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Hollywood Is Finally Catching Up To Felicia Day
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These Twitch Streamers Are All About The Good Inclusive Vibes
When we started Refinery29 Twitch almost a year ago, we knew we wanted to use it not only to provide a fun, safe space for women and non-binary folks to sh
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With A Bow 2023
15 Of The Best Gaming Gifts For All Budgets
Refinery29 staffers may have received products included in this story for editorial consideration but all shopping picks are independently selected and cur
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Esports Aren’t Going Anywhere So Stop Panicking
If you’re an avid esports follower, you know that the industry is going through a challenging time. Gaming and lifestyle brand 100 Thieves laid off about
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NewJeans Is Performing At
League
Worlds. Maria Egan Help...
It’s official: NewJeans is heading to the 2023 League of Legends World Championships. The breakout K-pop group of the year will perform their recently un
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Twitch’s Unity Guilds & TwitchCon Panels Promise A New Era
There are lots of reasons to join a guild in an MMO. You want to rank up together with your members. You want to create raid parties to take on bosses. Or
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She Cooks Anime Food IRL That Would Make Hayao Miyazaki Proud
Imagine exploring the wilderness amidst medieval castles, when you come across a fellow adventurer named Lynn. It’s almost as if she knew you’d be fami
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Kena Shah
Amazon
16 Gaming Essentials On Sale For Amazon Prime Big Deal Days
Opposite all the loner stereotypes, gaming can truly be a social experience — whether it’s watching your partner play a single-player game and call
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Rocket League
Pro Karma Did A Total 180 On Women’s Espor...
“For a long time, I was against women’s leagues,” says esports player Jaime “Karma” Bickford, which might be surprising to hear from the mouth of
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Patricia Karounos
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Women’s Esports Are Stronger Than Ever. Next Comes The Hard Part.
Last November, things just weren’t going according to plan for the women of G2 Gozen. After a commanding year, G2 Esports’ women’s Valorant team foun
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Melissah Yang
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Refinery29 Twitch Turns 1! And What A Year It’s Been.
In honor of our first year on Twitch, we’re looking back on some of the amazing guests and conversations we’ve had over on our channel.
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Patricia Karounos
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Blizzard’s Bailey McCann Wants To Close The Esports Gender Gap
Like many now working in the video game industry, Bailey McCann considers herself a lifelong gamer, but, growing up, gaming was mostly just a fun hobby tha
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XDefiant
’s CeeCee Smith Wants To Open Up FPS Games For Eve...
As CeeCee Smith came up in gaming — both as a gamer and industry professional — she found a community in the women-centric PMS Clan that helped her rea
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This Latine Gaming Nonprofit Has One Goal: To Not Exist
Cristina Amaya has a very simple goal for Latinx in Gaming, the nonprofit she cofounded that aims to connect video game-loving Latines and help them thrive
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Patricia Karounos
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How To Get More Women Into Coding: Online Gaming
Game developer and Fullflower Studio founder Anne Shoemaker comes from a family of web developers, so she had some idea of what coding is well before most
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Patricia Karounos
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From Cowboy Hats To Summer Slides: Shop With Us On Twitch
Summer is the time for letting loose and having fun — and that includes our fashion choices. When else can you dress like a coastal cowgirl or elevate a
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Diablo IV
’s Tiffany Wat, Game Production Is Like Wed...
When it comes to working in the video game industry, the most obvious entry points are art and design. But, like many gamers already know, there’s a lot
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Megan Fox’s Take On
Diablo
Lore Goes Deep
It’s been a few weeks since Diablo IV launched, and there have been hundreds of millions of deaths as players roam Sanctuary. But a lucky group of gamers
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Minecraft
’s Lydia Winters Is Constantly Updating — Just ...
When Lydia Winters started posting on YouTube under the name MinecraftChick back in 2010, she wouldn’t have called herself a gamer. But she was passionat
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Lauren Chan Is Constantly Evolving — But Always Has One Goal in Mind
“My career was so multifaceted, if you look at it one way — messy, if you look at it another way — because I just wanted to do as much as I coul
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Patricia Karounos
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Grace Van Dien Is Ready To Break Down Barriers With FaZe Clan
Grace Van Dien remembers the exact moment she found out she was being signed to FaZe Clan, making her the second individual woman to join the roster of the
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Katherine Singh
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Overwatch 2
’s Lifeweaver Wouldn’t Exist Without Takki Th...
For Blizzard Entertainment senior technical artist Takki Thammawan, getting a job working on Overwatch 2 was a dream he didn’t realize could ever come tr
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Patricia Karounos
Not Your Token Asian
We Tried Brainspotting Therapy Live On Twitch — And Cried
Picture this: You grew up in a family that didn’t openly talk about mental health. Now, well into adulthood, you’re much more comfortable talking about
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The Call Of Duty Endowment Helps Women Veterans Feel Their Value
Growing up, Navy veteran Rocio Palmero always felt a bit different. It was a sense she couldn’t shake as a young Latina woman in LA, where she couldn’t
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For Twitch Ambassador AshSaidHi, Retro Gaming Is All About Community
When Twitch ambassador AshSaidHi (a.k.a. Ash) was growing up, she and her parents loved gaming together. In fact, even though she’s now a pro streamer, h
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The Danger Of One Man’s Opinion: Gretchen Whitmer On The Ab...
Update: On the afternoon of April 14, the Supreme Court restored full access (for now) to mifepristone, one of two drugs used for a medication abortion. Th
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Pedro Pascal’s
Merge Mansion
Ads Actually Make Total Sense
“Welcome to my mansion!” Pedro Pascal jokes, before waving me over to the red velvet armchair set up next to him. No, the Last Of Us actor doesn’t li
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Call Of Duty
GM Johanna Faries, It’s Not About Being...
When longtime NFL exec Johanna Faries joined Activision Blizzard and switched industries to esports, she didn’t realize she would be making history. In f
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