Metia Interactive and her latest game “Guardian Maia” https://www.scifipulse.net/maru-nihoniho-discusses-maori-culture-new-zealands-gaming-industry-metia-interactive-and-her-latest-game-guardian-maia/

• Meghna Jayanth is switching the narrative https://www.nme.com/features/gaming-features/meghna-jayanth-is-switching-the-narrative-3331160

• Muse en Lystrala - The Pragmatism of Inclusivity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v_Um3T14wk

• Music Theory and Racism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr3quGh7pJA

• The Natural: The Trouble Portraying Blackness in Video Games https://kotaku.com/the-natural-the-trouble-portraying-blackness-in-video-1736504384

• The next chapter of Indigenous representation in video games https://www.polygon.com/features/2020/2/25/21150973/indigenous-representation-in-video-games

• On racism in esports - value of equality in games https://www.invenglobal.com/articles/1732/on-racism-in-esports-value-of-equality-in-games

• Reni Eddo-Lodge on race, social injustice and quotas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEG-U4TnuDM

• Respecting ethnic names https://twitter.com/AnpuLondon/status/1313994893405155333

• Stop Asking Black People If You Can Touch Their Hair https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2020/01/08/stop-asking-black-people-if-you-can-touch-their-hair/?sh=67842b850a7d

• 10 Ways the Beauty Industry Tells You Being Beautiful Means Being White https://everydayfeminism.com/2016/01/when-beauty-equals-white/

• The Rise of Indigenous Storytelling in Games https://www.ign.com/articles/2015/01/16/the-rise-of-indigenous-storytelling-in-games

• There’s a Big Difference Between Cultural Appreciation and Appropriation https://www.healthline.com/health/cultural-appreciation

• Uncovering Black Women in Esports https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYXu6PIdpdg

• Understand the generational divides that come with immigration https://twitter.com/AtsukoComedy/status/1492944458479931394

• Video Games and Cultural Appropriation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9q4UBdvhWE

• What is Cultural Appropriation? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQgF1f557YY

• What’s Wrong with Asking “Where Are You From?” https://hbr.org/2020/10/whats-wrong-with-asking-where-are-you-from

• White Protagonism and Imperial Pleasures in Game Design https://medium.com/@betterthemask/white-protagonism-and-imperial-pleasures-in-game-design-digra21-a4bdb3f5583c

• We all have implicit biases. So what can we do about it? | Dushaw Hockett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKHSJHkPeLY

• Why Are Black Hair Options Still So Limited in Video Games? https://www.popdust.com/black-hair-in-video-games-2646210119.html

• Why aren’t more black kids going pro in esports? https://theundefeated.com/features/why-arent-more-black-kids-going-pro-in-esports/

• Women of color in the workplace: The persistent obstacles and how you can rise to meet them https://www.fingerprintforsuccess.com/blog/women-of-color-in-the-workplace

• Working in my native language requires empathy https://thoughtbot.com/blog/working-in-my-native-language-requires-empathy

• Zootopia, Umasou, and the Failures of Race Allegory | Jack Saint https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oR6iET6FVo

Social

• A How-To Guide for Muslim Representation in Video Games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4MHV15n-Lw

• Antisemitism in Worldbuilding https://twitter.com/Shvartacus/status/1380194388517683203

• How inaccessible game dev can be for those on a lower income https://twitter.com/pxthella/status/1542286719168528384

• How to avoid antisemitism in your fantasy novels https://twitter.com/mynasaurus/status/1545939801731391488

• If You Don’t Know How to Say Someone’s Name, Just Ask https://hbr.org/2020/01/if-you-dont-know-how-to-say-someones-name-just-ask

• The basics of what my understanding of Ramadan is https://twitter.com/tha_rami/status/1380690405424037889

• The Dark Side of the Video Game Industry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLAi_cmly6Q

• Making games accessible for low income + working class people https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcrgoHRyWUs

• Panel Discussion: Muslim Representation in Games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjYaFCJ83vc

• Ramadan - A super simple thread for anyone who wants to learn more about it and support their Muslim friends/colleagues who are fasting https://twitter.com/areej_abuali/status/1379060913941123072

• Ramadan Brings Muslim Communities Together, And It Deserves A Place In Games https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ramadan-brings-muslim-communities-together-and-it-deserves-a-place-in-games/1100-6502328/

• Video game developers too quick to stereotype Muslims. https://medium.com/@manak/video-game-developers-too-quick-to-stereotype-muslims-bfa041a98df5

• WORKING CLASS REPRESENTATION IN GAMES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vjHC_y9lZs