Why I Don't Like Video Games

You have to play on the latest generation console to be a real gamer. You have to have an incredibly expensive gaming PC with a slew of peripherals to be a real gamer. You have to play shooters with competitive multiplayer to be a real gamer. You have to play a sports game and always have the latest annual version to be a real gamer. You have to be a male to be a real gamer.

The mental weight of being different in this industry is taxing but there are people and organizations fighting to change what is normal. Fighting is exhausting but the victory is worth it.

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Why I Like Video Games

The potential for games, game developers and gamers themselves to change lives is often underestimated. I'm excited that I get to be a part of changing the face of gaming and to experience it so deeply.

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Walking the Walk

Sometimes I don't want to fight. I don't want to have to be strong for the people who will come after me. I just want to sit and sulk and cry and for things to just be different. But then I see someone else's light because I've surrounded myself with just the right people and they love on me in little ways that aren't always clear to them and just like that the fire is stoked. 

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Change The World - Hour of Code 2015

I had another great opportunity to work with with Code.org for Hour of Code (as a member of Team Xbox) and to share my thought on how getting more women into computing can really change the world. I was honored to "co-star" with some other amazing women who are doing big things including Sheryl Sandberg, Karlie Kloss, May-Li Khoe, Mia Epner, Alice Steinglass, Jess Lee, Jessica Alba, Paola Mejía Minaya, Malala Yousafzai, and Susan Wojcicki.