"Reality, unlike games, is broken." – Jane McGonigal
In the last of this triptych, I want to talk about why this is happening in this particular way, with these particular people, and concerning this particular topic. In part, this post stems from my curiosity as to why Sarkeesian … Read More »
Continuing my discussion of the Dr. Nerdlove (DN) article recent harassment of Sarkeesian which I posted on yesterday, but taking a different point… One of the points that I think has been lost in a lot of the furor is … Read More »
Dr. Nerdlove (I’m going to resist commenting on the name, just bear with me) posted today about recent harassment of Sarkeesian, which has now become the hot topic of this blog, and is making me feel obligated to post pretty … Read More »
Anita Sarkeesian posted a link to this article and interview with her on gamesindustry international by Dan Pearson. Pearson’s title, “Woman Vs. Internet: How Anita Sarkeesian beat the trolls,” is perhaps a bit optimistic and reductive, but the attitude he … Read More »
So I downloaded and played the Extended Cut for Mass Effect 3. Given my disappointment in the “original” ending, I wasn’t prepared to be thrilled by its extension. Nor was I. What I was not, however, was saddened, horrified, or … Read More »
Clearly, this issue of online abuse and hate speech is neither as marginal as we had hoped nor is it going to go away quietly on its own. What it will take to make it go away is another question … Read More »
I’m aware that this blog has somewhat unintentionally turned feminist – it was never my intention for the majority of posts here to be concerned with issues of gender and sexism (or any other form of bigotry) in the gaming … Read More »
So one would think – or at least hope – that by this point in Western civilization, that we would all more or less be capable of behaving like functional, respectful adults (at least those of us who are adults). … Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »