* are passionate about games, as entertainment and/or as art
* are professional in tone, as journalists
* provide a wide range of perspectives
* donate all proceeds to charity

Notice I said nothing about gender. In fact, only one author (me, Gamer-girl) is guaranteed to be female. We anticipate having plenty of male readers and writers. Gamer-girl.org is simply intended as a site in which people can exchange reviews, ideas, and confessions related to the video game industry. Video games are not a fad or a waste or a niche - games are a medium, worthy of inspection, discussion, and dissection.

Our staff list at present includes:

Gamer-girl

Founder, Editor, Webmaster
Loves: mythology, innovation, dev process, cats
Hates: twitch gaming, bodily humor
Favorites: Morrowind, FF7, Rock Band, Civilization
Currently playing: Rock Band (drums, vocals), Jeanne d'Arc, Miss Management

Caffeine

Reviewer, Artist
Loves: indie games, coffee, painting
Hates: barnacles
Favorites: ???
Currently playing: Rock Band (drums), Odin Sphere

Belarius

Reviewer
Loves: storytelling, elegent design, psychology, blogging
Hates: puns, Sony
Favorites: Grim Fandango, Chrono Trigger, Riven, Homeworld
Currently playing: Medieval II: Total War - Kingdoms, DDR Universe 2

If you'd like to join us, or have an idea for an article, chances are we'd love to hear from you. Shoot an email to the editor, but we recommend looking at the submission guidelines.

So, in 2004, a foolish girl thought she'd make a gamer review site staffed entirely by girls. Well, so it wasn't that foolish - it cycled through about 20 or so different female reviewers, each with different (and often diametrically opposed) tastes. We had the RPG girls, the FPS girls, the casual girls, the fangirls, etcetera. But it was a volunteer effort, which naturally involves a good amount of unreliable support. Many of the reviewers didn't check in for months, and with the editor's college curriculum getting more difficult, there were gaps in updates. After a few years of this on-again-off-again cycle and a slow but steady growth in readership, down it went in winter of 2006. And by down, I mean down like a missile. Kaboom. No survivors.

It only took a year for nostalgia to creep back in. I have to give kudos to the other sites - womengamers.com, gaminatrix.com, gamegirladvance, etc etc, and I really do respect their writers and editors. They're doing great things. But sometimes you prefer Kotaku to BBC. Sometimes you jam in your friend's garage and don't go to a concert. We have a voice all our own, and we hope you'll join our little community with enthusiasm.