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: [email protected]

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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