Tag Archives: Guild Wars 2

Games Imitating Life: Rape Culture In MMORPGs?

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Guest

The following is a guest post from J.E. Keep: J.E. Keep, and his partner M. Keep, write romance and erotica, administer their adult forum Darknest (a fantasy erotica site for gamers) and read simply everything. All while playing games and … Continue reading →

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Guild Wars 2: The Border House Meetup on Crystal Desert

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Tami Baribeau

Using our weekly “What Are You Playing?” thread from this week as evidence, a lot of us are currently adventuring in Guild Wars 2.  Reader of the Border House, Deviija, recommended that we schedule a meetup in game where we … Continue reading →

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Guild Wars 2 and the misogynistic bad guys

Posted on August 27, 2012 by rho

Guild Wars 2 features five playable races: humans, sylvari, asura, norn, and charr. Each of these races includes an antagonist faction who will fight against the rest of their race, and be one of the enemies of your player character. … Continue reading →

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Play With The Border House in Guild Wars 2!

Posted on August 26, 2012 by Tami Baribeau

We’ve posted about this before, but now that the early access for preorders has begun and the game will be launching in mere days, here’s another reminder! Many of us at The Border House will be joining up with Praxis, … Continue reading →

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Win a Beta Key for Guild Wars 2 Here at The Border House!

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Tami Baribeau

  Edit: This contest is now closed.  Congratulations to the winners, who have all been emailed with their keys! Darketower, Josh, Chris, Tyler K, Rillifane, Gralsh Oon, Henry, Skennedy, XvShadow, Hyacinth, Ehsan Kia, Ramenhotep, Primal Zed, 3Jane, chooseareality, DystopianGibberish, Richard, … Continue reading →

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One Pixel Among Many: An Interview with Angel McCoy, Part 2

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Quinnae

The first part of this interview talked specifically about the Sylvari race in Guild Wars 2 and what goes into constructing a fantasy world from scratch. The second and final part of our talk centred on the role of the … Continue reading →

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Imagine All the People: An Interview With ArenaNet Writer Angel Leigh McCoy

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Quinnae

This past year at Geek Girl Con 2011 I had the distinct pleasure of having lunch with Angel Leigh McCoy, one of the writers at ArenaNet working on Guild Wars 2. Bonding over pizza rarely, if ever, fails and so … Continue reading →

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