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Giigi stands for Gender Inclusion and Intersectionality in the Gaming Industry, and we are an Extra Life guild, showcasing video games made by members of marginalized communities. 

We are founded by Catie Gutierrez, who works in the video gaming industry and also advocates for worker's rights in games. 

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Legal Forum : Labor Law Panel

Catie organized a panel discussion with labor lawyer Zach Angulo as part of The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment open forum, MADE Forum. Learn about how gen z and millienials will retire differently from baby boomers in this informative and confrontational discussion on worker's rights.



Extra-Life Fundraiser Sunday October 29th - with the MADE Museum

Giigibyte & The MADE will raise funds for Extra Life on behalf of UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland

Where: Our Twitch channel @Giigibyte

When: Sunday, October 29th 12:30pm - 5:30pm Pacific Time

 🎮 Our stream will feature games made by women, so come see the independent games and join in the Halloween fun. 🎃

⭐ There will be prizes for donors including a gift package of toys and games: The Crew: Motorfest Playstation keys!

⭐ There will be Halloween kareoke for you, as we do something cringey for your donations!

All proceeds go to UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland.


Giigibyte Career Center Podcast

Catie provides heartfelt advice while pretty much spilling the tea, in our podcast, Giigibyte Career Center. We hope you laugh, cry, and feel that the wisdom has been imparted upon thee. 😿😿😿

It's on Spotify here.

A Better Gaming Industry Blog

In the last decade, we've seen story after story of harassment in the gaming industry, and instances that made it even more clear that the gaming industry has a workers rights issue. For those of us who face these kinds of issues in our career and daily lives, listening to news stories about it can make us feel removed from the problem, but the risk of being impacted still looms. Open conversation on the issues of workplace harassment in the gaming industry can be hard to come across. Even though these stories are well-known, there is a lot of silence around the issue, for fear of losing our reputation in the industry, by participating in discussion. 

The Giigi community decided it was time to make the conversation more accessible. There has to be a way to create constructive, positive conversation around these issues... Read More

Spotlight: Boba Studios

Boba Studios described how they synergized 2D art into a 3D world so seamlessly at our Indie Dev Showcase. Check out their game, Squirrely Roo Rabbit 🐰

~ Catie Gutierrez

Spotlight: Mama Makes Games

We had a really amazing Indie Game Dev Showcase today! Here is a highlight from the event: Kimberly Blais, founder of Mama Makes Games, joined us from Idaho and showed us a presentation about why she became a game developer! Find out more about her games at https://www.mamamakesgames.com/

~ Catie Gutierrez

Spotlight: San Zoolin by Caracolina

"San Zoolin - a quirky narrative driven, social simulation game with psychotherapy at its core" by Caracolina