Originally Posted by Dr Koin

Funny thing, in the CGI industry, it's quite the opposite : there more and more women. True, they still stick to specific roles like animation or compositing, which are the less "technical" and more "artisty" roles, but the occasional tech-girl can be found in R&D/scripting, FX, rigging...

This is the same here in the Video Game industry.
Women tend to go to more artistic roles or management.
There are a few female programmer and even less female designer. Especially Level Design, they are so rare it's incredible.