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This video starts from gaming industry and ends in feminism.

They didnt say anything about micro transactions.......

Disclaimer: Video is less about games and more about socio-politics

My friend is working in gaming industry .its true. there is so much discrimination. She have to work 9-6 only one day off. This culture is literally sick. one of my friends laid off. when google shut down accounts of gaming studios.

The title is "The gaming industry" And I expect the history of gaming industry... But it's different than what I expected... This is just "Female on the gaming industry".

Has parallels to the start of the industrial revolution of the 1800’s - Taking advantage of workers. I wonder if you divide a developers annual salary by the hours worked - would it be all that great?

"title correction: Women in Gaming Industry.

i was hopping to watch Gaming Industry and ended up ads for "Me too"?

This report could have done better if the reporter had not spend a large portion of it on feminism propaganda. There are more issues affecting the gaming Industry like microtransactions, deceptive marketing, low quality graphics, piracy etc

03:34, Anita make false claims, repeatedly, did everything she could to subvert games development (even going so far as threatening developers last year) with feminist nonsense. The majority of gamers don't like her and they don't agree with her. Asking Anita to be honest about gaming is like asking a writer from the Daily Stormer to tell you about the Holocaust.

You guys are lucky you haven't see the toxic gaming culture and industry in sea

It's not only gaming industry all industries are the same ... From oil to construction and so on ... The one who work the most get almost nothing and the one who doesn't do anything get everything.

They stick female issues into everything we guys injoy, what does a female being harassed at her job do with the games industry Those are 2 totally unrelated subjects

That lady from Feminist Frequency has a major problem - using questionable methods and sources to have her way. I mean at first she was portrayed as the iron willed woman going up against a Male dominated industry. The minute she gets clap back - which is something you will *alway* get when you go around provoking people - she becomes a victim. The UN even gave her an opportunity to present her case and guess what they said? "No, because she presented information from questionable sources." In summary, the industry has a problem. But the way to fix it is not by provoking people and acting like a victim when there's clap back. There are far more constructive ways of doing so. E.g. criticizing by creating. And also lost how the video went from talking about gaming to talking about women🤨🤦‍♂️

I have a topic - are there forms of energy production prohibited only because of the social threat that they work to well and are to affordable?

Billion female gamers and 80% of them only playing candy crush and kardashian party on their smartphone. It is hard to make women interested in games, in which you have to use both hands.

As gamers, we respect and love women and wish people to have good working hours. But microtransactions are killing us, they're making us pay for what we have paid for.

First time that I ever see a news channel talking about video game industry. Nice I like it.

03:55 Sexual harassment is a genuine issue for women. Not just in the game industry.

1:25 how to do that text effect guys please help!! I want to do this in my video too

One day Just like Bollywood India will also have it's own Gaming Industry. And I'm sure about. It is the only Industry unlike Movies and Music that requires highly technical knowledge and also it requires the knowledge of coding. This industry is going to grow much more.

They should do a video on the public accounting industry - the same aspects apply in the audit and assurance profession, except its even worst than gaming industry because effectively everyone ends up making less than minimum wage considering the 80 hour work weeks.

Why did this turn into a feminism video half way through. I understand that there are mistreated women in the industry. However, that is not the main problem of the industry. The main problem is actually addressed in the beginning, the ridiculous work hours. Another major concern is the companies further alienating and milking their customers with micro transactions.

1:56 Java still reign hehe

Some day, 'Lets talk' about how graceful Sandra Gathmann is and how beautifully she does her show

Good brief discussion, but I think a good honest discussion also should touch on the dark side of gaming - gambling.

Women are not being mistreated, they are actually welcome in the video game industry. The real reason why women are the minority in the gaming industry is because there are not a lot of women that choose the type of job. Few women have chosen to enter this market. It has nothing to do with bias or mistreatment of women.

It's normal for many creative industries like film (I'm in) require lots of OT and most of the time without sleep for a week or more to meet deadline. Friends working on games only let you go home 3-4 hrs a day. But during crunch time you basically sleep in the office. I'm taking about top US companies. Many companies/co-workers in Asia even despise those who can't deal with stress and call them weak. A famous Japanese game company Square that makes Final Fantasy their ppls basically sleep in front of their computers.

Thanks for the video. It was very informative 😄

Being a guy I really want to see women work in the games industry. I was also really upset to hear that women receive harassment in their working environment. Nobody has to feel that way and if I could snap my fingers and stop that once and forall I would. But, that only happens in games. Anyways, good luck to everybody and I hope and I prey that you people get through it and become amazing at your job! This industry is full of amazing and ambitious people (for the most part) so yeah! Great video!

Yup. I working for a major game developer/ publisher, we''re always ona crunch time.

To whoever reads this have a Happy New Year 2020 😁😁

I didn't know that , heck even I want to go in gaming industry

Wtf? Gaming industry but talk about women

I love Start Here and this was a well researched video, which I liked. Though I feel the title is slightly misleading as it goes onto women in the gaming industry. The realities are quite harsh for them. The working conditions and layoffs are also disheartening to hear

Awesome topic as these harsh conditions should be exposed when big names make such profits. The profits and benefits should filter down to the coders and designers too or else it becomes a toxic culture. Great episode

Women playing candy crush isn’t equal to ‘gaming’. They played to kill their free time which is similar to scrolling ig. I get it, it simple bite size, easy to understand, little to gain/lose. But they don’t contribute much on the ecosystem of game industry. Like someone who only live on eating beans don’t contribute to development culinary industry. Women who gaming still low imo.

Al jazeera talking about women's rights in a Western Industry. They should focus on qatar. 😅

Nice and valuable information... thanks

Came here expecting to watch how the game industry growed and changed over the years, watched how women are not dominating the industry yet

This video is much valuable for my research article !

Wait! Is it really true that the gaming industry is bigger than movies AND music combined????? Really????

please elaborate Artificial intelligence .... adore your way of explanation

As I worked in this industry, I cannot say women are harrased or not because I would be biased. What I can tell you about their proportion in this industry is inverse to that men are in teaching industry. This means that there is a difference in capabilities between women and men. Given that this industry has a lot more effects of winner takes all, studios battle for quality workers such as artists and programmers than many other industries. A less capable artist could create a shader that in certain situation would significantly affect rendering performance of the game. This performance drop would be on every reviewer lips when your game is launched, and that could sink your game sales. A less capable programmer could bring crashes to the game that again would sink the sales. Therefore if you see less women or whites or certain nationalities in a studio is not a bias but a reflection of availability of the skillsets needed to make a game in people with these traits. Nobody cares who makes the game as long as it is good.

Start here is the best how I av ever watched

Indoor outdoor and digital

Form talks about gaming industry to somewhere you was not expecting about.

Game Developers should be unionized it's freakin bullshit how badly they are treated. The same thing with restaurant workers especially cooks who don't get overtime pay, hardly any breaks or none at all, and work for very low wages and tips (average server only tips out 2% of their total tips for the day to the kitchen). These bad practices have to stop!!!!

There was a job in the industry I would love a game tester where you find bugs within the game that are fixed Collision detection also

THESE ARE GENUINELY THE MOST INFORMATIVE, INTERESTING VIDEOS EVER. HOW IS AL JAZEERA DOING BETTER THAN EVERY OTHER MAJOR NEWS COMPANY?!

A good follow up. How many young women profit from sexualizing gaming online and how does it undermine the dignity of women in general. but specifically, how their behavior affects women in the workplace.

It would not be appropriate for me to talk about "Women Rights" at the age I am. Hopefully, boys can decode this message and see what women really want from us. "You are solving a math problem for almost an hour and you are missing a point or a digit and a person copies your hard work but removes that error and takes the credit for doing something that you have been working on for so long. I would congratulate him after I send him to the hospital." By the way, I am not against women

As me I believe these are things that have been created to pass n waste our time as the generation,all in all good work aljazeera n hope u make more simple well researched work

This was complete garbage. They done no real research in gamergate.

Wow, people at Al Jazeera really mastered the art of media persuation, great job ! Now, how about a video discussing migrant workers rights in Quatar, or maybe sudden journalists deaths ? Good job, good job.

What about Philippine workers in Qatar?

lol that blizzard bit aged poorly to say the least

How can I get a job in game industry as a programming, shall I have the experience of designer or extra stuff ?

At 50% playback of this video, topic veers off.

What technology game development companies use to shoot character movement and their emotions ..?

Thailand politic turmoil topic too

These people just dont get it. They want to contaminate the gaming industry with their madness

India should rise the salary to $10,000 a year.... Being billionaire owning small game publishers good. It's like Unity vs. Unreal engine team.

Here is a fair treatment idea. Make Mario game in reverse. Call it Maria. Plot. Maria has to save Mario from all kinds of monsters.

Please I'd appreciate a video on whether prisons work or not?

This discussion should be extended to addressing the toxicity of online gaming culture and mental health issues

Most people in the game industry (or any for that matter) get used....Prob what most people want to do (but fear) is being the boss/content "creator"

STAND UNITED GAMERS!

Not enough crunch. Is this a vital industry to begin with?

Let's create a navy seal game where u got to get ur self out of tough situations and conquer ur fear

Good job 👍

it's not about man or woman , it's about talent ,skill and knowledge. i don't think any company would reqruit on the basis of gender ..these feminazi's need to grow up and go get a life. illogical solutions would ruin the economics and business. though i appreciate most of the content of this channel, this particular content is deplorable .the topic started somewhere and ended somewhere else.

Exciting to know that Al Jazeera wants Woman Equality in Game Industry, We want it too. But we also want woman equality in Afghanistan unlike Al Jazeera.

Video on India's CAA and NRC...

Theres nearly a billion women gamers? Maybe in Smartphone but consoles...very little

I had like you to do a video on quantum computing

Didn't know Zoe Quinn works as developer. What game has she work on?

1:07 I didn't know gamers spoke through their nose.

Is Amazon good for brands and industry? Music / dvd and games industry are being bullied by Amazon for lower prices in lieu for taking higher volumes. Is Amazon forcing these industries to consolidate?

Title: gaming The Video" WOOOOOMMMMMMMMEN.

The game industry became a bunch of Snakes with wack games on the Market

Stick to insane work hours, microtransactions, marketing gimmicks, gaming as an entertainment enterprise, gaming universities, life after being a pro gamer and in game currencies. Al Jazeera dug into gamergate once without a complete view of it and now they're about to do it again.

really ammmmmazing discussions by Sandra Gothamann

Hey dear , Please make videos on NRC CAA issues going on in India .

This was only about some of the facets of working in the industry. You should've titled your video better. Now make one about their predatory business practices as well 👏

Scary.

Wait, if employees are working 70 hours a week who contribute to the development of a game,, who's making all the money? Also, it's sad that gaming industry is THE most profitable. The world as we know it is invested and investing in an activity that mostly has a negative impact on people's lives.

you could have talked about indie games more rather then feminism.. really indie games deserve more attention...

I love love your voice, the gestures wow oh so wow, tbe body the looks, oh so classically beautiful...whos the lucky man out there...

"its all about fun" - I wonder if soccer players say the same thing. After all... soccer is just a game as well.

Software culture is entirely toxic , i felt it

Talk about zoe and anitta, but not the real issues like microtransactions.

Ohh dam they got overtime count me in

Plz make a video on CAA in India

Haha I surprise when I saw this type of video in ALzazira

Look at Classical music or art music and its popularity decline

The new playstation consul is so dope! Lol

thats weird, isnt it that this gamer industry are mostly in California a very blue state. or is it those people that talked that they felt discriminated are just snowflakes who thinks life is all fluffy and good.

Wouldn't mind a documentary speaking about the gaming industry, but this video some how squeezed the issue into portraying it as a problem involving women inequality? I'm sure men suffer from the industry as well, or is it some kind of taboo to display men in that manner? Would have enjoyed to see how the world's most growing industry that gathers 660 million views influences and effects the people in the long run, that's real journalism. The 7 minute video felt like it was just touching the surface of things, could've been more deeper.

And thus feminism in gaming industry was born!!!