Women in gaming: Miri Nudelman
Over the years, the gaming industry has mainly appealed to men. Aside from a few games, like “Sims,” most games starred strong male characters who fought battles, and were mainly marketed to men. As the industry developed, it began to target the female population as well. According to research conducted by Newzoo, today nearly 46% of all gamers are women.
Calcalist spoke with some of the leading women who are paving the way in the Israeli gaming industry, and changing its future, with Part 6 featuring Miri Nudelman, a Data Engineer at Playtika, graduate of the department of software engineering and a student at the graduates digital gaming program at Shenkar, who discusses how unequal treatment of female gamers could later deter them from becoming game designers and developers.