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Special:
"Women In Gaming"
The male dominated gaming industry can be very
icky at times. Many females that work in the business desperately seek
to earn the same amount of respect their male counterparts receive. These
women want nothing more than to level the playing field and be viewed
no differently than the men they work with. "Women in Gaming"
will showcase some of these females.
Rich
"Lowtax" Kyanka
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Jenni
is one of the most widely known texture artists in the industry.
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Jenni
"Grrl Power Commando" Stephens
Jenni is
one of the most popular and well-known women who currently work at Eidos
Interactive. She indeed embodies the classical "Renaissance Woman"
persona, wearing a wide variety of hats in each workday at Eidos. You'll
never know what she'll be doing the each time you see her; one minute
she'll be helping color textures for Lara Croft's newest G-string, the
next time she may be in a "private" meeting with the design
team. Jenni has helped turn such games as "Gex 3" and "Cutthroats"
into the incredible successes they currently are. We were able to catch
up with her while she was answering phones at the front desk.
SA
- How did you become interested in the gaming industry?
JS
- Tee hee, I didn't know much about games until I met somebody named John
Romero at a bar. He looked so dreamy sitting there, his hair flowing around
his shoulders like... a river or something! I walked up to him and introduced
myself to him! He was handsome. He asked me what I did, and I told him
that I was a student, studying because I wanted to major in communications.
He said that he could get me a job at ION Storm! I didn't know what that
was, I thought it was some kind of factory that made glasses. But the
next morning he told me that I couldn't work at ION Storm, but I could
work at Eidos! He asked me if I liked games and I said "Sure!"
because I like playing "Trouble". Haha, I'll give you trouble!
Tee hee! Now I work there and draw textures for games!
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If
it was up to her, there would be more articles about women in the
gaming industry because "They're so cool!"
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SA
- What are your favorite games?
JS
- I LOVE Tomb Raider because Lara Croft is a fabulous role model for girls!
She shoots guns, explores, and is a real role model in every way! She
proves that a strong woman character can be just as popular as a man!
Look at all the people who bought Tomb Raider! I am proud to work at a
company that treats women as equals to men and respects women for their
accomplishments.
SA
- How do you like working for Eidos?
JS -
I LOVE working for Eidos! They always want me to take pictures of me for
the press because I'm such an excellent texture artist! Then magazines
and online websites want to write about me because they're genuinely interested
in helping the females of the online gaming world!
SA
- That's for sure. Did you know that whenever we run a "Females in
Gaming" piece, we get double the amount of hits?
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"'Grrl
Power' isn't just a couple of words! It's a way of life!"
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JS
- WOW! Really? That is SOOO neat! That must mean that the public honestly
cares about women gamers and love reading about us! That makes me very
happy. Grrl power!
SA
- You have recently accepted a part in the upcoming XXX film, "Cum
Clones From Jupiter". What made you decide to take this role?
JS -
John thought that me taking that movie part would be a good idea because
then more people will know about me and grrl power! Now the rest of the
world will know about all the big, long, hard work I do every night!
Thank
you for the interview, Jenni!
 Lowtax
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