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Monthly Archives: June 2012

Continuing the Conversation…

29 Jun

Something I find interesting about the recent explosion of feminist and misogynist posts and comments in gaming media these days is that it just seems to have happened in a very strange way. After all, videogames have not suddenly (or … Read More »

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Bad Narrative

23 Jun

A few weeks ago, I posted about my reaction to the “bad storytelling” of the Mass Effect 3 ending. This week, I’m posting about how some games – notably Diablo III – fail in storytelling altogether. The problem with ME3 … Read More »

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Following Up… on Trolls

15 Jun

This particular post was brought to my attention by a colleague, although I was aware of the issue in more general terms. So the Feminist Frequency Kickstarter project has apparently garnered an… interesting response. And by “interesting,” I mean “horrific … Read More »

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Boy Problems… a Follow-Up

15 Jun

So Wednesday’s post on “Girl Problems” is relevant to a link recently posted by a friend that strikes me as one of the most fundamental problems not only with gaming, but with a particular majority demographic that has never been … Read More »

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Girl Problems

13 Jun

So in the past few weeks, my attention has been called to a couple of different things attempting to deal with and articulate concerns about the ways in which women are being objectified, abused, and ignored in the gaming industry … Read More »

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Settling Catan

8 Jun

Because it was requested… a post on leadership and Settlers of Catan. My history with this game goes all the way back to high school, and I have distinct memories of it from then, from college (when one associate of … Read More »

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That ME3 Post

2 Jun

This is that post about Mass Effect 3. The one that talks about the ending. If you haven’t played and don’t want the ending spoiled, stop reading now. I have two basic reactions to the ending of ME3. The first … Read More »

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