and renders of Rookie's armor from old builds of Halo 3: ODST were used as reference material. Cosplayer ZaraVarin from the consumer products team also helped advocate what the reference material ...

"I think it's apparent that women have been traditionally sexualized in video games, but change is on the horizon," she said. Halo 5's Olympia Vale and Assassin's Creed Syndicate's Evie Frye ...

Halo's Bonnie Ross, talked about the challenges of gender equality in the games industry and solutions to bring more women on board in development. "Boys and men, the numbers are moving up.

Luckily, the women who love comics have found a way to feel empowered by celebrating the human body without body-shaming: cosplay. Cosplay, or costume-play, allows women to channel what is sexy ...

She spoke about the rise of respect for women at events like NC Comicon. “Within cosplay, we had to learn as a community that you don’t get to touch people without consent, you don’t get to ...