Women in Computer Games according to prevalent stereotypes in the male dominated scene they just walk around in a revealing clothing leap and fight their way to victory the stereotypes were on display at the dreamhouse convention in like. The computer game festival hosts germanys la just black and old local area network. Women make up only a small chunk of the seventeen hundred players and theyre critical of the reductive depictions in games. Id say sex sells big breasts big. Its just thats not an accurate depiction of women i cant identify with it at all but i think its nice when you can look at a womans face and see something relatable. Does had cut it would be nice if women werent just small roles but main characters who are taken totally seriously at all and that puts an ounce. Numbered today estimates from the scene indicate that women comprise half of all gamers but they have little influence and to skillfully represented even a dream pack only meant you could out of the east boards tournament for around one hundred eighty thousand euros in prize money the u. S. Market Research Company super data says the gaming industry had a worldwide turnover of seventy three billion euros in twenty sixteen but the industry is interested in female gamers as customers which is one reason the sector is starting to shift focus for instance to write as lara croft has changed during her twenty year long korea from a mia busty warrior. To a fully realized adventurous woman more into ballgames creating multifaceted characters like al boyd they hear from horizon zero dawn. Or masters from the three d. Adventure game life is strange. Babs these advances are a consequence of game against issues have been hotly debated under his hashtag for years one provocative question how sick system is the gaming industry and must change one goal of the Game Design Department at the college of technology and economics in berlin is to get more women into the gaming industry itself the fact is that women play games therefore women can also make games and they showed in order to reach a female audience. Here conceptualizing games is a combination of design and technology the students learn all the necessary aspects of Gaming Development from the design of a Game Character by hand to the programming of the software forty students are trained each year and half of them are women. Of our students are in demand employers say wed really like to have one of your female graduates because weve noticed they can produce better products here is somebody who has empathy who knows whats required as the technical know how and can apply it. Someone who can develop concepts brings these skills and consents to ties their colleagues. To believe Game Development company with one third of their approximately two hundred thirty workers a women. Created the game. Which features a strong heroine these relaxing casual games are often played on phones and a quite popular among women. Bringing in more people who can speak to different experiences that can speak to the experiences of people of color to experience. You get more diversity of stories i think its already happening. In particularly in the indie space where a lot of creators are empowered to tell very personal very specific stories using the medium of cables. Hopefully its only a matter of time before the diversity of lad increases to. Shift. Now the shifts ranking twenty seventeens most valuable digital startups. Fifth place space x. The American Aerospace manufacturer and Space TransportCompany Launched with a net worth of seventeen point two billion euros according to recent information. His partners supply the International Space station their next goal the colonization of mars. Fourth place. The multifaceted Online Community love sharing including lodging that ranges from tree houses to stylish apartments the american peer to peer mining platform has tallied up a net worth of twenty five point four billion euros too shabby. Third place shalmi the Chinese ElectronicsCompany Sells smart phones for low prices and owns much of its success to its charismatic c. E. O. The company is worth thirty seven point six billion euros and the headquarters have a cool slide to boot. Second place d. D. Choosing the online Ride Sharing Service is setting out to expand internationally but whoever wants to buy it will have to hand over forty point nine billion euros any takers. Coming in at number one is the American Transportation provider this Ride Sharing Service is worth about fifty five point six billion euros and it offers reliable transport to people from all walks of life. That was the ship ranking and now telephone scammers fake microsoft employees are targeting p. C. Users worldwide claiming computers are in danger they offer Maintenance Software as a solution their goal to acquire valuable data from users and their money. Telling it go to the news. And it will and i explained to her in english that he works for microsoft he warned her that it just that moment her computer was being hacked and all her daughter was in danger to stop that because he said she should give him access to her p. C. Again to be sure that he really works for microsoft i looked at the number where did this call come from there was nothing suspicious about it and i said and when he said he could provide me with the proof on the computer i was convinced that the call was authentic. Downloaded remote maintenance so the call could log into the computer from a file he located various pop up warnings and fake viruses were moved before her eyes but the positive impression didnt last long. And deep. Amende i did at that moment the hacker has full access to the system you can move the mouse see what they have on their monitors and type in commands that makes it impossible for the victim to know if the perpetrator is making harmful commands installing trojans or something similar they believe their computers are merely being maintained that i did. Finally tell you was asked to pay for the saving of her data via credit card she was skeptical she disconnected the internet but it was too late. She was black and nothing worked anymore by that point the hacker could have stolen all of her most important data. He had the chance to see her Online Banking information and read her emails he could even steal all of her saved passwords and take over her Digital Identity he did to use. Microsoft is well aware of the problem according to the us company about ten thousand scams like these are reported every month around two hundred fifty criminal groups such as these are active worldwide the majority are in call centers in India Government organizations are also working against these phone scammers better rail if Successful Police say the best method is selfprotection. The first tip is simple double check if the person who is calling you is who they say they are that means to really check when in doubt end the call and if youve already been affected disconnect from the internet. And im part of internet a couple. Otherwise the worst could happen if your personal data falls into criminal hands. Shift says be careful what you do. And no short and sweet this should snapshot of. Whats going on here fish swimming. Between shelves. And invasion of gigantic spiders. And a skeleton dancing around grenell costumes. Dont worry these are hallucinations theyre animated clips by burning monopods the artist from the philippines works in los angeles as a visual effects specialist. In his free time he lets his imagination run wild on instagram there he transforms into super mario. Or since a whale floating through the air. Has more than one hundred thousand followers on instagram are regularly das. He sometimes works three days straight on his three d. Cartoons. No worries for energy he can have a donut. That is the shift snapshot. As always we leave ship through the exit our internet find of the week this time cellphone elves. What does daily life inside smartphones look like. What really happens when the alarm clock goes off. The clip we are watching you provides a unique answer living chips and bytes inside of smart phones operate them and the little helpers are kept on their toes. The comedic short film was created by up and coming german filmmaker flooring on hoffman the nineteen year old has already cleaned up awards with a short now we finally know whos responsible for our texting mistakes. And next time on shift. In nature its usually only the birds that tweet thanks to belgian researchers trees are tweeting out to their connected to sensors with the goal of better understanding Climate Change tweeting for science next week on shift. Enter the conflict zone this week on conflict zone i miss them both to talk to rob to come back soon but i still took his ruling party the a. K. P. She speaks for a party on human rights and is close so close confident of president as the government pursues military operations in syria and continues to crack down on Civil Liberties well im sure this principle conflict zone d. W. Top stories followed across social media share your comments and content welcome to. News. First home to millions of species the home worth saving. Google ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world the ideas that protect the climate boost Green Energy Solutions and reforestation. Using interactive content to inspire people to take action a global one delivers the multimedia environment series on d. W. The t created movie milestone. It was an instrument of propaganda and persecution. It underwent a bankruptcy and restructuring. But its still churning out films today. Germanys biggest and oldest film company. A cinematic history from the german empire to the present one hundred years so far starting february eighteenth g. 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