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Around one in 10 people working in the UK industry are from ethnically diverse backgrounds - slightly higher than the national working average.It means some women have"no-one to look up to", says Kat Welsford. "Lots of other women I know in the industry who are 29 or 30 are saying to me they've got no-one to look up to."Joaquin Phoenix and Prince William spoke outIt's something that's been on the mind of games companies in the UK for some time too, and Ukie started looking into the state of the industry last year.More than 3,000 people who work in games in the UK took part in the survey - that's around 20% of the total number of people employed by gaming companies.
The survey suggests that 10% of UK games company staff are from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds - which is higher than the national working population and above that in the creative industries overall."In the modern day, if you want to tell your own stories, you have to set up your own games studio," says Moo."It's something I'm noticing a lot more people of colour doing.
Some of us haven’t forgotten the way you misrepresented video games and male players, were dishonest to some of its female contributors to ensure their participation, and included interview clips with a proven liar. We don’t pay our licence fee for this.
If Kat Welsford looks familiar, she should - this video from last October was rightfully torn to pieces on Twitter and YouTube. Strange there wasn’t another woman in indie game development you could’ve spoken to for your article, BBC... 🤔
Your article is nonsense and totally contradicts itself, as demonstrated in this fine video by heelvsbabyface:
I just want to play good games.
Shut up
Unless playing games becomes something like wine tasting I very much doubt anyone cares who makes the games they like to play. Only that they're talented.
BBC social engineering.
I think most people are sick to death of having diversity rammed down their throats. Give it a rest.
When EA went full diverse we got Anthem and Mass Effect: Andromeda Yeah, it’s totally a “necessity”... The quality plunged. But hey-ho, it’s more important how you identify than it is to have the talent according to you lot. No wonder quality has dropped at the BBC.
Garbage. Only the woke BBC would Tweet this.
So 'too many' men, young, LGBT, and 'non-binary' people. All are substantially over represented. I wonder which one of those is considered 'bad' though..? 🤔
In pre-school and primary schools, there is a huge dearth of male teachers. I had a wonderful male teacher in infant school. It's a shame that the good men wanting to work in childcare are discouraged and people assume they're up to no good.
Bollocks!
I have never heard of a lack of diversity in gaming
The algorithm is just f***ping with us now.
No women in the work force.
Yikes
Diversity is gay af
This article is so right! Can't wait to see more great female protagonists made by cool women like Kat!
So glad to see that the lack of diversity in gaming is being more widely recognised. Hopefully it leads to change 🤞
Oh my god will these puritanical clowns just drop dead
Can't people just do whatever they choose to do without everyone moaning there's not enough polkadot pigmy hippo unicorns making cheese slices in the Kraft factory in Antartica! ffs!!
I've literally never heard of Ukie. Why are they supposed to matter?
Two words: titty streamers. Oh wait I'm part of the problem...
I call BS, and I’m a woman.
As a kid in 1960s we all just played together without any adult innuendo or interference. It didn’t matter or mean anything if you had black dolls or white dolls you just loved &played with them. Now adults guilty of stealing children’s imagjnation, creativity &innocence.
Forced inclusion is not diversity. Also.. how is gaming not diverse Literally every race creed gender animal food everything can be found in gaming. BBC want everything so far left till you fall off a cliff.
Diversity isn't a tick box its a talent BBC,how about diversity in the care,education,Employment,Advertising,PR,healthcare..insurace sectors where women rule,maybe men just prefer this sector and women the ones i've listed.honestly this utter nonsence everyday.
If women or other wanted to work in the gaming industry then they would do. The reason that it is only 30% is because in this particular field thats the amount of women that ARE interested.
Equality of opportunity, not equality of outcome - that's a necessity.
You never see Nile Crocodiles working in the gaming industry. It's a disgrace!
just smashed my lads gamestation
There's no law preventing women to attend to University or apply to any job
As long as the game works and people buy it no one cares who made it
All complete and utter bollocks. These people are undeniably brainwashed.
One path to Europe's troubling destination is already being carved out by Europe's far-right parties, many of which are implicitly or explicitly ethnocentric. Inevitably, in Europe, assertive pride carries ethnic and national overtones. Politicians open the door to prejudices
What a load of nonsense. The industry is growing because people are being told they can make money playing games. This goes for anyone.
Identity over meritocracy, that is today’s issue. And it’s a total nonsense.
how is diversity a necessity? .... you dont NEED diversity. if i take away your diversity your life still goes on as normal. nothing changes.
This entire article is utter horseshit..... 'no one to look up to'.....utterly hilarious.
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You don’t have to go far, all you need to read are the far right extremist and white supremacist tweets to see what is brewing secretly and now many are stating it openly they want a white Europe emboldened by the right wing media and Politicians. Is the end of diversity coming
I want people in the gaming industry who are good at their job , because people should be employed based on ability to do the job well, not by what colour/gender/religion.
Are these articles designed to cause division between sexes and races or what? It feels like everything is designed to stop us realising its class divide which is the issue.
Ethno-nationalist and white supremacist movements in Europe continue to thrive and have grown They include far-right political parties, neo-Nazi movements, and apolitical protest groups. Some groups openly espouse violent white supremacy.Diversity is becoming a thing of the past
Everyone loves tomb raider and it is quite old now.
WTF? No one has ever stopped them
UKParliament please do something about the bbc. They’r totally out of control & a I feel a serious danger to Britain.
The White supremacist groups which are in abundance now Infact growing rapidly will never agree to this in Europe and yet love the USA the most diverse and successful country in the world and of course diversity giving it its strength. The right wing media helped to foster it
You do realise this causes a negative affect on diversity, telling people who are open and don’t judge people based on this crap just pisses people off.... nobody wants this PC crap.
There’s diversity and then there’s radical believers! They don’t integrate!
And where is the diversity in this picture?
:v why diversity? I never seen a nintendo restriction for males or women only games or for a gender only x box.. Everyone who demand about diversity is just a clown who wants extra likes from the lack of self worth people.
Maybe they are just not interested in it or not good enough, who cares? Diversity is like going to a VD clinic- you don’t know what what is causing the symptoms, until the Doctor tells what disease is causing the rash!
Try telling that to the Muslim community! You know the ones that target white girls! Our ask the good ones to start calling theses pedo ones out then they won’t get tarnished with the same brush!
“It’s a necessity to have less white people and we aren’t being nice about it.”
I want games made by sweaty basement dwelling nerds look at everquest, vanilla wow and counter strike there is a reason they were brilliant games.
What happened to looking upto someone because of the substance of their work, not what they have in between their legs?
Yeah starting with Twitch need to stop being a team of white knights
Diversity is overrated. And that’s putting it mildly.
Getting so bored of this constant drivel !zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Will we ever stop forcing people to like something?
What concerns me is this narrative that diversity must overwrite history. We’re all human, but you can’t change historical facts to suit a new narrative. That’s something of Orwellian proportions!
Fk your business growth,'diversity' isn't working. It is destructive and not required.
Why is it? Not everything has to be diverse. You can have a diverse range of things that certain people are interested in.
Exactly, white middle-aged men should be included 👍
Yawn.
If you look at a great example London!
Fuck diversity
The many victims of 'diversity' would disagree ...
More than 10%are non white in a 85% white country. So it is diverse... 30% are women in an industry dominated by men. Most gamers are men, why wouldnt it be the same for those working in game? All a load of victim mentality nonsense, again.
We need more women! We have no-one to look up to! Really? You can't look up to someone unless they share the same 'whatever' with you? Not very diverse and inclusive is it?
Diversity for Diversity sake is a huge mistake and will get you poor results. Diversity will occur If you look only for the best people for your positions and ignore the race or sex of the people hire.
There absolutely no proof diversity and especially forced diversity works in any positive way.
No
Is diversity not a nicety but a necessity in the sewers and up the pylons and on the roads then? Is it also a necessity when it comes to equalising workplace deaths (currently 93% men)? Is that what 'diversity' means, or does it only apply to the cushy gigs?
Virgins
Gamers are already oppressed! They don't need to be kicked down anymore!