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Pixelles, located in Montreal, is a non-profit initiative committed to get more women make and change video games especially those who have never tried before. Through incubator events, women are empowered to express themselves in a new medium by learning new skills that they may use in their future careers. The organization's contributions have been recognized by CNet. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Leading Ladies: Amazing indie games made by women )〕 Pixelles provides motivation and the resources to help these women take the first big step and create their first game. Alumnae have gone on to create more games and be empowered to participate in the Montreal's game community as a culture, professional, and a creative space. ==Background== In response to issues of sexism in video gaming, Pixelles aims to promote diversity in the game-making community and video game culture on a grassroots level. The idea for Pixelles was inspired by Toronto's Difference Engine Initiative, a game-making incubator organized in 2011 by the Hand Eye Society, a video game arts organization. Feminists in Games, an organization of feminist digital researchers, approached game-hobbyist Rebecca Cohen Palacios and game designer Tanya Short to bring a similar project to Montreal.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lady-Players )〕 The debut of the Pixelles in Montreal coincided with a the Twitter awareness hashtag campaign called #1reasonwhy, where women in the game industry provided personal experiences about sexism in the industry.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pixelles: Calling all (game-designing) ladies )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pixelles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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