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Tag Archives: FPS
Brink: 102 QUADRILLION Unique Male Character Variants, 0 Female Characters
Critical Kate at CriticalHit! blog has an interesting post covering Bethesda’s post regarding the huge number of options on offer to players with regard to character customisation. Apparently a player can create 102,247,681,536,000,000 unique characters if you include minor … Continue reading
Posted in Console Games, PC Games
Tagged brink, character design, female characters, FPS
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Undead Labs Child’s Play Charity Beat Down: Interview with Frag Doll Valkyrie
Recently I attended the Undead Labs Frag Doll Beat Down Event in Seattle, Washington. This was a charity Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 tournament at Undead Labs. This was no ordinary tournament, however. This tournament was held to raise … Continue reading
Posted in Console Games
Tagged Call of Duty, community, FPS, Frag Dolls, sexism, Undead Labs, women gamers
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It’s OK to Like Bioshock
by guest contributor Alex H Alex Horn is a Latino existentialist looking to explore the intersections of race, gender, and semantics in the video game world. He is an aspiring independent game designer based in Philadelphia. It’s ok to dislike … Continue reading
Posted in Console Games, PC Games
Tagged 2K, Ayn Rand, BioShock, FPS, gender, Ken Levine, pc, PS3, Xbox 360
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