Aisha Tyler Tells Us The Real Problem With Gaming And Diversity
The lack of women isn’t unique to the gaming industry; it happens in other areas of tech like Google. It’s indicative of a larger problem.
"That’s problems in our school system. That’s problems in getting girls into math and science when they’re young," she says. "We can’t blame that on the gaming industry."
Game developers need to do a better job of recruiting and developing diverse talent, she says. “Gamers of every gender and ethnicity are demanding it, both inside games and out.”
This is a followup piece on diversity in gaming from NPR’s Laura Sydell. Tyler says there is progress being made in the gaming industry but that the problem is a larger one that has plagued tech companies as well.