If we gamers love anything more than games, it’s awesome, game-related merchandise. That’s why Women in Games International is hosting a holiday auction — with yours truly as the organizer — which will kick off next Saturday the 22nd. All auctions will be open for public bidding on eBay, and all proceeds will go to help WIGI continue to do awesome work representing women in games.
But that’s not all! (Yes, I am an infomercial.) Thanks to generous donations from companies and individuals across the game industry — including Bungie, Microsoft Game Studios, and Electronic Arts — we’ve got literally more than 100 items up for auction. Here’s a preview of some of the things I think fellow gamers are going to really dig:
- High-quality black Halo 3 messenger bag
- Vintage Electronic Arts watch
- Signed special edition Xbox 360 copy of Frontlines with signed Kaos shirt
- Signed Gears of War messenger bag, Gears of War bottle opener, and An Inside Look at Gears of War 2 book
- Signed PC copy of Mass Effect
We’ve also got tons more shirts, signed posters, and game design books. Ooh, and this street sign that implies human bodies will be ripped in half. That may be my favorite. Anyways, if there’s a gamers on your holiday list (or you just really like stuff) remember to bid starting November 22nd on the WIGI auctions!


Bonnie Ruberg is a sex, technology, and video games journalist who contributes regularly to publications like The Economist, Forbes, and The Village Voice. By day she's also a comparative literature PhD student at UC Berkeley, where she studies French, English, gender, sexuality, surrealism and perversion. You can reach her at [her first name and last name, all one big word] AT gmail DOT com.