Tina Amini- Games expert, player and editorial manager of games at IGN

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Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

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🗓️ 8 March 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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On this special International Women’s Day addition of Girlboss Radio presented in partnership with Google Play, Sophia speaks with a woman helping change the game when it comes to representation, programming and beyond. Tina Amini has been playing games and reporting on the gaming industry for over eight years. And as the new editorial manager of games IGN, she’s directly involved in re-shaping the conversation about what it means to be a girl, and a gamer.

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0:00.0	Success. It's such a complicated idea and yet for so long we've all collectively
0:10.6	subscribe to a single definition of the word, which was
0:13.6	likely given to us by a white-haired dude somewhere in a boardroom in the 1960s.
0:18.4	And there's nothing wrong with that definition, with the notion of climbing a
0:22.2	corporate ladder with a singular focus.
0:24.8	But it's time to make space for a few other definitions, for side hustles and well-being and
0:30.1	failing forward, and for the idea that success is a wild ride, not the destination at the end of it.
0:37.0	Join me for a journey into the lives of women who are redefining success and paving the way for others
0:41.9	with grit and grace.
0:43.0	I'm Sophia Am Russo, the founder and CEO of Girl Boss Media, and this is Girl Boss Radio.
0:48.4	Hey guys, Sophia here.
0:53.3	Welcome to another episode of Girl Boss Radio.
0:56.9	So I'm super excited about today's episode
0:59.6	because today's International Women's Day.
1:02.0	And it's even more special because this episode is being brought to you in partnership with Google Play who are setting out to help women in the gaming industry change the game.
1:10.6	I love games, but what is change the game exactly? So change the game. I love games, but what is change the game exactly?
1:14.2	So change the game is an initiative designed to empower women as players and creators in the realm
1:18.8	of mobile gaming.
1:20.8	Because as I'm sure you guys already know, women are super underrepresented in the gaming industry and in technology as a whole.
1:27.0	So to combat this gender gap, Google Play is aiming to celebrate women who game and what's possible for them in these fields career-wise.
1:34.5	Sweet, more Super Mario for everyone.
1:37.5	Exactly.
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