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TransMovement: Freedom and Constraint in Queer and Open World Games
Samantha Allen is a transgender woman, an ex-Mormon and a PhD student in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Emory University writing a dissertation on sexual fetishism. She is also an erstwhile singer-songwriter. You can find her on the web … Continue reading
Posted in Casual Games, General Gaming, PC Games, Virtual Worlds
Tagged anna anthropy, dys4ia, far cry 3, merritt kopas, Samantha Allen, skyrim, transgender
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Oh Far Cry 3, We Weren’t Meant To Be
*Pretty much spoiler free, but trigger warning for racism and rape* In a blatant disregard for my backlog of unfinished and untouched games, I bought Far Cry 3 this week. I don’t even know why — I am not a … Continue reading