In Virtual Play, Sex Harassment Is All Too Real

Playing and watching a game at a San Diego convention. The video game world is largely male, but that is slowly changing.

By AMY O’LEARY
Published: August 1, 2012

When Miranda Pakozdi entered the Cross Assault video game tournament this year, she knew she had a slim chance of winning the $25,000 prize. But she was ready to compete, and promised fans watching online that she would train just as hard as, if not harder than, anyone else.

Over six days of competition, though, her team’s coach, Aris Bakhtanians, interrogated her on camera about her bra size, said “take off your shirt” and focused the team’s webcam on her chest, feet and legs. He leaned in over her shoulder and smelled her. Moar