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Game of the Day: How to Speak Atlantean by Porpentine
Porpentine has a new game! This one is about video games and feminism and sex. If you’re reading this, chances are you are into at least one of those things. So play it! If you have made or played an … Continue reading
Posted in Indie Games, PC Games
Tagged feminism, game of the day, how to speak atlantean, porpentine, twine
4 Comments
“That girl is kicking our asses!”: Tomb Raider’s (Lack of) Gendered Power Plays
The firefights in Tomb Raider are intense and brutal. There are many scenes where Lara is pinned down behind a splintered barrel or crate, shooting and ducking and shooting again at upwards of ten armed enemies, half of whom are … Continue reading
Posted in Console Games, Virtual Worlds
Tagged characters, female characters, feminism, lara croft, sexism, tomb raider, women
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Watch the First Tropes vs Women in Video Games Video
The first Tropes vs Women in Video Games video is here! It covers the history of the Damsel in Distress trope and the classic games that make use of the trope (over and over and over…). There is a transcript … Continue reading
Posted in General Gaming, Web
Tagged anita sarkeesian, criticism, feminism, Feminist Frequency, mario, tropes vs women in games, Zelda
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When Is It Sexist?: A Chart That Doesn’t Get It Quite Right
The following is a guest post by Zaewen: Zaewen is a white, straight, cis woman and avid feminist gamer, with MMOs being her favorite genre. She has a degree in psychology, a Texas accent, and spends most of her free … Continue reading
I’m Being So Sincere Right Now: Gaming as Hyperreality
When I play certain video games I get the strange feeling of wandering through the weird and lurid landscape of a Dali painting; beholding the familiar, albeit distorted in the strangest of ways. One might expect this. After all, video … Continue reading
Posted in General Gaming, PC Games
Tagged BioWare, Dragon Age: Origins, feminism, Hyperreality, Sex Work, transphobia, Troika, Vampire the Masquerade
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“I’m Your Biggest Fan, I’ll Follow You Until You Love Me”
Anonymity, Privilege, and the Quest for Personal Truth This article will be a rather long one so I beg your forgiveness in advance, but it is a piece of great personal importance to me. The debate it touches on is … Continue reading
Posted in General Gaming, Social Media, Web
Tagged Anonymity, Facebook, feminism, Kyriarchy, male privilege, Zuckerberg
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Goddess Save the Queen: Dragon Age’s Queen Anora
When I roleplay I often use some of the better characters I’ve come across in my time playing video games as templates. These are characters I found to be unusually well-textured, motivated, in-depth and interesting and could provide the basis … Continue reading
The Skyhook Society: On Sex and Sociological Incoherence in Games
It is hardly groundbreaking at this point to say that the social worlds painted in many video games and other fantasy environments tend to be based on politically charged ideas about gender, race, and so forth. Despite being wildly fantastic … Continue reading
Posted in General Gaming
Tagged diversity, feminism, racism, sexism, transgender, transphobia, women
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Tropebusting: Matriarchies in Gaming and Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The following is a guest post from Zaewen: Zaewen is a white, straight, cis woman and avid feminist gamer, with MMOs being her favorite genre. She has a degree in psychology, a Texas accent, and spends most of her free … Continue reading
Posted in General Gaming
Tagged Drow, feminism, Mass Effect, Matriarchy, Patriarchy, World of Warcraft
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