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Monthly Archives: May 2014

TLF: Barbie, Mortal Kombat, and Memory Lane

28 May

My most recent post is up at TLF – part review of From Barbie to Mortal Kombat and Beyond Barbie and Mortal Kombat and part stroll through my past. If you can do math, you can figure out about how … Read More »

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Game Criticism, Gaming Community, TLF, Videogames Gender

Yes.

25 May

I’ve read a lot of posts like this one over the last twenty-four hours since the UCSB shooter incident. I’m going to add my voice to what I hope will become a cacophony because it’s important that we – women … Read More »

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TLF: Digital Comedy

23 May

I actually posted this review of Continue9876543210? several weeks ago on TLF, but neglected to remember to post it here. So here it is.

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Let’s Be Critical

22 May

So I’ve recently started doing more research into what’s been written about games, and games and gender in specific. The answer, sadly, is “not much,” and I’m not only speaking about volume, but also depth. While there certainly are some … Read More »

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Pink and Purple Unicorns

19 May

Several recent things have come together to spur this post, including the always-unfortunate reading of internet comments, my Twitter feed, and my academic research. First, I’ve recently read From Barbie to Mortal Combat, published in 1998, and have started working my … Read More »

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Keep Your Kinect to Yourself, Thank You

16 May

This week, Xbox announced that they would be offering an XBox One (not-so-affectionately known as the Xbone) without the Kinect system, something they had originally said would not be an option. This is the only way I will ever be convinced … Read More »

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TLF: ‘Proteus, that god of shapes’

15 May

My review of Nick Yee’s recent book, The Proteus Paradox, is up over on TLF. Bonus points to anyone who can identify the reference in the article title. (Yes, I’m that much of a nerd.)

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Life Choices

14 May

A few days ago, Border House writer Gunthera1 posted a review of the new Nintendo 3DS Tomodachi Life that highlights one rather glaring absence, the ability of players to choose to “marry” someone of the same gender in the game. The … Read More »

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