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Monthly Archives: September 2015

Reading the Bans: Banned Books Week

28 Sep

It’s Banned Books Week! This post has nothing obvious to do with games, but it is in the spirit of that whole ethics-in… thing–censorship! I’m including (after the cut below) a list of the banned or challenged books on the … Read More »

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AIP/TLF Bastion: The Kid Gets Up (One)

28 Sep

So among the million other things I’ve been trying to do recently, playing through Bastion is one of them. It’s slow going, mostly because I only have so many hours in the day. I don’t expect this will be a … Read More »

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TLF/AIP Borderlands 2: A Grimm Tragedy (Eleven)

21 Sep

For something a bit more lighthearted, my most recent As-I-Play Borderlands 2 post over on TLF.

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Free DLC!: Feminist Frequency’s “DLC” Add-On Episode

16 Sep

Most gamers are more than familiar with the concept of DLC, or Down-Loadable Content. DLC is a thing that more and more games have, sometimes in the form of “add-on” content such as new weapon sets, alternate clothing sets, or … Read More »

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Game Criticism, Gaming Community, Videogames Gender

TLF/AIP Dragon Age Inquisition: Well I Didn’t See THAT Coming (Nine)

14 Sep

The final post of my As-I-Play of Dragon Age: Inquisition has gone up over on TLF. I have, since then, replayed most of the game, and let me tell you, that ending really changes the way you see some of … Read More »

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TLF Women are Their Own Reward: New Tropes vs. Women in Video Games (“Women as Reward”)

11 Sep

Last week, Anita Sarkeesian released her seventh episode in the Tropes vs. Women in Video Games series on “Women as Reward.” I reviewed it over on TLF.

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The Other M is For…: Gender and Samus Aran

9 Sep

A few days back, Brianna Wu and Ellen McGrody published a piece on The Mary Sue which argues that Samus Aran is a trans woman, and it has since spawned any number of rants, thinkpieces, and toxic screeds which either … Read More »

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TLF/AIP Borderlands 2: Throwing the Controller (Ten)

7 Sep

Yes, I know, I haven’t posted anything except links to posts over on The Learned Fangirl. I’m sorry. This semester is kicking my butt and it’s only week three. That said, here’s installment ten on my playthrough of Borderlands 2. … Read More »

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TLF/AIP Dragon Age Inquisition – Making People Happy (Eight)

1 Sep

Another installment of my first play-through of Inquisition is up on TLF. By now, of course, I’ve played it again (once fully, once partially), once as a Qunari mage (male) and again – this last time – as a Dalish … Read More »

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